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Małgorzata Kercz focuses her practice on real estate. She assists foreign and domestic investors in real estate transactions, including acquisitions and disposals of commercial real estate properties and mergers and acquisitions of real estate companies. Additionally, Małgorzata’s practice includes providing advice on real property leasing and development, in particular with respect to shopping centers, office buildings and logistics parks. Małgorzata assists investors in real estate matters relating to commercial, administrative and civil law. She also deals with corporate matters relating to company mergers and transformations, as well as corporate restructuring processes of investors from the real property sector.

Concentrations

  • Real Estate Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Lease
  • Corporate Law
  • Administrative Law

Capabilities

Experience

  • Advised Avestus Real Estate in connection with commercialization of the office complex Imagine Office in Łódź.
  • Advised Avestus Real Estate in connection with lease and management of the office complex Enterprise Office in Kraków.
  • Advised Avestus Real Estate in connection with commercialization of the Infinity building in Wrocław.
  • Represented Bricks Acquisitions Limited in the sale of ROBYG S.A. to a wholly owned subsidiary of TAG Immobilien AG.
  • Represented a Korean investor on a transaction concerning the acquisition of all of shares in a company holding a warehouse facility located in Poland leased to a leading online retailer.
  • Represented a private equity fund Innova Capital in connection with real estate aspects of the acquisition of a stake in Bielenda Kosmetyki Naturalne from its current owners.
  • Represented Hines Pan-European Core Fund in connection with the acquisition of a mezzanine warehouse facility in Wrocław from GLL Real Estate Partners, manager of a fund in the Macquarie Group.
  • Advised Goldman Sachs International, through its affiliate Bricks Acquisition Limited, on a PLN 1 billion tender offer for 100% of the shares in ROBYG S.A.
  • Represented Somerston Group, an international investor engaged primarily in real estate investment and development, through its affiliate Newbridge Poland, a Warsaw-based investment and development firm, in the acquisition of three shopping centers in Toruń (Centrum Handlowe Bielawy), Kraków (Centrum Handlowe Czyżyny) and Łódź (Centrum Handlowe Guliwer).
  • Represented an international investor in connection with the acquisition of the Prosta Office Centre and Trinity Park II office building through the acquisition of special purpose vehicles holding the above real properties.
  • Represented Credit Suisse Asset Management Immobilien Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH in connection with the acquisition of Prosta Tower, an A+ class office building located in Warsaw at Prosta St.
  • Advised Buma Group, a Polish developer, in connection with the sale of an office building at aleja Pokoju 5 in Kraków.
  • Represented an international investor in connection with the acquisition of a warehouse-production facility in Bielsko-Biała leased to GE Poland.
  • Advised Pinnacle in connection with all aspects of the contemplated acquisition, development and leasing of retail parks, flexi parks and logistics centers in Silesia.°
  • Advised Invesco in connection with the sale of a logistics park in Bielsko-Biała.°
  • Advised Menolly Poland in connection with the sale of a developed real property in Warsaw.°
  • Advised Aviva Investors in connection with the sale of an office building in Warsaw.°
  • Advised Goodman in connection with the acquisition of logistics parks in Wrocław and Bielany Wrocławskie.°
  • Advised Heitman in connection with the acquisition of Galeria Malta through a Luxembourg joint-venture structure with Neinver.°
  • Advised Pradera in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of four shopping centers situated in Gdańsk, Łódź, Toruń and Sosnowiec.°
  • Advised Invesco in connection with the acquisition of an office building in Warsaw.°
 
  • Advised Invesco and other international real estate investors in connection with corporate restructuring of the group companies.°
  • Advised Invesco and Pinnacle in connection with acquisitions of Polish companies.°
  • Advised Pinnacle, Pradera and Crowley Data Poland in connection with day to day corporate matters.°
  • Advised Invesco and NBGI in connection with liquidation step-ups.°

°The above representations were handled by Ms. Kercz prior to her joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński sp.k.

  • Participated in a due diligence analysis of the company maintaining the Hard Rock Cafe in Poland in connection with the acquisition of the shares in this company.°
  • Participated in a due diligence analysis of the companies from the TAURON group, in connection with the initial public offering of Tauron Polska Energia S.A.°
  • Participated in a due diligence analysis of the company A.Blikle, in connection with the acquisition of the shares in this company.°
  • Participated in due diligence analyses of companies, logistic centers, shopping centers, office buildings in various Polish cities, in particular in the scope of the title to the real property, lease and tenancy agreements, corporate issues and intellectual property rights.°

°The above representations were handled by Ms. Kercz prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig Grzesiak sp.k.

Recognition & Leadership

  • Team Member, Chambers USA Award for Excellence, Real Estate, 2017
  • Member, Bar Association of Warsaw

Credentials

Education
  • Advocate
  • Master of Law, The University of Warsaw
Admissions
  • Poland
Languages
  • Polish, Native
  • English, Fluent