Press Releases

Vienna, 19 June 2018 – Hendrickson, the US automotive supplier, acquired the U-bolt division of Frauenthal Group. Wolf Theiss and Winston & Strawn (Paris) advised the worldwide leading player in the field of chassis components for heavy-duty engines on the acquisition of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń in Poland. Hendrickson was advised by Jérôme Herbet and Sara … Continued...

Warsaw, 19 June 2018 – Women leaders, entrepreneurs and investors gathered in Warsaw on June 14 to discuss business opportunities and expand their professional networks at a meeting organized jointly by Wolf Theiss, the Women’s Entrepreneurship Foundation (Fundacja Przedsiębiorczości Kobiet) and Black Swan Fund. The meeting, which used an informal business mixer format designed to … Continued...

Warsaw, 15 June 2018 – Balkan countries offer attractive business opportunities for investors seeking to benefit from European Union asset value convergence and growth prospects, according to experts gathered at a Warsaw conference co-hosted by international law firm Wolf Theiss and consultancy Bearstone Global. The countries of particular interest to investors should be the region’s … Continued...

Vienna, 4 June 2018 – On 11 May 2018, the updated base prospectus for Raiffeisen Centrobank AG’s Structured Securities Programme was published. Since this year, such programme foresees an innovative new category of certificates, i.e. reinvesting certificates. These securities are designed to enable investors to follow specific investment strategies, e.g. a Capped Bonus Certificate shall … Continued...

Tirana, June 2018 – Wolf Theiss Tirana acted as local counsel for the Italian SNAM S.p.a in its new joint venture agreement with the Albanian state-owned gas infrastructure operator “Albgaz” sha. Wolf Theiss Tirana Partner Sokol Nako and Associate Kristaq Profkola acted as legal counsels of the Italian Snam SpA in its new joint venture … Continued...

Wien, 24. Mai 2018 – Wolf Theiss hat die Canadian Tire Corporation bei der Akquisition des norwegischen Sport- und Funktionsbekleidungsherstellers Helly Hansen beraten. Das Closing wird für das dritte Quartal 2018 erwartet. Wolf Theiss wurde von der Canadian Tire Corporation mit der rechtlichen Betreuung der Transaktion in Österreich, Tschechien und Ungarn beauftragt. Unter der Federführung … Continued...

Wien, 22. Mai 2018 – Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Erste Group Bank AG und Landesbank Baden-Württemberg platzieren erfolgreich eine Subbenchmark Emission der Oberösterreichische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft – das DCM Team von Wolf Theiss übernahm die Rechtsberatung der Oberösterreichischen Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft. Die Oberösterreichische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft hat EUR 300.000.000 Hypothekenpfandbriefe (ISIN: XS1821420699) unter ihrem EUR 1,000,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme for … Continued...

Vienna, 15 May 2018 – Wolf Theiss has advised the shareholders of lifebrain AG (“lifebrain”), a leading Italian laboratory diagnostics services operator, in the cross-border sale of its shares to an investment subsidiary of Investindustrial VI L.P. (“Investindustrial”) as international lead counsel. Vienna headquartered lifebrain is through its subsidiaries a leading routine and specialty laboratory … Continued...

Wien, 14. Mai 2018 – DZ BANK AG, Erste Group, LBBW, RBI und UniCredit platzieren erfolgreich eine Benchmark Emission der RLB Steiermark – das DCM Team von Wolf Theiss übernahm die Rechtsberatung der RLB Steiermark. Die Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark Aktiengesellschaft hat EUR 500.000.000 Hypothekarisch Fundierte Bankschuldverschreibungen (ISIN: AT000B093273) unter ihrem Angebotsprogramm für Schuldverschreibungen und Zertifikate begeben. … Continued...

Wien, 07. Mai 2018 – Wolf Theiss hat Commerzbank AG, Danske Bank A/S, Erste Group Bank AG als Joint Bookrunner einer € 250 Mio Anleihe (ISIN: AT0000A20F93) der Wienerberger AG beraten. Die von Moody’s mit Ba1 mit stabilem Ausblick geratete Wienerberger AG hat die Emission einer neuen Anleihe mit einem Volumen von € 250 Mio. … Continued...

Warsaw, 7 May 2018 – Wolf Theiss has strengthened its Tax Practice Group in Warsaw, appointing Karolina Stawowska as a Partner and head of the team. This expansion, which also includes the hiring of tax adviser Izabela Wiewiórka, comes in response to growing demand for sophisticated tax advisory services in Poland’s rapidly changing business environment, … Continued...

Warsaw, 19 April 2018 – Wolf Theiss has advised French media and publishing group Lagardère on the sale of its central European radio businesses, including Poland’s second-largest radio station, Radio ZET. Wolf Theiss provided advisory services on all aspects of the transaction in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania. Lagardère sold its radio assets … Continued...