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successful.

Litigation

We advise companies, domestic and foreign law firms and private individuals on national and international litigation, white collar crime and arbitration.

  • Representation in ordinary civil proceedings before civil courts

  • Representation in interim relief (interim injunctions)

  • Representation in collective legal protection

  • Representation in non-contentious proceedings

  • Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments

  • Claims management

  • Strategic advice

  • Settlement negotiations

  • Asset tracing

  • Representation in criminal investigations including financial criminal proceedings

  • Representation in criminal proceedings

  • Representation of private parties

  • Compliance and monitoring

  • Whistleblowing and internal fraud investigation

  • Representation in house searches and seizures

  • Anti-money laundering (anti-corruption)

  • Representation in relation to EU sanctions

  • Representation in national and international arbitration proceedings

  • Enforcement of arbitral awards

  • Challenging arbitral awards

  • Acting as arbitrator

  • Acting as an expert witness

  • Strategic advice

  • Settlement negotiations

Real Estate

We focus on advising developers and investors on the acquisition and disposal of real estate via asset and share deals, including tax structuring and financing, as well as letting, sale and leaseback or leasing. Furthermore, we advise on the development and operation of real estate projects, including permit and construction contracts (planning, construction and operation). Finally, we also take care of claims management, including standing interest, eviction and termination procedures.

  • Property development contract law

  • Tenancy law (rent / lease)

  • Contracting agreements

  • Facility management including interest, eviction and termination proceedings

  • Claims management

  • Construction processes

  • Project management

  • Financing (including real estate leasing)

  • Purchase and sale of real estate

  • Legal due diligence

  • Trust settlements

  • Structuring of the transaction (asset or share deal)

  • Organisation and implementation of bidding procedures

  • General and subcontractor agreements

  • Architectural contracts

  • Support from the construction phase to the takeover of the construction project

  • Public building law

Corporate & Commercial

Corporate law and advice on commercial law issues are a focus of us. We support national as well as international companies and groups of companies in structuring under company and contract law. We find solutions for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property and for data protection as well as the successful implementation of joint ventures, reorganisations and national or cross-border M&A and private equity transactions.

  • Company formations including choice of legal form

  • Financing rounds

  • Start-up and venture capital advice

  • Drafting articles of association and bylaws

  • Ongoing corporate law advice to companies and groups of companies

  • Advice to executive boards, managing directors and supervisory boards

  • Corporate governance advice

  • Capital measures

  • Capital maintenance law

  • Standardised corporate services, e.g. appointment of managing directors, granting of power of attorney

  • Syndicate, shareholder and voting agreements

  • Reorganisation and restructuring measures (contribution, demerger, merger, change of legal form, accretion, national and cross-border reorganisations, tax-driven reorganisations)

  • Preparation and support of general and shareholders' meetings

  • Company-related contract law

  • Distribution law (authorised dealers, commercial agents, commission agents, franchising)

  • Data protection law

  • Intellectual property law (trademark, design, patent and copyright law)

  • Labour law

  • Public procurements law

  • Antitrust law

  • Competition law

  • IT, telecoms, e-commerce

  • Insurance Contract Law

  • Financing

  • Work-out of financing projects

  • trademark and design prosecution and litigation, including advice on brand strategy, trademark and conflict researches, trademark and design applications, management of trademark portfolios, opposition proceedings regarding Austrian and EU trademarks, court proceedings regarding trademark and design infringements

  • unfair competition law

  • license agreements

  • copyright law

  • domain law

  • product piracy and customs proceedings

  • Due Diligence

  • Acquisition, sale and mergers of companies, businesses and assets

  • Joint ventures and cooperation agreements

  • Private equity

  • Establishment of foundations

  • Acting as a board member in foundations

  • Asset succession