Gide Warsaw has advised Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, which it describes as "the largest commercial real estate company in Europe," on the refinancing of the Galeria Mokotow shopping center in Warsaw.
According to Gide, "a EUR 200 million credit facility was granted by Commerzbank AG."
The Galeria Mokotow is located in the Mokotow borough of Warsaw. Phase 1 of the shopping center opened in 2000, with approximately 48,000 square meters of retail space, and it has subsequently been expanded to over 62,000 square meters.
The firm's team was led by Associate Mateusz Gronau, working under the supervision of Partner Pawel Grzeskowiak.
Editor's Note: After this article was published, Norton Rose Fulbright announced that it had advised Commerzbank on the financing. The firm's team in Warsaw was supervised by Partner Grzegorz Dyczkowski and the transaction was led by Associate Maksymilian Jarzabek and Of Counsel Tomasz Rogalski, with assistance from Polish Associate Igor Kondratowicz French Partner Christine Ezcutari, Of Counsel Alexandre Roth, and Associate Alexis Babin de Lignac, and London-based Partner Dan Kennedy.
