Press Releases

Vienna, Bucharest, Budapest, 26 January 2023 – Wolf Theiss acted as legal advisor to Raiffeisen Bank International AG (“RBI”) and its subsidiaries in CEE (the “RBI Group”) in nine Debt Capital Markets trades in three jurisdictions, Austria, Romania and Hungary, with a total issue volume of more than EUR 2.5 billion in the second half […]...

Tirana, 20 January 2023 – Wolf Theiss advised on the merger process between the two Albanian telecommunication giants ALBtelecom and ONE Telecommunications. The newly integrated company ONE Albania SHA became effective from 1 January 2023. Wolf Theiss Partner Sokol Nako (Tax) and Associate Kristaq Profkola (Corporate/M&A) advised the two companies and their controlling shareholder, the […]...

Vienna, 18 January 2023 – ZBI Zentral Boden Immobilien Group, one of the leading specialists in German residential real estate, relied on the legal expertise of Wolf Theiss’ real estate team regarding the acquisition of a residential construction project in Graz’s “Smart City”. Wolf Theiss Partner Erik Steger and Senior Associate Sandra Seldte advised ZBI […]...

Vienna, 17 January 2023 – Tofane Global relied on the legal counsel of Wolf Theiss regarding the acquisition of DIMOCO Messaging, an SMS aggregator based in Austria and Liechtenstein that delivers around two billion messages per year. Wolf Theiss advised Tofane Global on all Austrian law aspects of the transaction. With this acquisition, TOFANE’s subsidiary […]...

Warsaw, 16 January 2023 – The largest Polish logistics developer, 7R, relied on the legal expertise of Wolf Theiss Warsaw regarding the sale of A-class logistics and warehouse buildings, 7R City Park Poznań East II, to DWS, a global real estate manager. Wolf Theiss advised 7R S.A. on the sale of the A-class logistics park […]...

Vienna, 11 January 2023 – Andrea Gritsch, Claus Schneider, Sebastian Oberzaucher and Richard Wolf have been re-elected as the Management Board. Over the next four years the board will continue to manage the firm, which has 13 offices in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe. “With this decision our partners have confirmed their trust in […]...

Belgrade, 21 December 2022 – Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GiG) relied on the legal counsel of Wolf Theiss regarding the acquisition of the casino affiliate websites AskGamblers.com, JohnSlots.com, NewCasinos.com and several smaller domains from Catena Media Plc. for EUR 45 million on a cash and debt free basis. The closing of the transaction is expected […]...

Bucharest, 21 December 2022 – Wolf Theiss advised AFI on obtaining a EUR 450 million credit facility for the purposes of refinancing its three shopping centres in Romania – AFI Cotroceni in Bucharest, AFI Ploieşti and AFI Braşov. The syndicate of lenders, which granted the largest real estate credit facility ever issued in Romania, was […]...

Vienna, 20 December 2022 – Engerth 173-175 Entwicklungs GmbH & Co KG relied on the legal advice of Wolf Theiss and signed a lease agreement with GS Star AT GmbH, a company of Gorgeous Smiling Hotels, for the hotel at Engerthstraße 173-175 – the former Austria Trend Hotel Lassalle. Following extensive renovation work, the hotel […]...

Vienna, 19 December 2022 – Vienna-based Kobza Media Group, consisting of KTHE, alpha_z, massgeschneidert and Darwins Lab, as well as diego5 and its subsidiaries, is becoming part of the emerging European agency alliance “Team Farner”. Swiss based Farner, founded in 1951, started a partnership with Waterland Private Equity in January 2022. Under the umbrella brand […]...

Zagreb, 19 December 2022 – Wolf Theiss acted as legal advisor to Jagex, the leading developer and publisher of community-driven games, backed by global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG), in relation to its acquisition of Gamepires, a highly successful game development studio of 50+ experienced developers best known for its open world survival title SCUM. […]...

Sofia, 14 December 2022 – Pet Network International, a portfolio company of European middle-market private equity fund A&M Capital Europe relied on the legal expertise of Wolf Theiss regarding its acquisition of Zoo Group Stefanov, the operator of the most popular pet store chain in Bulgaria. Zoo Group Stefanov is a leading pet-care store chain […]...