Clara Gordon (31) advises large Austrian and international corporations as well as medium-sized companies and investment companies on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate structuring.
Matthias Schimka (37) is a member of the banking and finance team in Vienna and specialises in restructuring and financing advice. He is the author of numerous publications on corporate and capital markets law.
Robert Wagner (38) is an expert in EU and Austrian competition law as well as State aid law. His practice includes cartel investigations and leniency applications, abuse of dominance cases, distribution and cooperation agreements, merger control and private enforcement of competition law.
Dora Gaži Kovačević (39) represents companies in cross-border corporate, M&A and HR restructuring projects and heads the employment team at Wolf Theiss Zagreb Office. She is the author of numerous publications and a lecturer on employment and corporate law topics.
Saša Jovičić (38) heads the Projects team at Wolf Theiss Zagreb Office as one of Croatia’s most renowned lawyers for infrastructure and energy projects. He focuses particularly on clients in the energy and transport sectors and advises on all stages of project development.
“Especially in times of rapid economic and social development, we are happy to promote our talented young lawyers and share responsibility with them”, explains Andrea Gritsch, Managing Partner Wolf Theiss. “With their commitment to our clients, our new partners already make an important contribution to our success and actively help to shape the future of our firm.”
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Wolf Theiss names new partners in Austria and Croatia
Vienna, 1 July 2020 – As of 1 July 2020, Clara Gordon, Matthias Schimka and Robert Wagner (Vienna) as well as Dora Gaži Kovačević and Saša Jovičić (Zagreb) are promoted to partner....
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