After a tough period, and still experiencing the consequences of the ongoing geopolitical crisis, CEE countries are forced to continue navigating in unknown waters. However, the recent population influx from the eastern borders of the European Union has given the region’s real estate sector a glimpse of hope.
Now in its 17th year, CEE GRI returns at just the right time to bring top real estate leaders together to discuss the volatile situation currently being faced in the region.
CEE’s real estate market still has a few aces up its sleeve to overcome current challenges and achieve success - join us at CEE GRI 2023 to share insights and source deal flow among the most senior and accomplished real estate leaders active across the region.
Format A series of informal roundtable discussions in which everyone can participate, bringing business leaders together to navigate the challenges facing the sector and develop strategies to capitalise on future trends.
Audience Leading Private Equity Investors, Fund Managers, Operators, LPs, Developers, Asset Owners, and Lenders with investments across all regions and asset classes in CEE.
Special Sessions
Fireside Chat
Is CEE still Europe's Gateway for Growth?
Ben Bannatyne is president of Prologis Europe and chairman of the company’s European Management Executive Committee. He is responsible for Europe’s leading logistics real estate platform, which comprises 17 million square metres across 12 countries, as of 30 June 2019. Previously, Ben served as the company’s managing director and regional head for Central & Eastern Europe – a role which he held for more than seven years - with overall responsibility for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. Ben joined Prologis in 2008 from JLL, where he was managing director for Central Europe. An accomplished leader, Ben brings significant real estate knowledge and expertise with more than 25 years’ worth of experience.
Caspian Conran is a Political Economist at Baringa Partners and leads their Global Energy Perspectives team. Baringa is a leading energy consultancy, helping companies navigate industry shifts and investors deploy capital. He appears regularly across the media including the Wall Street Journal, FT, Telegraph, BBC News and Bloomberg. Caspian has a first class degree in PPE from the University of Warwick. He specialises in understanding and communicating how the macro-economic and political environment influences the energy transition across markets, supporting clients maximise investment opportunities. Recently Caspian has been supporting investors, businesses and governments understand the implications of the war in Ukraine on energy costs.
Regional Director of Capital Markets for CEEColliers
Czech Republic
Kevin has been working in the commercial real estate industry in the field of property market research and consultancy for over 16 years. Kevin manages a team of analysts covering up to 17 numerous markets across the CEE region and is responsible for the delivery of market research and insights to both Colliers clients and its business lines. Kevin and team research and advise on all market sectors with a key focus on Offices, Retail, Industrial & Logistics, Residential and Investment. Kevin's previous roles have been in the HR consultancy, Information Technology and Public sectors, where he has gained valuable international experience working closely with people, technology, business and finance.
Ben Bannatyne is president of Prologis Europe and chairman of the company’s European Management Executive Committee. He is responsible for Europe’s leading logistics real estate platform, which comprises 17 million square metres across 12 countries, as of 30 June 2019. Previously, Ben served as the company’s managing director and regional head for Central & Eastern Europe – a role which he held for more than seven years - with overall responsibility for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. Ben joined Prologis in 2008 from JLL, where he was managing director for Central Europe. An accomplished leader, Ben brings significant real estate knowledge and expertise with more than 25 years’ worth of experience.
Regional Director of Capital Markets for CEEColliers
Czech Republic
Kevin has been working in the commercial real estate industry in the field of property market research and consultancy for over 16 years. Kevin manages a team of analysts covering up to 17 numerous markets across the CEE region and is responsible for the delivery of market research and insights to both Colliers clients and its business lines. Kevin and team research and advise on all market sectors with a key focus on Offices, Retail, Industrial & Logistics, Residential and Investment. Kevin's previous roles have been in the HR consultancy, Information Technology and Public sectors, where he has gained valuable international experience working closely with people, technology, business and finance.
Co-Owner & Managing PartnerGriffin Capital Partners
Poland
Managing Partner at Griffin Capital Partners. Nebil Senman held leading positions for nine years as Senior Vice President and Supervisory Board Member of Oaktree’s German and Polish real estate funds and operations worth several billion Euro. Before joining Oaktree, he spent eight years handling real estate and corporate consulting at Ernst & Young Real Estate (formerly Arthur Andersen), where he held various managerial positions. He is a graduate of universities in Berlin (TU Berlin, EBS), Paris (ESCP Europe) and London (LSE) and holds an MBA and a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He also holds a post-graduate diploma in real estate management (EBS), and is a Chartered Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, MRICS.
Partner, Head of Real Estate in Poland and CEEDentons
Poland
Piotr has specialized in real estate since 1995, his main focus being on investment, development and finance work. He has led and negotiated multiple single asset and portfolio transactions (notably in sale-and-leaseback, forward purchase and funding structures), primarily in the retail, logistics and office sectors. During his career, he has been involved in a number of institutional and landmark projects, like acquisitions of the largest retail assets in the CEE region, and advanced revitalization schemes regarding historic buildings and town planning. Piotr regularly advises on forming joint venture structures.
STRABAG Real Estate - Managing DirectorStrabag Real Estate
Austria
Michael is managing director in STRABAG Real Estate GmbH, responsible for the real estate development activities of STRABAG Group in Poland, Romania and Slovenia. Starting from Public Private Partnership projects in Austria and SEE / CEE since year 2000, his experience extended to Real Estate Development mainly focusing on office, hotel, residential and retail. Michael graduated from Technical University of Graz and joined STRABAG Group more than 30 years ago.
Peter Noack is co-founder of ZEITGEIST Asset Management. Today ZEITGEIST has over 50 projects under management with a total investment volume of ca. 800 mio Euro. ZEITGEIST with offices in Prague, Warsaw and Berlin, is a Real Estate Developer and Asset Manager for private and institutional investors in Germany and Central Eastern Europe. Prior to ZEITGEIST, Peter worked in institutional real estate in Germany, Central Eastern Europe and Turkey for HOCHTIEF Development and Rödl & Partner in Germany and Czech Republic. He is registered as licenced attorney at law in Germany and Czech Republic and holds a Law degree from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.
Karolis Adlis joined W. P. Carey’s European Investments Team in 2015 and currently serves as Executive Director. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Jefferies Investment Bank as an Equity Derivatives Trader and prior to that as a Market Risk Analyst. Previously he interned as a Credit Analyst and also a Quantitative Analyst at UBS Investment Bank. Karolis has extensive experience structuring transactions in the Nordic and Central and Eastern European markets. Since joining the firm, he has played an instrumental role in over €1.2 billion in sale-leaseback, net lease and build-to-suit investments. Karolis graduated magna cum laude from the University of Bath with a B.Sc. in Business Administration.
Chief Business Development Officer, in addition to team management, is also responsible for the development of new projects and the company's tenant portfolio. At 7R since September 2022. Previously, he gained experience in e.g. in the Accolade Group and Santander (BZ WBK).
Director Supply Chain & LogisticsAuchan Retail Poland
Poland
Piotr Krawczynski
CEOdea capital
Poland
Investment manager with broad experience in large investment projects in CEE (mainly Poland) with some experience outside CEE (mainly Turkey, some Africa). Has a strong educational fundaments and professional experience in corporate finance, investments and real estate.
Since 2012, he has been acting in the capacity of Director of the Investment Banking and Real Estate Financing Department at Bank Pekao S.A. which is responsible for Leveraged Finance, Corporate Structured Finance, Project and Commercial Real Estate Finance. Dieter Lobnig has over 20 years of international experience in consulting, supervising and effective implementation of projects. Before joining BPH Bank in 2005 as Director of the Structured Finance Department, he worked for the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi in London and Vienna and Bank Austria Creditanstalt in Vienna.
Having graduated in Budapest in 1988 Peter is an economist by background. He also holds an MPhil degree in Land Economy from Cambridge University and a joint MSc degree in Real Estate from the Budapest Technical University and the Nottingham Trent University. He started his career 30 years ago and gained tremendous experience in the field of property agency, development, valuation and investment & banking with local and international firms such as Price Waterhouse, Kuwait Petroleum, Jones Lang Wootton and Eurohypo. He is currently responsible for the CEE & SEE Region at HYPO NOE Landesbank für Niederoesterreich und Wien Bank AG. Peter is an active member of RICS. He served in various positions both in local an European level.
Sourcing and execution of residential investments for Heimstaden in Germany, Central Europe, France and Finland. Formerly responsible for residential investments in Europe at Round Hill Capital. Prior to this, he was an investment banker in the Goldman Sachs’ European real estate team in London. Stan holds a master’s degree in Finance and Business Strategy from Sciences Po University in Paris.
As Partner and Head of the Corporate Finance business line in CEE, Dorota provides advice on customers’ financial needs, including debt and mezzanine financing, capital raising and gaining joint venture partners, as well as offering support in M&A and IPO transactions. Before joining Colliers International, Dorota spent 11 years as Senior Partner at Griffin Real Estate, where she was responsible for the group’s management and investments, and also for the first mezzanine fund operating in Poland. Dorota Wysokińska-Kuzdra is a graduated of SGH Warsaw School of Economics, the University of Cologne and the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Adam Czerniak is a doctor of economic sciences, research director and chief economist at the Polityka Insight analytical center and head of the Department of Institutional and Political Economics at the Warsaw School of Economics. Until 2012, he worked as a banking economist, previously he cooperated with the World Bank and the FOR Foundation, he was also a Ronald Coase Institute scholarship holder. He is a founding member of the Rental Market Laboratory, as well as the author of scientific publications in the field of economic sociology, institutional economics and the functioning of the real estate market. Polish representative in the European Master in Official Statistics council operating at Eurostat in the term of office 2021-2023.
Barbara Wojdełko
CEOGreenman Poland
Poland
Barbara Wojdełko is CEO of Greenman Poland, leading a 16-strong team based in Warsaw. Before her appointment as CEO, Barbara was managing partner of Newbridge Poland Sp. z o.o., managing the company’s finance, operations and acquisitions since 2015. She has over a decade’s worth of real estate experience and was previously an analyst for a warehouse developer active in the CEE region. She is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and holds a magister degree in Corporate Finance.
Caspian Conran is a Political Economist at Baringa Partners and leads their Global Energy Perspectives team. Baringa is a leading energy consultancy, helping companies navigate industry shifts and investors deploy capital. He appears regularly across the media including the Wall Street Journal, FT, Telegraph, BBC News and Bloomberg. Caspian has a first class degree in PPE from the University of Warwick. He specialises in understanding and communicating how the macro-economic and political environment influences the energy transition across markets, supporting clients maximise investment opportunities. Recently Caspian has been supporting investors, businesses and governments understand the implications of the war in Ukraine on energy costs.
Managing Partner, Head of Real Estate and ConstructionWolf Theiss
Poland
Tomasz is Managing Partner at Wolf Theiss in Poland. He has 20 years of experience on the Polish real estate market, acting for international investors and developers, and participating in a number of landmark transactions. He has been involved in all stages of property projects, from purchasing land, through commissioning contractors and consultants and arranging for funding and leasing, to the sale of completed projects. Prior to joining Wolf Theiss, Tomasz worked at other prominent international law firms in Warsaw and Kyiv. He is admitted to the Warsaw Bar of Legal Advisers. Tomasz’s specialisations are Construction & Infrastructure Projects, Corporate and Commercial & M&A, Real Estate and Retail.
Partner & Director - Transaction and Business DevelopmentAdventum Fund Management
Malta
András has 14 years of Real Estate experience (GLL Real Estate Partners, CBRE GI, CPI PG) and strong transaction and asset management expertise across CEE.
Dorota has over 24 years of professional experience in the real estate industry in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. She started her career in USAID in Warsaw (a member of the team preparing the scheme of mortgage loans), followed by Price Waterhouse Real Estate and Knight Frank where she was Proprietary Partner and headed Capital Markets team. She was also the member of European Investment team. The total transaction value Dorota has dealt with exceeded EUR 2 billion. In 2010 together with 3 other partners she set up REINO group and is CIO in managed vehicles. She is a licensed valuer in Poland, Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, RICS. She holds an MBA (University of Minnesota and Carlson School of Management).
Tim Wilkinson is driving the European expansion strategy of the Indotek Group, a value-add private fund currently with over Eur 2 bln AUM. Tim is responsible for sourcing and acquiring opportunistic investments across 13 European countries, with a focus on direct assets and/or real estate companies that need new capital to unlock un-realised potential. Previously he spent over 20 years with a focus on the emerging markets of Central & South East Europe, most recently as the Head of Capital Markets and equity partner with the Romanian affiliate of Cushman & Wakefield. Tim is a graduate of Nottingham Trent University and a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Barbara Wojdełko is CEO of Greenman Poland, leading a 16-strong team based in Warsaw. Before her appointment as CEO, Barbara was managing partner of Newbridge Poland Sp. z o.o., managing the company’s finance, operations and acquisitions since 2015. She has over a decade’s worth of real estate experience and was previously an analyst for a warehouse developer active in the CEE region. She is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and holds a magister degree in Corporate Finance.
I was born in May 02, 1973 in Tallinn, Estonia.
Since 2017 I am fully dedicated to develop a proptech startup R8tech in my business life. I can help to take your commercial building technical management to the next generation with AI. Energy Efficiency, Indoor Comfort and Building’s Technical Condition are the 3 main keywords. 2020 has been my return to stages, speaking at different (virtual) conferences and webinars like RE Futureproof streamed from Amsterdam, WDBE (Helsinki), DMREx (Berlin), Infoshare (Gdansk), New Energy Challengers (Vilnius), Davos Energy Week 2021 (Davos) etc.
I am a husband and father, son and brother, friend and collegue. Author and editor of some books and music. 21 years in amateur soccer.
Independent Development Finance ConsultantMS Commercial Real Estate Capital Ltd
United Kingdom
Over 25 years experience in development banking and impact investing with extensive knowledge of the Central and South-Eastern European / Central Asian markets as well as the Eastern African markets. Award-winning international banker overseeing strategy, policy, and investments within the environmental, social, governance, and commercial real estate sectors. A seasoned Non-Executive Board Member and Limited Partner Advisory Committee member for various companies and investment funds in emerging markets. Possesses expert-level skills in risk management and managing transactions with corporate clients, financial institutions, and investment funds in 20+ countries.
Sebastian Koziara
Network Development DirectorIWG
Poland
Expert in commercial real estate in CEE region. Leader experienced in office market, retail development, sales and operations. Senior executive in IWG, LPP S.A., C&A and board member in CEERES. Network Development Director for Eastern Europe in IWG/Regus since 2015. Lease and Expansion Director for CEE in LPP ( 2014-15 ). Senior Expansion and Real Estate Manager at C&A in years 2008-14. Country Manager for C&A Poland in 2004-2008. Education background: MBSc at Cracow University of Economics.
Partner - Capital MarketsCushman & Wakefield - Poland
Poland
Adrian Karczewicz
Head of Divestments CEESkanska Commercial Development Europe
Poland
As Head of Divestments at Skanska’s commercial development unit in CEE, Adrian is responsible for sourcing buyers and conducting transaction processes in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. While working at Skanska, Adrian has divested over 40 office buildings totaling almost EUR 2 bn. He has also expanded Skanska’s clients portfolio by 15 new buyers. Moreover, Adrian was involved in the sales process of Skanska’s asset in London and Helsinki. Adrian started his professional career in 1997 at Gerald Eve International. He went on to work for Knight Frank and GE Capital Golub Real Estate. Prior to joining Skanska in 2013, he worked for Echo Investment as the director responsible for the company’s asset divestments.
I worked for Mindspace since 2017 when the Polish branch was established in Warsaw. I took the position of Senior Community Manager. I was responsible for setting up the local company structure and team, managing Mindspace Koszyki and its expansion in 2019. Currently, I hold the role of City Lead Poland and I am responsible primarily for Mindspace’s development, expansion, and operations in Warsaw. I also coordinate the commercialization of projects and ongoing cooperation with business partners, mainly brokers, real estate agents, and tenants. Before joining Mindspace, holding management positions I worked in the Fly Away Travel, and Louvre Hotels Group. I graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Koźmiński University.
Dr. Angelus Bernreuther has been with Kaufland since 2017, currently responsible for relationship management with institutional investors and the real estate industry in Germany. Before that he was head of location research and international clients for BBE Handelsberatung GmbH & in municipal consulting. Studies in geography at the University of Bayreuth as well as an additional real estate studies course at EIPOS at the TU Dresden laid the foundation for his activities in market research, location evaluation and project development for retail properties. He has many years of expertise in retail and real estate topics, gives lectures on leading congresses on current challenges and publishes specialist articles.
Barbara Wojdełko is CEO of Greenman Poland, leading a 16-strong team based in Warsaw. Before her appointment as CEO, Barbara was managing partner of Newbridge Poland Sp. z o.o., managing the company’s finance, operations and acquisitions since 2015. She has over a decade’s worth of real estate experience and was previously an analyst for a warehouse developer active in the CEE region. She is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and holds a magister degree in Corporate Finance.
Since 2012, he has been acting in the capacity of Director of the Investment Banking and Real Estate Financing Department at Bank Pekao S.A. which is responsible for Leveraged Finance, Corporate Structured Finance, Project and Commercial Real Estate Finance. Dieter Lobnig has over 20 years of international experience in consulting, supervising and effective implementation of projects. Before joining BPH Bank in 2005 as Director of the Structured Finance Department, he worked for the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi in London and Vienna and Bank Austria Creditanstalt in Vienna.
Dorota has over 24 years of professional experience in the real estate industry in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. She started her career in USAID in Warsaw (a member of the team preparing the scheme of mortgage loans), followed by Price Waterhouse Real Estate and Knight Frank where she was Proprietary Partner and headed Capital Markets team. She was also the member of European Investment team. The total transaction value Dorota has dealt with exceeded EUR 2 billion. In 2010 together with 3 other partners she set up REINO group and is CIO in managed vehicles. She is a licensed valuer in Poland, Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, RICS. She holds an MBA (University of Minnesota and Carlson School of Management).
Senior executive with 15+ years multi-sectoral real estate experience with EUR10b+ of transactions in the US & Europe. Established Heimstaden in Poland and led its development programme of 4.4k apartments in 5 cities. Now CEO of Cavatina International, responsible for growing its rental housing platform in Europe & the US. Cavatina International is part of Cavatina Group, one of the largest office & rental housing developers in Poland.
Karolis Adlis joined W. P. Carey’s European Investments Team in 2015 and currently serves as Executive Director. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Jefferies Investment Bank as an Equity Derivatives Trader and prior to that as a Market Risk Analyst. Previously he interned as a Credit Analyst and also a Quantitative Analyst at UBS Investment Bank. Karolis has extensive experience structuring transactions in the Nordic and Central and Eastern European markets. Since joining the firm, he has played an instrumental role in over €1.2 billion in sale-leaseback, net lease and build-to-suit investments. Karolis graduated magna cum laude from the University of Bath with a B.Sc. in Business Administration.
STRABAG Real Estate - Managing DirectorStrabag Real Estate
Austria
Michael is managing director in STRABAG Real Estate GmbH, responsible for the real estate development activities of STRABAG Group in Poland, Romania and Slovenia. Starting from Public Private Partnership projects in Austria and SEE / CEE since year 2000, his experience extended to Real Estate Development mainly focusing on office, hotel, residential and retail. Michael graduated from Technical University of Graz and joined STRABAG Group more than 30 years ago.
Chief Business Development Officer, in addition to team management, is also responsible for the development of new projects and the company's tenant portfolio. At 7R since September 2022. Previously, he gained experience in e.g. in the Accolade Group and Santander (BZ WBK).
Co-Owner & Managing PartnerGriffin Capital Partners
Poland
Managing Partner at Griffin Capital Partners. Nebil Senman held leading positions for nine years as Senior Vice President and Supervisory Board Member of Oaktree’s German and Polish real estate funds and operations worth several billion Euro. Before joining Oaktree, he spent eight years handling real estate and corporate consulting at Ernst & Young Real Estate (formerly Arthur Andersen), where he held various managerial positions. He is a graduate of universities in Berlin (TU Berlin, EBS), Paris (ESCP Europe) and London (LSE) and holds an MBA and a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He also holds a post-graduate diploma in real estate management (EBS), and is a Chartered Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, MRICS.
Mr. Morshuis (CEO) is responsible for the areas of project development, construction / project management and transactions. He has many years of international experience in asset management and development with a focus in the residential sector.
Peter Noack is co-founder of ZEITGEIST Asset Management. Today ZEITGEIST has over 50 projects under management with a total investment volume of ca. 800 mio Euro. ZEITGEIST with offices in Prague, Warsaw and Berlin, is a Real Estate Developer and Asset Manager for private and institutional investors in Germany and Central Eastern Europe. Prior to ZEITGEIST, Peter worked in institutional real estate in Germany, Central Eastern Europe and Turkey for HOCHTIEF Development and Rödl & Partner in Germany and Czech Republic. He is registered as licenced attorney at law in Germany and Czech Republic and holds a Law degree from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.
Having graduated in Budapest in 1988 Peter is an economist by background. He also holds an MPhil degree in Land Economy from Cambridge University and a joint MSc degree in Real Estate from the Budapest Technical University and the Nottingham Trent University. He started his career 30 years ago and gained tremendous experience in the field of property agency, development, valuation and investment & banking with local and international firms such as Price Waterhouse, Kuwait Petroleum, Jones Lang Wootton and Eurohypo. He is currently responsible for the CEE & SEE Region at HYPO NOE Landesbank für Niederoesterreich und Wien Bank AG. Peter is an active member of RICS. He served in various positions both in local an European level.
Investment manager with broad experience in large investment projects in CEE (mainly Poland) with some experience outside CEE (mainly Turkey, some Africa). Has a strong educational fundaments and professional experience in corporate finance, investments and real estate.
Sourcing and execution of residential investments for Heimstaden in Germany, Central Europe, France and Finland. Formerly responsible for residential investments in Europe at Round Hill Capital. Prior to this, he was an investment banker in the Goldman Sachs’ European real estate team in London. Stan holds a master’s degree in Finance and Business Strategy from Sciences Po University in Paris.
GRI has no speakers and no presentations. Instead, you have a selection of closed-door discussions in which everyone can participate.
Much like a conversation in your own living room, the dynamic environment allows you to engage with your peers in an informal and collegial setting.
12 years experience within conference production in infrastructure, tax, finance and real estate. Previously working with RICS for four years helping drive the global CPD rollout. I have been with GRI Club for over 4 years, from Sales Director, UK Markets Director, Content Director and now as Global Head of Content with Sales Specialty within our Europe and USA markets. Ask me about our European events,asset class specialisms and connecting wtih investors globally. BA Hons in Philosophy from Kings College London, hobbies include Rugby, Theatre Production and Time Out Tastemaker.
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Maria Fernanda Trentin
Portfolio DirectorGRI Club
Sales, Marketing and Business Strategy executive with 10 years of experience in large companies in the Media & Entertainment Market. Strategic business vision focused on customer experience, increasing the product efficiency and performance.
Strong relationship skills and customer loyalty, always seeking to revenue increase and budget optimization.
Greenman Poland, headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, is an asset manager and developer in the convenience retail sector, focused on the acquisition, management and development of food anchored retail parks and shopping centres. Greenman Poland has 150 million EURO assets under management, comprising of retail parks and shopping centres totalling 87,000 sqm. The assets are anchored by leading European retailers including Carrefour, Rossmann, JYSK, Pepco and Spar. Greenman Poland is part of the Greenman Group, a collection of subsidiary corporations including Greenman Investments, Europe’s only fully integrated grocery real estate investment fund manager.
With the largest commercial real estate team in Europe and one of the biggest worldwide, CMS is well positioned to help investors, funders, developers, landlords and occupiers navigate all aspects of the real estate market and maximise their assets. Whatever the size and scope of your project or deal, with almost 800 real estate lawyers in 42 countries we have the resources to meet your needs quickly and efficiently, offering expert advice. We have been active in real estate in our markets for decades, so we understand the culture, the economic context, the local legal context and the history.
Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI) is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. With operations in 68 countries, our more than 15,000 enterprising professionals work collaboratively to provide expert advice to maximize the value of property for real estate occupiers, owners and investors. For more than 25 years, our experienced leadership, owning approximately 40% of our equity, has delivered compound annual investment returns of almost 20% for shareholders. In 2019, corporate revenues were more than $3.0 billion ($3.5 billion including affiliates), with $33 billion of assets under management in our investment management segment.
Wolf Theiss is one of the leading law firms in CEE and SEE. We have built our reputation on a combination of unrivalled local knowledge and strong international capability. We opened our first office in Vienna 60 years ago. Our team now brings together over 340 lawyers from a diverse range of backgrounds, working in offices in 13 countries throughout the CEE and SEE region. Over 80% of our work involves cross-border representation of international clients, and we offer full range of services.
Dentons Europe Dąbrowski i Wspólnicy Sp.k. is represented by Bartlomiej Kordeczka – Partner, Proxy and Piotr Szafarz – Partner, Proxy. Dentons is the largest global law firm offering clients access to nearly 9,000 lawyers in 65+ countries. With more than 450 lawyers in 28 offices across Continental Europe and the UK, Dentons’ Real Estate group provides comprehensive advice to clients from Europe’s major financial hubs and gateway cities in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. Our top-ranked pan-European lawyers have vast expertise in advising clients on acquisitions and disposals of single asset, portfolio and multi-country transactions, as well as real estate financings, joint ventures, development and leasing projects. We can handle deals of any size and complexity.
EuropaProperty.com is fast becoming a multidisciplinary enterprise with an array of mediums to help the real estate and associated industries move forward. EuropaProperty provides commercial real estate professionals with comprehensive and up-to-date, daily real estate news, offline and online events and publications. This information, analysis and coverage of the commercial real estate markets, and related businesses, coupled with high-profile events and award ceremonies, has given commercial real estate companies investing in the region an excellent marketing platform to promote their services, properties and investments.
Global Talent is a boutique recruitment agency dedicated exclusively to the Real Estate and Infrastructure markets.
With specialized know-how in these sectors, our mission is to find true talent that can transform your company.
Adam Czerniak is a doctor of economic sciences, research director and chief economist at the Polityka Insight analytical center and head of the Department of Institutional and Political Economics at the Warsaw School of Economics. Until 2012, he worked as a banking economist, previously he cooperated with the World Bank and the FOR Foundation, he was also a Ronald Coase Institute scholarship holder. He is a founding member of the Rental Market Laboratory, as well as the author of scientific publications in the field of economic sociology, institutional economics and the functioning of the real estate market. Polish representative in the European Master in Official Statistics council operating at Eurostat in the term of office 2021-2023.
