What impact did COVID-19 have on Mergers and Acquisitions in the CEE/SEE region? In the first episode of Wolf Theiss Soundshot, Corporate & M&A Partners Sarah Wared and Florian Kusznier from our Vienna Office discuss the changes in deal structures they have seen in the first half of 2020, how M&A transactions have been affected and their expectations for future deals in Austria, Central-, Eastern-, and South-Eastern Europe.
This episode was recorded in summer 2020.
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M&A in a new Ecosystem
What impact did COVID-19 have on Mergers and Acquisitions in the CEE/SEE region? In the first episode of Wolf Theiss Soundshot, Corporate & M&A Partners Sarah Wared and Florian Kusznier from our Vienna Office discuss the changes in deal structures they have seen in the first half of 2020, how M&A transactions have been affected […]...
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Wolf Theiss berät RBI bei der Emission von EUR 500.000.000 Additional Tier 1 (AT 1)
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Französischer Arbeitsrechtsexperte Matthias Rubner nimmt Emmanuel Macrons Arbeitsrechtsreform unter die Lupe
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