A tailor-made law firm

‘Eurobuild CEE’: The Eurobuild Awards 2014 statuette for Polish Law Firm of the Year went to CMS, whose skills have been brought to bear in some of the largest transactions in the investment market in Poland and across the region. Is it difficult to build a team of good and successful real estate lawyers? Wojciech Koczara, partner, CMS: We started building our current team nine years ago, back in 2006. We focused on the most competent individuals, who involved themselves in what they were doing, showing responsibility and a client-orientated attitude. We created a team that operates not only in the real estate market in the strict sense, but also in infrastructure and construction. In our two offices – Warsaw and Poznań – we have a combined team of 30 lawyers dealing exclusively with real estate. This allows us to maintain a highly focused specialisation without losing sight of the full picture of the overall real estate market. What cases has your team rece