Linklaters has advised Nrep, the leading Northern European real estate investor managing assets worth more than EUR 19 billion, on the acquisition of an 80% stake in 7R SA (“7R”), one of Poland’s largest logistics developers. Nrep invests approximately EUR 200 million into the company.
7R is a dynamically growing developer headquartered in Poland. It operates in the commercial real estate market, providing A-class warehouses for rent. 7R offers a full cross section of space, including big box facilities as well as Build-to-Suit and urban warehouses. Its portfolio comprises 36 assets, with the area of 1.8 million sqm. It also has a strong development pipeline of 2.3 million sqm.
With the investment, 7R will accelerate its growth, and Nrep will gain a strong logistics platform in Poland, expanding its logistics portfolio to 4.2 million sqm across six countries.
The transaction was led by Monika Lerka (managing associate) and Tomasz Trystuła (managing associate) from Warsaw real estate practice. The corporate advisory was coordinated by Szymon Renkiewicz (managing associate) and Anna Zmitrowicz (senior associate) from the corporate/M&A practice. Artur Kulawski (managing partner) and Janusz Dzianachowski (partner) supervised the transaction.
The wider team included: real estate practice – Jędrzej Pałka (managing associate), who led the due diligence process, Michał Kostewicz (associate), Bartosz Boenigk (associate), Katarzyna Grodzka (associate), Filip Witaszek (associate), Joanna Roman (associate) and Marta Strykowska (associate); corporate/M&A practice – Marcin Schulz (partner), Maciej Ficiński (senior associate), Wojciech Kobyliński (senior associate), Justyna Tuleja (associate), Jakub Gerula (junior associate), Jan Kwiecień (junior associate), Jakub Sitarski (junior associate) and Wiktoria Sagan (junior associate); employment practice – Monika Krzyszkowska-Dąbrowska (counsel, head of Employment), Łukasz Burakowski (managing associate) and Jakub Korobczuk (junior associate); TMT/IP practice – Szymon Sieniewicz (managing associate, head of TMT/IP) and Daria Wojciechowska (associate); litigation, arbitration and investigations practice – Marta Szrajer (managing associate); banking and finance practice – Marta Domino (partner), Michał de Białynia Woycikiewicz (associate) and Marcin Wołoszyn (associate); antitrust and foreign investment practice – Wojciech Podlasin (managing associate) and Barbara Wanat (senior associate).