Justyna Bauta-Szostak

Partner | Tax adviser | Attorney at Law

International taxes | Real estate | Family foundation | Withholding tax (WHT) | Reporting tax schemes (MDR)

Highly regarded expert in Poland in the General Corporate Tax category in the World Tax and World Tax Leaders 2022 and 2023 ranking published by International Tax Review.
Leading expert in tax advisory in Poland according to the “Women in Tax” ranking, International Tax Review (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017).
Expert in the field of corporate income tax and international taxes, specializing in advising real estate companies and corporate restructuring.
Manages projects related to investments in real estate located in Poland and other Central European countries.
Advises clients at all stages of business – from making decisions and choosing the optimal legal form for investments, through ongoing advice related to the specifics of the development industry, to exiting the investment.
Implemented projects regarding, among others:
- establishment of investment platforms of office real estate, commercial rea estate, flats for rent, warehouses and student houses;
- preparation and introduction of real estate companies to listing on the WSE;
- real estate transactions – both in the form of selling shares in real estate companies and of selling real estate itself.

2005 | Tax adviser
2006 | Legal counsel
2002 | Faculty of Law and Administration of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Member of the Warsaw Bar Association
Member of the National Chamber of Tax Advisers
Speaker at many respectable real estate and tax conferences, such as: CEE Private Equity Conference, Investments on the Commercial Real Estate Market, Polish Office Market – Trends and Forecasts, Office Buildings in Poland, Polish Residential Market
Languages: Polish, English, Italian

Leading expert in tax advisory in Poland according to the “Women in Tax” ranking, International Tax Review (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017).
Highly regarded expert in Poland in the General Corporate Tax category in the World Tax and World Tax Leaders ranking published by International Tax Review (2024, 2023, 2022).
Winner of the Top Woman in Real Estate in the category Tax & accounting services 2020 and thus was recognized as the No. 1 woman dealing with tax advisory services for the real estate industry in Poland.
Expert in the field of corporate income tax and international taxes, specializing in advising real estate companies and corporate restructuring.
Partner in MDDP’s Income Tax Practice, awarded by the Rzeczpospolita in two consecutive years for handling prestigious transactions.
Expert at MDDP – the only Polish company listed among the leaders of the transaction advisory market in Poland in the “Tax Transactional” ranking prepared by the International Tax Review (2019, 2018, 2017).
Partner at MDDP – awarded twice the title of Poland Firm of the Year in the European Tax Awards ranking organized by the International Tax Review (2018, 2013) and listed every year among the leading firms on the Polish market in the World Tax ranking.

Co-author of the book “Real estate taxation in business operations. Property tax. Tax on revenues from buildings” issued by Wolters Kluwer in 2018.
Co-author of the book ‘Real Estate Sale Lease Rent. Effects in PIT, CIT and VAT”, issued by Difin. The first edition of the publication was awarded in the Golden Wings ranking of the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna for year 2010.
Author of numerous publications in professional press and comments in daily media.