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Wolf Theiss berät beim Verkauf des "Forum Donaustadt" der Wirtschaftsagentur Wien und der STC – Swiss Town Consult AG an die SIGNA-Gruppe und die BIG-Tochter ARE...

Wien, 19.01.2017 – Die ERSTE GROUP BANK AG hat am 18.01.2017 auf dem internationalen Kapitalmarkt einen festverzinsten hypothekarisch besicherten Pfandbrief mit einem Volumen von EUR 750 Millionen platziert. Beraten wurde sie von der Anwaltssozietät Wolf Theiss....

Vienna, 8 November 2016 – China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), in collaboration with two other partners from China, is establishing its European headquarters in Graz. The deal to purchase a production site and office building from the Steinklauber Group was recently signed. Dr. Christian Buchmann, Economic Minister of Styria, and a high-ranking delegation from China were in attendance....

Der nach dem gescheiterten Putschversuch von der türkischen Regierung ausgerufene Ausnahmezustand sorgt für Verunsicherung unter Unternehmen und Investoren. Beim Wolf Theiss Breakfast "Aktuelles zur Türkei" plädierte der österreichische Wirtschaftsdelegierte in Istanbul, Georg Karabaczek, für eine moderate Kommunikation zwischen Österreich und der Türkei. Andernfalls müssten österreichische Firmen um öffentliche Aufträge bangen. Ceyda Akbal Schwimann, Wolf Theiss Expertin für internationale Schiedsverfahren mit Fokus Türkei, informierte über rechtliche Implikationen für ausländische Investoren in der Türkei....

Vienna, 16 January 2017 – Wolf Theiss has advised as Austrian counsel the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) on a joint venture between QIA and BRF, the Brazilian food manufacturer, to acquire a 79.5% stake in Banvit Bandirma Vitaminli Yem Sanayii A.Ş., a leading Turkey-based poultry company. QIA will hold 40% in the Austrian joint venture company and BRF 60%. This acquisition will be followed by a mandatory tender offer for the remaining 20.5%....

Vienna, 2 November 2016 – Wolf Theiss has advised the Filtration Group, a subsidiary of the finance investor Madison Capital Partners, in all aspects of the transaction, including Austrian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Romanian law. The closing took place on 31 October 2016....

Vienna/Zagreb, 22 December 2016 – REWE International AG is divesting itself from its Croatian supermarkets. Its 62 franchises under the BILLA brand and a logistics centre with approximately 1,900 employees will be taken over by SPAR. REWE turned to the legal expertise of Wolf Theiss, which advised in all legal aspects for this transaction....

Vienna, 25 October 2016 – austriamicrosystems AG (AMS) has signed a contract for the acquisition of Singapore-based Heptagon Advanced Micro-Optics PTE. LTD (Heptagon). The sellers are primarily well-known financial investors as well as management and employees of Heptagon. The transaction is expected to close within three months....

Mergermarket has recognized Wolf Theiss as one of the top law firms in M&A transactions in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland....

Vienna, 22 December 2016 – As of 15 December 2016, EBRD's issue of RSD 2,500,000,000 Floating Rate Bonds due December 2019 has been admitted to trading on the Belgrade Stock Exchange. This issuance is the first by an international financial institution in Serbia; it is denominated in Serbian dinars and governed by Serbian law. Raiffeisen Banka AD, Beograd, acted as underwriter for the issuance with Citigroup Global Markets Limited acting as marketing agent....

Vienna, 14 October 2016 – Wolf Theiss is advising TOTAL S.A. in the sale of its specialty chemicals subsidiary Atotech B.V. TOTAL S.A. decided to accept the offer from the Carlyle Group (CG: Nasdaq) and received EUR 3.2 billion for the transaction....