British Polish Chamber of Commerce

€2.88bn were invested in commercial real estate in Poland in H12022, 44% more than in the previous year – as CBRE’s report shows. The largest transaction involved the sale of the Warsaw Hub to Google for almost €586mn. It is the largest single building purchase transaction in Poland’s history. Europe-wide, €152bn were invested in H1 2022, which is up 10% from the previous year. This exceeded the previous record in 2018 when investments amounted to €151bn.

In July 2022, Bilfinger Tebodin took part in the celebration of Polfa Tarchomin S.A. (TZF Polfa SA) first most important stage of construction of their new drug factory. The future oncological R&D center is designed for the development and production, among others of highly potent, oncological drug products in Warsaw, Poland. It is the largest-scale investment of TZF Polfa SA. in their almost 200 y.o. history. Bilfinger Tebodin supports Polfa with a professional EPCM service to make this project work.

Tom Soroka, the founder of Leaware, talks to the BPCC’s Michael Dembinski about how the process of digitalising business process must have users’ needs at its heart.

Effective 1 July 2022, 4 new persons joined the partners of MDDP Michalik Dłuska Dziedzic i Partnerzy. Magdalena Jaworska became a partner in the VAT practice, Łukasz Kupień and Piotr Paśko in the Real Estate practice, and Agnieszka Krzyżaniak in the Transfer Pricing practice.  This significantly strengthens MDDP's business and is part of the firm's broad development strategy.

Strategie środowiska pracy nadal kalibrują się po wyzwaniach związanych z pandemią, które zwiększyły naszą uważność na równowagę życia prywatnego i zawodowego, wellbeing oraz metody osiągania efektywności. Pojawiły się też nowe wyzwania dla organizacji, dotyczące chociażby pozyskiwania talentów czy budowania środowiska pracy, w oparciu o nowe kryteria atrakcyjności.

Investment fund company set to join tenants of Kraków’s Wadowicka 3 complex. The building is owned by Partners Group & Reino Partners. JLL experts supported the tenant in the process of lease negotiations and preparation of their new premises.

The exit from Covid-19, the increase in foreign direct investment and the increased role of ESG will have a significant impact on the global business landscape and regulatory environment in the coming months.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Pekao Investment Banking as global coordinator and joint bookrunner, and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. - Biuro Maklerskie as joint bookrunner, on the PLN 750 million issue of Series D shares by ENEA.

According to Savills, investment into the European logistics sector has again remained strong so far in 2022, reaching €14.3bn in the first quarter, following a record year in 2021. A shortage of prime stock has driven up prime warehouse rents, with significant increases observed in London (+20%).

International real estate advisory firm Savills has opened an office in Tricity led by Piotr Skuza.