DLA Piper advised funds advised by affiliates to Partners Group AG on the (indirect) acquisition of three commercial real estate properties in Poland. The acquisition was conducted by a Luxembourg acquisition vehicle and structured as a mixed share and asset deal pursuant to Luxembourg and Polish law, respectively. The commercial real estate properties were sold by a fund advised by an affiliate of Peakside Capital Advisors AG. The existing Peakside property management team will continue to manage the commercial real estate properties.

The three commercial real estate properties located in Warsaw (Atrium Centrum and Atrium Plaza) and Poznan (Poznan Financial Center) comprise of a leasable area of approximately 50,000 sqm. All three properties are located at exposed city centre sites and are predominantly rented out commercially.

Partners Group is a global private markets investment manager with over USD 50 billion in investment programs under management in private equity, private debt, private real estate and private infrastructure. Partners Group is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland and has offices in San Francisco, Houston, New York, São Paulo, London, Guernsey, Paris, Luxembourg, Milano, Munich, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm employs over 780 people and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (symbol: PGHN).

The DLA Piper team was led by partner Dominik Stühler and included: senior associate Dr Daniel Wied (both Corporate, Munich), partners Catherine Pogorzelski (Corporate, Luxembourg), Geoffrey Scardoni (Tax, Luxembourg), Jacek Gizinski (Real Estate, Warsaw), Dr Michael Holzhäuser (Antitrust, Frankfurt), counsel Michal Pietuszko (Real Estate, Warsaw), senior associate Dr Kai Terstiege, associate Tobias Hoppe (both Corporate, Munich), senior associate Ambroise Foerster, associate Emma Massicard (both Corporate, Luxembourg), associate Grzegorz Godlewski (Antitrust, Warsaw) and associate Rafal Burda (Finance, Warsaw).