Piotr Fedorowicz

Piotr Fedorowicz is an advocate admitted to practice in Poland, a partner in the corporate department of Rymarz Zdort Maruta and the head of the real estate practice.

Experience and education:

He is a transactional lawyer responsible for advising clients from the commercial property sector. He has in-depth corporate and M&A knowledge, with a particular focus on office, warehouse and retail property projects. Piotr specialises in complex joint ventures and cross-border transactions, as well as in commercial and civil law. His clients primarily comprise foreign investors, private equity funds, asset managers and developers, to whom he provides oversight and comprehensive assistance in acquisitions and disposals. Piotr provides pragmatic, solution-driven and realisable legal strategies and solutions to his clients for the development, permitting, acquisition, commercialisation and operation of and exit from investments in commercial real estate.

Piotr was the leading counsel of the seller in a transaction concerning the disposal of a 75% stake in EPP, being a real estate investment company, for EUR 1.5 billion, awarded the Deal of the Decade Award (2006-2016) by the prestigious Property EU competition. At the time, EPP’s commercial platform comprised 18 office and retail properties in Poland.

Piotr has particular knowledge of the logistics, commercial and office space sectors. Over the last four years, he has advised on development of over 700,000 sqm of warehouses, disposal of over 640,000 sqm of office space and 620,000 sqm of retail space, all located in Poland and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Throughout over a decade of work, he has conducted more than 50 transactions with a total volume exceeding EUR 3.5 billion.

He graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw in 2010, and also completed a course in US law at the Center for American Law Studies co-organised by the University of Warsaw and the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He qualified as an advocate and was admitted to practice in 2014.

Awards and rankings:

Ranking respondents have stated that Piotr is a leading expert when it comes to real estate advisory: Piotr Fedorowicz is key real estate lawyer in the CEE region as he provides top legal advice and is already one of the most experienced transactional lawyers within his field.

The prestigious international legal rankings Chambers Europe and The Legal 500 recommend Piotr Fedorowicz as an expert specialising in real estate-related projects, including M&A transactions. Clients commend Piotr’s expertise and effective performance. One referee says: Piotr Fedorowicz is a solution-driven, professional, and experienced negotiator; another adds: …has expertise in his field and is focused on closing transactions. Testimonials also focus on the professionalism of both Piotr and the team he heads, as well as his exceptional approach to client relations: Piotr Fedorowicz is always available and he is really working as a member of the team, says one of the respondents. Business approach…and a great feeling of the market – shares one of Piotr’s clients, while another adds: The team is delivering a great service in complicated transactions and gives comfort that you are making the right decision*.

In the 2023 legal ranking prepared by Rzeczpospolita, a leading Polish daily, Piotr was recognized as a recommended lawyer in the real estate field in Poland.