M&A Transactions

• Advising Mutares on the listing of Steyr Motors AG at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
• Counsel to Austrian General Accident Insurance Institution (AUVA) on the spin-off of various organisations due to the Social-Insurance-Organisation Act 2018
• Counsel to Carinthia  on the restructuring of the state shareholdings
• Ongoing corporate law advice and several cross-border restructurings of a Dow Jones company
• Comprehensive restructuring of a global consumer goods company
• Counsel to Novartis/Sandoz on various restructurings (e.g. integration of EBEWE Pharma)
• Counsel to Trenkwalder on the restructuring of the group
• Counsel to Ionity (joint venture of BMW Group, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen) on the entrance of the Austrian market
• Counsel to the Scandinavian insurer Tryg on its market entry in Austria
• Counsel to Rail Cargo Austria AG on the reorganisation of large parts of the group in Austria and CEE (including the acquisition and sale of various participations)
• Counsel to Rail Cargo Austria AG on the establishment of various joint ventures
• Counsel to French Veolia Environnement S.A. on the establishment of a joint venture with Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG
• Cross-border mergers of Kommunalkredit International Bank (Cyprus) into KA Finanz AG
• Counsel to Macquarie on the sale of Techem to a consortium led by Schweizer Partners Group 
• Counsel to Hengst SE on acquisition of DELBAG division from Fläkt Group
• Counsel to Erba Diagnostics Limited on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in WSS Medical
• Counsel on the participation of a new shareholder into the ImWind Group
• Counsel to Scout24 on the acquisition of the online-plattform Immosuma GmbH
• Counsel to Hör Technologie AG on the acquisition of Pichler & Strobl 
• Counsel to Macquarie on the tender procedure for the sale of EDF's 25% stake in ESTAG 
• Counsel to ACAL Private Equity on various transactions
• Counsel to Allianz SE and Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG on the acquisition of 50% of the shares in BAWAG-PSK Vorsorgekasse AG from BAWAG P.S.K. Bank
• Counsel to the e-scooter provider Flash on its market entry in Vienna
• Counsel to of the Fintech Startup zuulupay
• Pro Bono Consulting for CAPE 10 - House of the Future and Social Innovation in Vienna
• Counsel to Blockpit AG on a financing round
• Counsel to the start-up Biome Diagnostics (MyBioma) on the entry of Uniqa

Shareholder Disputes

For reasons of confidentiality, we do not mention any clients' names in shareholder disputes. Our legal advice covers the following areas:

• (Out-of-court) negotiations and dispute resolution in the event of disputed shareholder positions and shareholder exits in tense situations
• Filing shareholder lawsuits such as actions to contest shareholders’ resolutions, actions for annulment and actions for approval, dismissal of members of management bodies without their consent, obtaining preliminary rulings and injunctive relief
• Court enforcement of requests for shareholder information and special audits
• Advising a minority shareholder on the enforcement of his rights under a shareholders' agreement against the majority shareholders
• Exclusion of minority shareholders without their consent (squeeze-out)
• Enforcement of shareholders' agreements (e.g. exercise of call and put options without the consent of the obligated parties, enforcement of bad leaver provisions)
• Advising a well-known Austrian family in disputes at shareholder level due to differences on the management of the family business
• Advising a well-known Austrian entrepreneurial family on the division of the family business (succession plan)
• Enforcing the rights of an international private equity fund as a minority shareholder in a well-known Austrian company