Press Releases

Vienna, 20 November 2018 – Wolf Theiss has advised RBI and Erste Bank as joint lead managers and book runners of a € 75,000,000 corporate bond of UBM Development AG and as dealer managers of an exchange offer. UBM Development AG, a European Real Estate developer, has successfully placed a new corporate bond on the … Continued...

Bucharest, 12 November 2018 – Wolf Theiss assisted funds advised by Revetas Capital Advisors LLP (“Revetas”), a real estate investment advisor focussed on the CEE market, in the acquisition of the Landmark (“Project Marina”), a 23,500 GLA premium office complex located in Bucharest’s Central Business District. The transaction was closed end of October 2018 in … Continued...

Vienna – 12 November 2018 – Panoro Energy ASA relied on the expertise of Wolf Theiss on the acquisition of OMV’s 100% owned subsidiary Tunisia Upstream GmbH. The signing took place on 7 November 2018. The agreed purchase price amounts to USD 65 mn. Wolf Theiss advised the client in connection with Due Diligence, Share … Continued...

Wien, 5. November 2018 – Wolf Theiss hat den Immobilieninvestor und -Manager Westcore Europe beim Kauf des Büro- und Lagerobjekt “U6 Center” in Wien beraten. Verkäufer ist der Hanseatische Immobilienfonds Österreich IV und HCI Treuhandgeschlossener deutscher Immobilienfonds. Stefan Weishaupt, der mit Peter Oberlechner und dem Wolf Theiss Team die Akquisition rechtlich strukturiert hat: “Es waren … Continued...

Vienna, 25 October 2018 – Erste Group and ASFINAG carried out the first fully digital issue of a borrower’s loan note (Schuldscheindarlehen) via a blockchain platform in Europe. Wolf Theiss provided legal advice to Erste Group on this pioneering transaction. Wolf Theiss was a partner to Erste Group in developing this completely new solution for … Continued...

Wien, 23. Oktober 2018 – Wolf Theiss hat die Aktionäre der Eurasia Invest Holding AG beim Verkauf der TANN Gruppe an Mayr-Melnhof Packaging beraten. Das Signing hat am 18. Oktober 2018 stattgefunden. Wolf Theiss erstellte die Transaktionsdokumentation, unterstützte bei der Erstellung und dem Management eines weltweiten VDR, führte die Vertragsverhandlungen und beriet bei der Zusammenstellung … Continued...

Vienna/Ljubljana, 15 October 2018 – Supernova Invest GmbH acquires ten shopping centres in Slovenia from food retail chain Mercator with a rentable area of around 100,000 square metres. The property developer Supernova relied on the legal advice of Wolf Theiss for this acquisition, including due diligence and contract negotiations. Signing of the transaction took place … Continued...

Bucharest, 11 October 2018 – CEE law firm Wolf Theiss has strengthened its Infrastructure & Construction team in Romania through the addition of Senior Associate Edwina Udrescu, an experienced lawyer with a background of managing large multi-jurisdictional international construction and infrastructure projects. Edwina will be part of Wolf Theiss Romania team now composed of 30 … Continued...

Warsaw, 09 October 2018 – M&A activity in Central and Eastern Europe remains strong, and the solid growth of the region’s economies bodies well for the future. Companies in CEE will continue to attract both industry investors and private equity firms, Wolf Theiss lawyers said during the CEE M&A and Private Equity Forum. More than … Continued...

Prague, 8 October 2018 – Wolf Theiss has announced the expansion of its Corporate Investigations Practice: Jitka Logesová will head the practice in the CEE/SEE region and will be supported by Robert Pelikán. Out of our new Corporate Investigations hub in Prague, Jitka and Robert will work on multinational investigations together with our existing teams … Continued...

Warsaw, 5 October 2018 – As Poland has tightened up its tax system over the past few years, the number of criminal proceedings initiated by the tax authorities has been growing, increasing the risk of penalties on individual board members, experts from international law firm Wolf Theiss said at a recent seminar held at its … Continued...

Warsaw, 04 October 2018 – Poland’s continued economic growth is set to further boost the corporate loan market as domestic companies from industries including real estate, power and manufacturing seek funds for expansion, experts from international law firm Wolf Theiss predicted at a Loan Market Association (LMA) training event on 3 October 2018 in Warsaw. … Continued...