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.

Michaela Siegwart and Lorenz Pracht have made partners at CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati.

Exactly four months ago, we reported that the Austrian pastry shop Aida was starting to sell cakes containing CBD and explained the legal situation. In the meantime, everything has changed. Or has it?

Eisenberger & Herzog and Reed Smith have advised Austrian start-up Greenstorm Mobility on an investment into the company from European private equity firm Bregal Milestone L.P. Shearman & Sterling and Dorda advised Bregal Milestone.

Dorda and the Munich office of Sidley Austin have advised private equity investor Gilde Buy Out Partners on the acquisition of the majority stake in Gundlach Automotive Corporation from Dutch investment company Pon Holdings.

Schoenherr has advised Wieland Ventures GmbH on the acquisition of a 22.1 percent stake in UrbanGold GmbH from Mettop GmbH. Mettop was advised by Oberhammer. 

The most recent article in our Efficient Arbitration Series looked at how document production, when handled properly, could save time and costs in arbitration proceedings. In this article, we continue to add tools to our efficiency box by considering a new set of procedural rules that will soon become available: The Prague Rules on the Efficient Conduct of Proceedings in International Arbitration ("Prague Rules").

Binder Groesswang has advised Austrian electricity provider Verbund AG in connection with the world's first Environmental Social Governance-linked syndicated loan, the interest rate of which is not determined by reference to the financial rating but by reference to a sustainability rating established by the ESG rating agency Sustainalytics. Signing and closing of the EUR 500 million loan took place on December 10, 2018.

With uncertainties surrounding a "no deal" Brexit meanwhile culminating in fears of a "super hard" Brexit, financial institutions in the UK, the EU27 and beyond are eager in search of solutions that preserve continuity of contracts and that contain the numerous legal and regulatory risks for institutions on both sides of the Channel.

Rudolf Pekar will become the youngest member of the Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner partnership in January, 2019.

On October 31, 2018, CEE Legal Matters reported that the Erste Group had issued the first loan via blockchain platform in Europe. We reached out to Erste Group's Managing Director and Head of Group Transaction Documentation Kathrin Gfall-Gapp to enquire on the first paperless issuance experience.

Wolf Theiss Partners Andrea Gritsch, Sebastian Oberzaucher, and Claus Schneider have been elected Managing Partners at the firm, joining current Managing Partner Richard Wolf, who was reelected to the position.

Wolf Theiss has advised Soravia on the sale of its "The Brick” building complex to Wiener Stadtische Versicherung. DSC Doralt Seist Csoklich advised the buyers on the deal, which was signed and closed on November 21, 2018.

Austria's Central Public Prosecutor's Office for White-Collar Crime and Corruption has dropped charges against Matthias Hartmann, the former Director of Austria's Burgtheater, who was represented by Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati.