Gudrun Stangl has been promoted to Equity Partner and Arabella Eichinger has been promoted to Contract Partner at Schoenherr in Austria.

Schoenherr has established a dedicated, firm-wide Technology & Digitalization group, headed by Partner Thomas Kulnigg.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Anouschka Zagorski as its head of English law finance.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have advised OMV on the acquisition of a 15% share in Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company and a 15% share in a to-be-established trading joint venture involving the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Ashurst reportedly advised ADNOC and ADNOC on the deal.

Allen & Overy has advised Oesterreichische Kontrollbank on legal aspects of its public offering of USD 1.5 billion of 2.625% Guaranteed Global Notes due 2022.

Former Dorda Attorney-at-Law Klaus Pfeiffer has joined the partnership at Weber & Co. in Vienna.

Corporate/M&A lawyer Binder Groesswang has been appointed Christian Zwick to the firm's partnership in Vienna.

Schoenherr has advised Austrian insurtech start-up bsurance on its Series-A financing round. The investment totals EUR 4 million and was provided by UNIQA Ventures GmbH — advised by EY Law — and an additional investor.

Weber & Co. acted as underwriter's and managers' counsel to the managers Erste Group Bank AG (Sole Global Coordinator) and goetzpartners securities Ltd (Co-Lead Manager) on Marinomed Biotech AG's upcoming February 1, 2019 debut on the Vienna Stock Exchange — the first successful IPO in Austria since BAWAG's in 2017. Herbst Kinsky Rechtsanwalte advised Marinomed, with Clifford Chance Frankfurt advising the company on US law aspects of the IPO. The shares are expected to be listed on the Official Market (prime market segment).

Wolf Theiss has advised ALSO Holding AG on its agreement with MCI Euroventures, the majority shareholder of ABC Data S.A., to make a joint tender offer for all publicly-held shares of Warsaw Stock Exchange-listed ABC Data. Baker McKenzie advised MCI and ABC Data on the sale. 

Schoenherr has advised Playtika Ltd. on the acquisition of Supertreat GmbH, the developer of the mobile game Solitaire – Grand Harvest. Eisenberger & Herzog advised the sellers.

SCWP Schindhelm has advised Startup300 AG on its listing on the Vienna Stock Exchange, making it, according to the firm, "one of the first companies from the Austrian start-up scene" to be so listed.

While globalization and digitalization have increased the risk of violations that affect thousands of consumers, several EU member states — including Austria — do not yet offer class action lawsuits. The EU Commission has therefore proposed a draft directive to allow representative actions for the protection of collective interests of consumers as part of its “New Deal for Consumers.”

Dorda and the French office of Bird & Bird (acting as local counsel) have advised Cyan AG, an IT security company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, on an international tender and on its entrance into a group license agreement with French telecommunications provider Orange S.A.

Women in Leadership MasterClass, 26-27 February, 2019 – Vienna, Austria

Brandl & Talos has advised GoLending AT GmbH on the preparation of a capital market prospectus for the issuance of qualified subordinated loans for approximately EUR 30 million.

FIIA 2019 – Best Execution MasterClass & Workshop for Internal Auditors in Financial Institutions, 07 - 08 February 2019, Vienna, Austria

Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner Rechtsanwalte is serving as legal counsel to IKEA in the Swedish furniture giant's opening of a branch "featuring a concept unique in the world" in Vienna's Westbahnhof station.