DLA Piper

Professional QualificationsAdvocate (Adwokat) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Okręgowa Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie), 2020

EXPERIENCE

Advising Romanian-Belgian developer SPEEDWELL Development on the purchase of a plot of land from BPI Real Estate Poland and ACTEEUM Group . The land is located in Mokotów, on Obrzeżna Street, and has an area of 2,290 sqm. The plot will be used for the construction of a PBSA building, i.e. private student dormitories with approximately 600 accommodation places.
Advising DHL Exel Supply Chain on the cross-border sale (in a model sale and leaseback) of a logistics portfolio of the value of approximately EUR500m, comprising properties in Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy and Finland to a major German fund. The transaction is structured as a forward funding agreement. The portfolio included warehouse buildings with the total area around 200,000 sq. m., including negotiation of the general construction agreements and lease agreements.
Advising DHL Exel Supply Chain on the transaction related to development of the logistics center with the total leasable area around 30,000 sq.m. in Wielkopolskie voivodeship near Poznań, with leading warehouse developer, including due diligence review, assistance in the process of acquisition of the real properties, negotiating the development agreement as well as assistance in during the construction and post-construction asset management process.
Advising Panattoni, on the acquisition of a real property in southern part of Poland as well as the lease agreement and development management agreement concerning its development with a ca. 33,000 sq. m. warehouse-production-office building.
Advising the financial institution on the sale of the office building in Warsaw (with a total leasable area of 5,600 sq. m.) together with the sale of shares in the management company.
Advising Panattoni, a leading international developer of warehouse and production facilities, on the negotiation of numerous agreements with various investors for the management of a development process concerning multi-let warehouse facilities in a number of locations in Poland, including Łódź, Kraków, Warsaw, Bytom and Poznań.
Advising Panattoni, a leading international developer of warehouse and production facilities, on numerous transactions regarding the sale of logistic centres in Poland, including in Łódź, Warsaw and Grodzisk Mazowiecki.*
Advising a French real estate investment fund on a transaction regarding acquisition of an office building in Warsaw, Poland, including due diligence review of the property and preparation and negotiation of transactional documentation, the negotiation of insurance policies relating to the titles to real properties, and the negotiation of representations and warranties.*
Participating in preparation of a due diligence report relating to the acquisition of logistic portfolio concerning several jurisdictions in Poland, Germany and the UK.*
Advising a US real estate investment fund on transaction relating to the acquisition of a logistic centre in Łódź, Poland, including due diligence review of the property and preparation and negotiation of transactional documentation.*
Advising a French real estate investment fund on asset management of the office building in Warsaw, Poland, including negotiation of lease agreements, representing the client in pre-court proceedings in disputes with tenants.

* Experience gained before joining DLA Piper.

Education

University of Wrocław, Master of Laws Degree, 2016

Awards and Recognitions

Recommended in Real Estate – The Legal 500 EMEA 2023-24
"Justyna Bartnik got into our operating rhythm very quickly. She was a real team member to us through the entire process, and I knew I could rely on her just like on my own company lawyers" – The Legal 500 EMEA, Real Estate 2024
“Clients rely on Justyna Bartnik a lot.” – The Legal 500 EMEA, Real Estate 2023

Prior Experience

May 2021 – present, Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
July 2020 – May 2021, Associate, international law firm, Warsaw
January 2017 – June 2020, Lawyer, international law firm, Warsaw
July 2016 – December 2016, Junior Associate, independent Polish law firm, Warsaw
June 2015 – June 2016, Trainee, independent Polish law firm, Warsaw
April 2012 – June 2012, Trainee, Budimex, Wrocław