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Schoenherr has advised OMV Aktiengesellschaft on a EUR 1 billion corporate bonds issuance with Barclays, Erste Group, Mizuho, Raiffeisen Bank International, Societe Generale, and UniCredit serving as joint bookrunners. White & Case's Frankfurt office advised the joint bookrunners.

Centered around a high-profile public takeover attempt the Austrian market saw this summer, Wolf Theiss Partner Florian Kusznier shares his insights into the country's market landscape, the complexities of recent M&A activities, and the trends shaping Austria’s economic environment.

E+H has advised Baustoff + Metall, RPR Privatstiftung, and Stefan Schoenauer on the acquisition and refinancing of the Althan Quartier in Vienna. CMS advised the sellers – a banking consortium led by Raiffeisen Bank International and including Oberbank, Raiffeisenlandesbanken Steiermark and Oberoesterreich, Volksbank Wien, Sparkasse, VKB, and Hypo Vorarlberg.

The Regulation (EU) 2024/1991[1], known as the "Nature Restoration Law" ("NRL"), represents a significant EU initiative aimed at reversing ecosystem degradation. The NRL requires Member States to restore degraded ecosystems and enhance biodiversity and resilience across land and marine areas. Effective from 18 August 2024, the NRL imposes binding targets for ecosystem restoration, presenting both opportunities and challenges. This article analyses the NRL's potential impacts on the private sector, highlighting significant concerns and legal issues.

Wolf Theiss, working alongside Clifford Chance, has advised Cellnex Telecom on the EUR 803 million sale of its Austrian telecommunications tower assets to a consortium comprising Vauban Infrastructure Partners, EDF Invest, and MEAG. Schoenherr, working with the Paris and London offices of Hogan Lovells, advised the buyers.

In Austria, almost 1,000 units of stored blood are needed every day; in Germany, it is around 15,000 units. Blood is an important emergency medication in the event of accidents, childbirth, surgeries or serious illnesses. It has a shelf life of only 42 days and cannot be produced artificially.

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) offer a way to procure infrastructure and services that traditionally do not include private capital involvement with private finance participation. PPPs have been introduced as a general acknowledgment of the need to solve the infrastructure gap in many countries – especially in emerging market and developing economy (EMDE) countries. EMDE countries need to rely on private resources as a means of accelerating infrastructure development. Attractive for a high degree of flexibility in light of multiple variations across the globe regarding the scoping of a PPP, PPPs enable efficiency and high value for money.