At Wolf Theiss, we build our reputation on unrivaled local knowledge, supported by strong international capabilities. With over 390 lawyers in 13 countries, more than 80% of the firm’s work involves cross-border representation of international clients.
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We have focused our efforts on a unique part of the world: the complex, fast-developing markets of the CEE/SEE region. Through our international network of offices, we work closely with our clients to develop innovative solutions that integrate legal, financial and business expertise
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Over the past 60 years, we have continuously expanded our areas of expertise. With confidence, we offer a broad spectrum of specialised legal expertise, covering everything from arbitration to white-collar crime. This comprehensive range allows us to address all facets of commercial law, providing innovative solutions to the most complex legal challenges. Our industry expertise ensures that we deliver not only legal advice but also deep business insights, making us trusted partners who offer strategic, practical solutions.
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Arbitration
Recognised arbitration experts in Central and Eastern Europe
Asset Recovery & Global Enforcement
Proven team helping you to trace and recover assets throughout Central and Eastern Europe and beyond
Banking & Finance
Specialised teams in banking and finance law
Blockchain & Crypto Assets
We are passionate about technology, and this also extends to blockchains and crypto assets
Capital Markets
Trusted capital markets experts, adding value to your investments
Competition & Antitrust
Covering all areas of competition & antitrust law in CEE/SEE
Construction Law & Engineering
Experienced specialists in all areas of construction law
Corporate M&A
Extensive experience with large and mid-sized transactions covering the full spectrum of corporate, commercial and M&A law
Data Protection & Cybersecurity
Expertise in all matters related to privacy and data protection law, including cybercrime, data loss, and data management
Employment
Expert & customised legal services covering all aspects of employment law
Environmental Law & Permits
Comprehensive advice on environmental law & permits for all project types
Intellectual Property
Our experts in intellectual property law will protect your ideas and innovations
Investigations, Crisis Response & Compliance
Broad expertise in compliance management and investigations
Litigation
Specialised litigation & dispute resolution team with experience across industries
Public Procurement
Full-service public procurement lawyers for all tender procedures
Real Estate Law
Experts in real estate & property law with specialised industry & local market knowledge
Regulatory & Administrative Law
Trusted specialists for all matters of regulatory and administrative law
Restructuring, Insolvency & Distressed Investments
Strategic legal advice on all matters involving insolvency, restructuring and crisis management
Tax
Trusted experts in national and international tax law
White Collar Crime
Securing successful outcomes for our clients in all areas and types of white collar crime
Our industry expertise
Energy & Natural Resources
Industry experts with a business-oriented approach
Financial Institutions
Industry leading expertise in the financial sector
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Industry knowledge and veteran experience in healthcare & life sciences
Infrastructure
Veteran specialists for handling complex projects
Insurance
Specialist knowledge of the insurance industry combined with innovative legal solutions
Private Clients
Trusted legal advice for private individuals, family businesses, foundations and more
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Recognised fund specialists in private equity & venture capital
Real Estate
Industry specialists with expert business know-how
Retail & Consumer Goods
In-depth industry knowledge on a local and international level
Telecommunications, Media & Technology
Industry leaders with specialist knowledge of TMT laws & regulations
Construction
Industry specialists with technical and business know-how
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From record-breaking acquisitions to landmark legal successes, our team consistently delivers high-value solutions to complex legal challenges across the CEE and SEE regions. With an international team of legal experts, we provide trusted advice in all key areas of law.
Success is proven by results
Buy side M&A€3.2 billion, first-ever competing takeover in Austria
In a landmark transaction and the first-ever competing public takeover offer in Austria, Wolf Theiss as lead counsel advised CPI Property Group S.A. (CPIPG) in connection with its €3.2 billion mandatory takeover offer for all outstanding shares and convertible bonds of Vienna and Warsaw dual-listed IMMOFINANZ AG. In addition to the public takeover, Wolf Theiss acted as lead counsel to CPIPG in obtaining merger control clearance in eight jurisdictions and advised on all Austrian law aspects of a €2.5 billion bridge loan facility for financing the transaction.
€ 3,200,000,000 acquisition
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Law Firm of the Year: Central Europe – “The Lawyer”
2024
Law Firm of the Year: South Eastern Europe – “The Lawyer”
2024
European Women in Business Law Award: Central Europe
2024
Law Firm of the Year: Austria – “IFLR1000”
2024
European Women in Business Law Award: Poland
2024
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– Chambers Europe“The partners as well as the associates are highly competent at a technical level, are always available and flexible, and they support us even when we don’t make it easy for them with ad hoc questions.”
– IFLR1000“Very knowledgeable in capital markets, on top of things and give market-leader, authoritative advice.”
– The Legal 500“High clarity and very high level of expertise; able to answer complex legal questions in the relevant legal area; excellent speed in answering our request (meeting the given timelines).”
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- 6 December 2024
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We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability. To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more. This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs. Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments. If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following emailScreen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:- Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
- Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
- Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
- Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
- Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
- ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
- Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
- Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
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- Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
- Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over 7 different coloring options.
- Animations – epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
- Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
- Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
- Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
- Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.