Halina Więckowska-Sulimierska EN

Partner an Legal Counsel responsible for real estate cases at Gekko Taxens Law Firm.

For many years, Halina has been advising Polish and foreign entities on all aspects of real estate law. She has been practicing law in the following areas:

• Sale and purchase of industrial real estate, office and commercial buildings, hotels, agricultural land and residential real estate
• Joint ventures and related corporate issues in connection with the sale and purchase of real estate
• Rental and lease agreements for office, commercial and residential real estate on the part of tenants (lessees) and landlords (lessors)
• Real estate restructuring
• Audit of legal title to real estate in connection with financing and refinancing
• Spatial planning and development
• Administrative process (including obtaining decisions in the construction process)
• Consulting and negotiation of contracts related to the construction process (with the general contractor, designer and other participants in the construction process)

Recommended and awarded by The Legal 500 EMEA in the category of Real Estate and Leading legal experts in Europe, Middle East & Africa. Nominated by Top Woman in Real Estate as a leading lawyer in the best real estate team of 2018.

Between 2008–2018, Halina was Co-Chair of the Real Estate Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland and between 2010–2018, Chairwoman of the “Women in the Profession” initiative at K&L Gates law firm in Warsaw.

Between 1997–2010, She worked in the Warsaw office of Hogan & Hartson and then between 2010–2019 at K&L Gates Warsaw, first as Of Counsel and then as a partner overseeing real estate cases.

As part of her practice, she did courses and training in European Union law conducted in Brussels, and received a diploma from the British Law Centre under the auspices of Cambridge University.