Michał Smolny is an attorney-at-law and a partner heading the Real Estate team at Eversheds Sutherland Poland.
Michał Smolny is an attorney-at-law and a partner heading the Real Estate team at Eversheds Sutherland Poland.
Michał specializes in real estate, construction and renewable energy law. He also deals with projects related to financing, infrastructure and joint ventures / M&A.
He has nearly 20 years of experience in legal advisory for business. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, he worked at international law firms.
Michał supports clients in joint venture and development transactions with leading Polish and international developers. He advises on the acquisition, construction, lease and sale of warehouse, office, retail and housing properties (hotels, dormitories, serviced senior housing / nursing homes, Private Rented Sector housing). He advises funds investing in real estate in Poland. He has participated in pioneering PPP projects for the construction / financing of dormitories and a private hospital in Poland. He worked on dozens of real estate acquisitions and development transactions.
He is a frequent press commentator and author of trainings on real estate law, construction law, investment project financing and export contracts.
Michał is a law graduate of University of Warsaw and completed the course of study at the British Law Centre, conducted by the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw in conjunction with the University of Cambridge.
- advising EIKA Asset Management in due diligence review and acquisition of Celebrooffice property in Warsaw
- advising a Singaporean real estate investment fund on the acquisition of 25 warehouse properties and two office properties
- advising a Slovak real estate investment fund on the acquisition of two land properties and the construction of warehouses
- advising a Czech real estate investment fund on the acquisition of an office building in Warsaw
- advising a multinational automotive corporation on the sale of part of its business and lease of a new production facility in Poland
- advising an international hotel operator on its entry to Poland and lease of hotel property
- advising an international retail operator on the sale of supermarkets and hypermarkets in Poland
- advising an international warehouse operator on the sale of six warehouse properties in Poland
- advising a Czech real estate investment fund on the acquisition of a company that is a perpetual usufructuary of land and owner of an office building in Warsaw
- advising the UK real estate investment fund on the acquisition of an outlet center in Poland
- advising a Luxembourg real estate investment fund on the acquisition of a shopping center in Poland and refinancing this acquisition
- advising a developer on the sale of an office complex in Kraków