Press Releases

Waterland Private Equity (“Waterland”) acquires a majority share in Duvenbeck group. With about 6,000 employees and annual turnover recently reaching approximately EUR 700 million. Duvenbeck is one of Europe’s leading providers of transport and logistics solutions. Previous sole owner Thomas Duvenbeck will remain with the company as a key shareholder. Closing of the transaction is […]...

Wolf Theiss advises Erste Group Bank AG as issuer on its issues of (i) EUR 750,000,000 0.01 per cent. Mortgage Pfandbriefe due 2028 (AT0000A2UXM1) and (ii) EUR 750,000,000 0.50 per cent. Mortgage Pfandbriefe due 2037 (AT0000A2UXN9). Erste Group Bank AG successfully returned to the covered bond market for the first time since January 2020 and […]...

Wolf Theiss advises Prosus on the GoStudent EUR 300 million funding round, the largest investment ever for an Austrian tech start-up company. Under the supervision of Hartwig Kienast (Partner, Corporate/M&A), Wolf Theiss advised the lead investor Prosus and additional co-investors as lead counsel. Wolf Theiss had already advised investors on the series B and C […]...

The Competition Council approved the acquisition of Foodpanda RO SRL by Glovoappro SRL. This transaction is part of the multijurisdictional EUR 170 million acquisitions by GLOVOAPP23, S.L., one of the world’s leading multi-category delivery players, of the operations of Delivery Hero, another important player in the food delivery platform sector, in Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, […]...

Das mehrjährige Überprüfungsverfahren zum Squeeze Out der Minderheitsgesellschafter der ehemaligen update software AG (nunmehr Aurea Software GmbH) wurde mit Hilfe von Wolf Theiss zum Abschluss gebracht. Im Rahmen eines Gremialverfahrens konnte nach fast sechsjähriger Verfahrensführung ein Vergleich erzielt werden. Wolf Theiss, unter der Leitung von Partner Christian Mikosch (Corporate/M&A), hat Aurea schon bei der feindlichen […]...

The Hungarian IT and Technology group 4iG Nyrt relied on the legal expertise of Wolf Theiss in the acquisition of a majority stake in the Albanian telecom operator ALBtelecom. 4iG Nyrt acquired the stake from a subsidiary of Calik Holding, one of Turkey’s leading privately held industrial groups. The signing took place on 8 December […]...

On 3 December, CPI Property Group (CPIPG) announced its intention to launch an anticipatory mandatory takeover offer for all outstanding shares and convertible bonds of IMMOFINANZ AG. Shareholders are to be offered EUR 21.20 in cash per IMMOFINANZ share on a cum dividend basis. Wolf Theiss is advising CPI Property Group (CPIPG) on all takeover […]...

WOLF THEISS acted as legal advisor to La Sanfermese, an Italian producer of sustainable food, in the acquisition of a controlling share of the Slovenian company Organa d.o.o. At the end of November 2021, La Sanfermese SpA closed the acquisition of a majority stake in Organa d.o.o., a Slovenia-based producer of plant-based products. Organa specialises […]...

Wolf Theiss advised Elvaston Capital Management, a German private investment firm, on the legal aspects of the acquisition of Gastrodat Group. Wolf Theiss advised Elvaston with respect to all legal aspects of the transaction from an Austrian legal perspective. Gastrodat Group develops hotel software solutions and provides interface solutions (e.g. to providers of online payments, […]...

Wolf Theiss advised the European Investment Bank (EIB) on the aspects of Bulgarian law of its venture debt financing to EnduroSat, a fast-growing Bulgarian company providing solutions for the global space market. The financing of up to €10 million is being offered under a newly available venture debt instrument backed by the European Guarantee Fund […]...

Wolf Theiss’ energy practice, led by Konrad Kosicki, has advised long-standing client Pacifico Energy Partners on the expansion of its PV portfolio to include several large-scale PV projects with an anticipated total capacity of up to 250 MW (combined). This significant PV project strengthens the energy practice’s position in the market. The Warsaw team, supervised […]...

Wolf Theiss has advised ENGIE on entering into exclusive negotiations for the sale of its services subsidiary Equans to Bouygues. Wolf Theiss has, working alongside Herbert Smith Freehills and a group of leading European law firms, advised ENGIE, a French-based global energy group, on entering into exclusive negotiations with Bouygues for the sale of Equans […]...