- general European law
- challenging provisions in national laws and regulations that are not in conformity with European law
- appeals against decisions by the European Commission
- representation in proceedings before the European courts
- EU competition law and EU state aid law (cf. Competition law State aid law)
- representation in cartel proceedings before Austrian and European competition authorities
- advice on competition law aspects of cooperations between companies and MA transactions (merger control)
- internal investigations within a company
- advice on and training in compliance-related matters
- legal disputes concerning matters of competition law (before courts of law and arbitral tribunals)
- legal counseling on damage claims based on competition law infringements
- legal advice on matters of state aid law, in particular relating to the public funding of privately and publicly owned companies
- the drafting, amendment and termination of commercial agency, authorized dealership and franchise agreements
- enforcement of and defense against claims such as e.g. indemnification for investments and other indemnification claims
- car dealership and repair agreements
- protection of intellectual property rights and know-how and other data in connection with distribution
- representation in legal disputes between suppliers and dealers
- the structuring and implementation of real estate transactions
- due diligence reviews
- building contracts, architect and general contractor agreements
- focus areas include retail centers, industrial parks and hotel projects, solar and wind farm projects
- Bank lending and structured finance
- Regulatory law
- Securities law and market regulation
- Restructuring and insolvency
- proceedings before the E-Control authority in connection with licenses and rates
- the drafting, amendment and termination of energy supply agreements
- advising suppliers and industrial customers in connection with price adjustment procedures
- representation in administrative proceedings
- appeals against decisions before the administrative courts
- review of draft laws and regulations
- business licenses and facility permits
- acting as advisers to contracting authorities and tenderers in procurement procedures
- legal counseling on the acquisition and sale of businesses, drafting of transaction structures
- private equity and venture capital transactions
- management buy-out and leveraged buy-out transactions
- strategic counseling in connection with acquisitions also outside of Austria with the assistance of associated lawfirms (e.g. in Eastern Europe)
- due diligence reviews
- merger control and compliance
- takeover law
- structuring and implementation of reorganizations (amalgamations, spin-offs, transformations, contributions), corporate governance
- legal opinions on corporate law issues
- company formations, drafting of articles of association and shareholders’ agreements
- advising executive directors/managing directors and supervisory board members, counseling on issues in connection with directors’ and officers’ liability
- legal counseling in connection with disagreements among shareholders
Close cooperation with lawyers specializing in a variety of different fields of law enableS us to cover a number of other areas of expertise:
