Binder Groesswang has advised Austria Wirtschaftsservice on the launch of its new venture capital fund, AWS Gruenderfonds II, focusing on initial growth investments in innovative and sustainable technologies in Austria.

Motieka & Audzevicius, working with Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, has advised the shareholders of Anderson Optimization on the sale of the company to PVcase. Sorainen and Gunderson Dettmer reportedly advised PVcase.

With a new president and parliament – and a new Bar Association President and Management Body – the elections' results still hold the front page for lawyers in Montenegro, while the country plays to its strengths with energy, tourism, and real estate all thriving, according to Law Office Vujacic Partner Jelena Vujisic.

ODI Law has advised Slovenian diagnostic company MESI on the EUR 18 million investment received from SHS Capital's SHS VI Healthcare Investments fund. Wolf Theiss advised the investor. 

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz has established a dedicated, separate competence center for English law – to serve its operations across CEE and SEE countries – with members including Vienna-based Partners Marcell Clark, Alexander Rakosi, and David Kohl and Solicitor Anna Freund.

Croatia’s energy and real estate sectors are well-positioned for growth, while frequently changing legislation and an ongoing strike by judicial clerks complicate the lives of lawyers, according to Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka Senior Partner Mario Krka.