Press Release
Wolf Theiss Update zu Corona-Virus: Alle Mitarbeiter der zweiten Testgruppe negativ getestet
Wien, 4.3.2020 - Wolf Theiss liegen nun die Gesamtergebnisse der Corona-Virus Testung der Wiener Mitarbeiter vor: Von insgesamt knapp 300 getesteten Mitarbeitern waren 293 negativ (keine Infektion) und 3 positiv (Infektion wurde festgestellt). Alle in der zweiten Testgruppe diesen Montag getesteten rund 80 Mitarbeiter, deren Ergebnisse soeben bekannt wurden, sind negativ. Die 3 in der ersten Testgruppe positiv getesteten Mitarbeiter befinden sich weiter in häuslicher Quarantäne. Damit ist maximale Sicherheit für Mitarbeiter, Mandanten und Gerichte gegeben....
Wolf Theiss Warsaw office partners with Zwierzęca Polana Foundation
Warsaw, 15 May 2020 – Wolf Theiss in Poland supports the activities of the "Zwierzęca Polana" Foundation (Animal Glade Foundation). The biggest project which the Foundation strives to implement is the creation of a special space for animals, which also has an educational function....
Marcin Rudnik from Wolf Theiss Warsaw office among 5 lawyers promoted to counsel firm-wide
Warsaw, 14 May 2020 – Wolf Theiss has announced promotions of senior lawyers to counsels. Besides Marcin Rudnik, who specializes in dispute resolution, IT/IP and competition law, a lawyer from the office in Austria and 3 lawyers from the office in Slovenia were also promoted. Marcin joined the group of Wolf Theiss counsels in Poland, which currently comprises of 7 lawyers....
Reliable spending of financial aid will protect entrepreneurs from subsidy fraud penalties
Warsaw, 6 May 2020 – Aid for companies within the framework of the anti-crisis shield is expected. Great care should be taken when filling out applications and later when spending the acquired funds. Mistakes by entrepreneurs may result in multi-million euro fines and even imprisonment – points out Arkadiusz Matusiak, a former prosecutor and expert in the field of fiscal-criminal liability who heads the White-Collar Crime team in the Warsaw office of Wolf Theiss....
Wolf Theiss berät AFIAA bei Verkauf ihres Immobilienportfolios an RMI Gruppe
Wien, 30. April 2020 – Die Schweizer Anlagestiftung AFIAA hat beim Verkauf ihres aus 6 Objekten bestehenden Büro- und Retail- Immobilienportfolios in Salzburg aus dem Fonds AFIAA Global an den deutschen Immobilienentwickler RMI auf die Expertise von Wolf Theiss gesetzt. Das Signing hat im März, das Closing Ende April stattgefunden....
Postponing restructuring until after the pandemic threatens creditors and the economy as a whole
Warsaw, 25 May 2020 – Postponing the obligation to file for bankruptcy for a period after the outbreak has been declared may be abused. There is a serious risk that an unreliable debtor in the insolvency zone will use the extra time to siphon assets outside a company. In the long run, this type of activity will result in huge payment bottlenecks and a wave of bankruptcies, meaning the losses to creditors. "The lack of solutions to encourage restructuring will hit companies which should react now before it is too late to recover," – warns Lech Giliciński, partner and head of the Restructuring, Insolvency and Distressed Assets practice at the Wolf Theiss Warsaw office....
Wolf Theiss advises TA Associates on acquisition of Klikpojisteni.cz
Prague, 22 May 2020 – Wolf Theiss assisted private equity firm TA Associates with the acquisition of Klikpojisteni.cz, a leading online insurance brokerage company in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, through a joint venture company of TA Associates and the technology investment fund MCI EuroVentures....
Deka Immobilien setzt beim Kauf des Austro Towers auf Wolf Theiss
Wien, 29. Mai 2020 – Der höchste Büroturm Österreichs, der Austro Tower, wechselt seinen Besitzer: Wolf Theiss berät Deka Immobilien beim Kauf des 136m hohen Turms. Verkäufer ist der österreichische Immobilienentwickler Soravia. Das Signing zwischen Deka Immobilien - zusammen mit einem Konsortium aus deutschen institutionellen Investoren - und Soravia fand am 28.5.2020 statt....
Wolf Theiss berät bei Start-up Exit im Software-Pharma Bereich
Wien, 5. Juni 2020 - Das im Software-Pharma Bereich tätige Start-up Exputec hat sich mit Hilfe von Wolf Theiss der internationalen Körber Gruppe angeschlossen. Mit diesem Schritt wird die erfolgreiche Aufbauarbeit des Wiener Innovationsstartups auf die nächste Stufe gehoben....
Wolf Theiss berät BNP Paribas, Raiffeisen Bank International AG und UniCredit bei der Platzierung einer EUR 400 Mio. Anleihe der Wienerberger AG
Wien, 9. Juni 2020 - Wolf Theiss hat BNP Paribas, Raiffeisen Bank International AG und UniCredit als Joint Bookrunner einer € 400 Mio. Anleihe (ISIN: AT0000A2GLA0) der Wienerberger AG beraten....
Wolf Theiss Tirana advising the lead managers in the Albanian 650 million Euro Eurobond
Tirana, 10 June 2020 – Wolf Theiss Tirana's partner Sokol Nako and associate Kristaq Profkola acted as local counsels to the Joint Lead Managers, Banca IMI, Citi Bank, JP Morgan and Raiffeisen Bank International in the Republic of Albania' s successful new 7-year € 650 million international bond issued on June 9, 2020....
Liberalization of the 10h rule as a chance to unblock onshore wind farm potential in Poland
Warsaw, 10 June 2020 – The RES industry is waiting for a change of the 10h rule, which requires wind farms to maintain a distance of not less than ten times its height (10h) from residential buildings. Konrad Kosicki, who heads the Energy Team in the Warsaw office of Wolf Theiss, believes the rule may be liberalized later this year, and the change should accelerate the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") in this case....