EXPERTISE

Janusz provides strategic guidance to global and domestic corporations, investors, and developers on significant real estate transactions in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). His impressive track record includes advising on high-value acquisitions and disposals, including portfolio transactions, sale and leasebacks, joint ventures, and property developments. He is particularly distinguished in sale and leaseback agreements and net lease investments. His proficiency spans comprehensive due diligence projects associated with property acquisitions and complex joint venture arrangements for real estate investments. Janusz's vast expertise encompasses all real estate asset classes.

Janusz has been regularly ranked and recommended by the most prominent legal directories, such as Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, and IFLR1000, for his real estate work. 

Janusz, in collaboration with Marcin Schulz, is also National Managing Partner of the firm’s Warsaw Office. 

Work highlights*:

• Nrep: advising on the acquisition of an 80% stake in 7R, one of Poland’s largest logistics developers. Nrep invested approximately €200m into the company.
• Signal Capital Partners: advising a UK-based private asset management firm, acting as the preferred equity partner, on the joint venture with Ghelamco, followed by €280m sale of the Warsaw UNIT office building by Ghelamco to Eastnine AB. The sale was the largest office transaction in Europe in 2024.
• NEPI Rockcastle: advising on the acquisition of: (i) the Magnolia Park shopping centre in Wrocław from Union Investment for €373m; (iii) Forum Gdańsk Shopping Centre from Multi Veste 339 B.V., owned by Blackstone-managed funds, for €250 million; and (iii) Atrium Copernicus Shopping Centre in Toruń from G City Europe for €127m.
• Prologis: advising on the acquisition of Prologis Park Grodzisk. The park covers nearly 70,000 sqm of warehouse space across four buildings.
• Signal Capital Partners: advising on a joint venture with Echo Investment and Griffin Capital Partners to develop a student housing platform in Poland. The joint venture is aiming to develop, as a first step, an operating portfolio of 5,000 purpose-built student beds across Poland.

* Experience gained prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard