Press Release

Vienna, 26 April 2017 – The experts at Wolf Theiss have advised Aachener Grundvermögen in their first real estate investment in Austria. The German company is purchasing a commercial property on St. Stephen's Square in the city centre of Vienna for one of its real estate funds. The property will be transferred in April 2017....

Vienna, 21 April 2017 – Thomas Anderl (32) has been named Partner at Wolf Theiss, where he is specialised in construction law in the Practice Group Real Estate & Construction. He began working for the firm in 2012. Anderl has pursued an unusual, dual path of education: as a graduate of the Vienna University of Applied Sciences (FH Wien) in civil engineering and construction management and as a registered master builder (Baumeister), he brings a unique combination of legal and construction skills to his clients....

Vienna, 4 August 2017 – The private equity investors Kohlberg & Company L.L.C. have relied on the expertise of Wolf Theiss in their purchase of the winter sport division of Newell Brands. The signing took place on 25 May 2017, and the deal closed on 14 July 2017....

Vienna, 24 July 2017 – Marcell Németh (47) has been named Partner at Wolf Theiss, where he has worked in the Banking & Finance practice group since 2015, focussing on financing and portfolio transactions in Central and Eastern Europe. He spent half of his more than 20-year career as a lawyer at leading law firms in England....

Vienna, 5 July 2017 – Today, RBI closed an issuance of €650,000,000 6.125% AT1. Wolf Theiss and Linklaters advised RBI in this issuance, which was met with great interest by investors from Great Britain, continental Europe and Asia....

Vienna, 29 June 2017 – PropTech is the latest buzzword in real estate and is jolting the whole sector. The experts at Wolf Theiss analysed the core legal and economic issues of these new digital services at the Wolf Theiss PropTech Breakfast....

Warsaw, 26 June 2017 - Wolf Theiss announces a partnership with the Women’s Entrepreneurship Foundation (Fundacja Przedsiębiorczości Kobiet) in Poland, as part of the international law firm’s long-term commitment to supporting professional development and social capital among women....

Vienna, 7 June 2017 – Wolf Theiss has advised IHR LABOR, a network of medical laboratories, in legal questions surrounding IP, data protection, employment law, corporate law, tenancy law and the drafting of contracts....

Vienna, November 21, 2017 – Wolf Theiss is offering companies further support in preparing for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The European data privacy seal EuroPriSe attests to the conformity of IT products and services with European data protection laws. As certified EuroPriSe experts, CIO Helmut Waitzer and Wolf Theiss Partner Roland Marko audit the way a company handles personal data from both a technical as well as a legal perspective....

Vienna, November 16, 2017 – Stefan Riegler (42) is moving to Austria’s largest law firm. Riegler will lead the arbitration group of Wolf Theiss in Vienna and further expand its multijurisdictional arbitral practice....

Wien, 29. September 2017 – "The Student Hotel" setzt bei seinem Markteintritt in Österreich auf die Expertise der österreichischen Anwaltssozietät Wolf Theiss. Die The Student Hotel-Gruppe steht als Pionier für eine einzigartige und innovative Mischung aus zeitgenössischen Studentenzimmern, Hotelzimmern und Co-Living Studios und hat Wien für ihr neues, 822 Zimmer starkes, österreichisches Vorzeigeprojekt ausgewählt. Die Eröffnung des in der Nordbahnstrasse gelegenen Hotels ist Anfang 2020 geplant....

Vienna/Sarajevo, 15. November 2017 - After hiring new partners in Poland and Romania, Wolf Theiss continues its expansion course in Bosnia. Lana Sarajlić, an independent Attorney at Law based in Sarajevo, will strengthen the Bosnian part of the Wolf Theiss regional GDPR initiative and take care of corporate and commercial law projects....