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Wien, 11. November 2016 – Union Investment Real Estate Austria AG (“Union”) erwirbt von der Strauss & Partner Gruppe das markante Büro-Gebäude Doppio Offices im Stadtentwicklungsgebiet “Neu Marx”. Die Doppio Offices mit einer Mietfläche von mehr als 8.000 m² werden künftig das Portfolio des von Union verwalteten “immofonds 1” erweitern. Nach der spektakulären “Aqua”-Transaktion Anfang […]...

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. The lead counsel for Madison Capital is Hengler Mueller. The Wolf Theiss […]...

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. The selling price for Heptagon amounts to approximately […]...

Wien, 14. Oktober 2016 – Wolf Theiss berät TOTAL SA beim Verkauf ihrer im Bereich Spezialchemie tätigen Tochtergesellschaft Atotech B.V. TOTAL SA hat sich dazu entschlossen, das Angebot von The Carlyle Group (CG: Nasdaq) anzunehmen und erhält dafür EUR 3,2 Milliarden Wolf Theiss is advising TOTAL S.A. in the sales process in questions regarding Austrian, […]...

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 […]...

Vienna/London, 6. October 2016 – Wolf Theiss is the only Austrian law firm which was ranked among the top 10 most innovative law firms in Continen tal Europe by the FT Innovative Lawyers Report. In the categories “Innovation in Mergers and Acquisitions” and “Innovation in Business Development and Knowledge Sharing”, Wolf Theiss is “highly commended” […]...

Vienna, 3 October 2016 – Wolf Theiss has advised Heliad Equity Partners on its acquisition of shares in Austria-based MT Holding GmbH. The previous sole shareholder, Mr. Martin Tiani, remains managing director and a shareholder in MT Holding GmbH. The team of advisers at Wolf Theiss was led by Michael Lind (Partner, Corporate and M&A) […]...

Vienna, 26 September 2016 – Angelika Hellweger (32), a member of the Practice Group Dispute Resolution at Wolf Theiss since 2010, has been named Counsel at Austria’s largest law firm. Angelika is an expert in commercial criminal law and is frequently involved in cross-border cases dealing with breach of trust, fraud, accounting fraud, bribery and […]...

Ljubljana, 23 September 2016 – Wolf Theiss advised on transaction documentation, negotiation of the SPA, escrow arrangements as well as the merger filing in Slovenia. After already having a 49% share, SIAD with this acquisition became the sole owner of ISTRABENZ PLINI. The transaction closed on 7 September 2016. The transaction team was led by […]...

Vienna, 23 September 2016 – OMV has signed an agreement selling a 49% minority stake of Gas Connect Austria (GCA) to a consortium of Allianz and Snam. Wolf Theiss advised Allianz throughout the entire transaction – including due diligence, contract negotiations and the signing, which took place on 22 September. Additionally, Wolf Theiss advised the […]...

Wien/Frankfurt, 21. September 2016 – Wolf Theiss ist die einzige österreichische Anwaltskanzlei, die für den PMN (Professional Management Network) Award nominiert worden ist. In der Kategorie “Geschäftsentwicklung” ist die österreichische Anwaltssozietät mit dem Projekt “SecuReveal” und in der Kategorie “Kommunikation” mit der Anzeigenkampagne „Was erwarten Sie von Ihren Anwälten?” von der hochrangigen Jury auf den […]...