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Agata Jurek-Zbrojska

Head of Real Estate and Construction, Poland

Languages

Polish
English
German

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Agata Jurek-Zbrojska is a qualified legal advisor and Head of the Real Estate and Construction Department at CMS – one of the largest real estate teams in Poland, comprising approximately 40 experienced lawyers

For over twenty years Agata has successfully advised on the largest real estate transactions in Poland and on numerous cross-border projects, with particular focus on office, commercial, logistics and residential real estate at all stages of the investment process.

In recent years she has advised on the first projects in the pioneering PRS (apartments for rent) market in Poland. As part of these projects, she negotiated both forward funding acquisition agreements and the implementation of development projects by developers, and conducted legal analyses for international investment funds to assess the legal risks of such investments.

Her experience includes comprehensive legal support of transactions for local and international investors, developers and real estate funds active in the CEE region. In particular, she advises on strategic aspects of acquisition and sale transactions, joint venture, structuring and restructuring in all market segments.

She also specialises in legal services related to the lease of real estate and infrastructure projects (buy & lease and sale & leaseback structures), as well as office space and commercial real estate.

Agata also has extensive experience in advising on construction projects, including preparing and negotiating construction contracts based on FIDIC standards, development agreements, and construction works contracts, in the process of obtaining construction decisions. She has also successfully advised on construction projects in the oil and gas and renewable energy sectors.

She is recommended by international legal directories such as Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR1000 as an expert in the real estate sector.

Prior to joining CMS, she was a partner at Greenberg Traurig and previously worked with international law firms such as Hogan Lovells, Garrigues and Salans (Dentons).

Relevant experience

DWS – Advising on the acquisition of the Metropolitan office building in Warsaw and on the sale of the same building to Morgan Stanley;
Akron Investment Central Eastern Europe II and Heitman – Advising on the sale of the Warsaw Trade Tower office building to Globalworth Poland Real Estate;
Swiss RE through CBRE GI – Advising on the acquisition of two office buildings in Gdańsk and Wrocław, and logistics properties in Warsaw;
Immobel – Advising on the sale of the iconic CEDET office building in Warsaw (the former Smyk Central Department Store);
AEW – Advising on the acquisition of a city logistics project near Warsaw;
DWS – Advising on the acquisition of the Stary Browar shopping centre in Poznań;
Marvipol Development – Advising on the sale to Heimstaden Bostad of a PLN 380.9 million residential built-to-rent portfolio to be developed by Marvipol in Warsaw;
Dekpol – Advising on a forward sale of a resi-for-rent project to a German investor;
Benson Elliot – Advising on the acquisition of Diamentum Office in Wrocław;
Hillwood – Advising on the acquisition of real estate located in the village of Zelgoszcz in the municipality of Stryków;
Hillwood – Advising on the acquisition of real estate located at 7 Mineralna Street in Warsaw, in the vicinity of Chopin Airport;
Hillwood – Advising on the acquisition of real estate located in Janki;
Bluehouse – Advising on the acquisition of Marynarska Pont 2 office building in Warsaw;
Mazovia Capital – Advising on the sale of the Mazovia Plaza office building to M7,
a pan-European investor and asset manager;
Vantage Development – Advising the Delta 44 office-retail complex in Wrocław;
Nepi Rockcastle – Advising on the acquisition of the Alfa shopping centre in Białystok;
Nepi Rockcastle – Advising on the acquisition of Serenada and Krokus shopping centres in Cracow;
Benson Elliot – Advising on the acquisition of the Vinci office building in Cracow;
GTC S.A. – Advising on the acquisition from Hines of an office building portfolio located in Łódź and Gdańsk;
Rockcastle Global Real Estate – Advising on the acquisition from Aviva Investors of the Focus Mall shopping centre portfolio;
Rockcastle Global Real Estate – Advising on the acquisition of the Galeria Warmińska shopping centre in Olsztyn;
Rockcastle – Advising on the acquisition of two shopping centre complexes – Pogoria in Dąbrowa Górnicza and Karolinka in Opole;
Heitman – Advising on the sale of the Europlex office and retail centre to GTC S.A.;
PHN – Advising the JV with Menard Doswell and Hillwood on projects related to logistics near Warsaw;
Logis – Advising the JV with Hillwood in relation to a logistics project;
GLP – Advising on the acquisition and development of several logistics projects;
Bluehouse – Advising on the acquisition and development of several logistics projects;
Goodman – Advising on the acquisition and development of several logistics projects;
Polski Holding Nieruchomości – Advising on a joint-venture transaction regarding the development of a logistic centre in Parzniew.

Memberships & Roles

District Bar Council in Warsaw

Education

Warsaw School of Economics, International Economic and Political Relations.
Wasaw University, Law.

Practice Areas

Real Estate

sectors

Hospitality, Travel & Leisure Infrastructure & Projects

Insights

Global Reach