Press Releases

Wien, 26. August 2016 – Wolf Theiss berät beim Verkauf des “Forum Donaustadt” der Wirtschaftsagentur Wien und der STC – Swiss Town Consult AG an die SIGNA-Gruppe und die BIG-Tochter ARE. In den Tageszeitungen wird es als “größter Immobiliendeal des Jahres” beschrieben: Die SIGNA und die ARE Austrian Real Estate erwerben von der Wirtschaftsagentur Wien […]...

Der nach dem gescheiterten Putschversuch von der türkischen Regierung ausgerufene Ausnahmezustand sorgt für Verunsicherung unter Unternehmen und Investoren. Beim Wolf Theiss Breakfast "Aktuelles zur Türkei" plädierte der österreichische Wirtschaftsdelegierte in Istanbul, Georg Karabaczek, für eine moderate Kommunikation zwischen Österreich und der Türkei. Andernfalls müssten österreichische Firmen um öffentliche Aufträge bangen. Ceyda Akbal Schwimann, Wolf Theiss Expertin für internationale Schiedsverfahren mit Fokus Türkei, informierte über rechtliche Implikationen für ausländische Investoren in der Türkei....

Vienna, 1 August 2016 – In arbitration proceedings relating to the breach of contract on the part of the Republic of Kosovo against the Austrian State Printing House (Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, or ÖSD), the International Arbitral Centre of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris ruled in favour of the Austrian high-security company: the Republic of […]...

Vienna, 25 July 2016 – Mergermarket has recognized Wolf Theiss as one of the top law firms in M&A transactions in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Mergermarket, an independent data service provider for mergers and acquisitions, ranks Wolf Theiss Vienna at number 1 in deal volume in Austria. Wolf Theiss Budapest has earned the […]...

Vienna, 25 July 2016 – In a cross-border transaction, Eurazeo Patrimoine has acquired from AccorHotels and other investors 85 hotels under the brands Ibis Budget, Ibis Styles, Mercure, Novotel and Pulman. The volume of the transaction is more than half a billion euros. In the future, the hotels will join the newly created Grape Hospitality […]...

Wien, 19. Juli 2016 – Über 150 Teilnehmer informierten sich beim WOLF THEISS Brexit-Stresstest über mögliche rechtliche Konsequenzen des künftigen Austrittes der zweitgrößten europäischen Wirtschaftsnation aus der EU. Die Experten sind sich einig: Es bleibt kein Stein auf dem anderen. Die “4 Freiheiten”: erhebliche Unsicherheit betreffend Marktzugang Die Niederlassungsfreiheit für Unternehmen und Freizügigkeit der Arbeitnehmer […]...

Warsaw, 18 July 2016 – Wolf Theiss Warsaw has advised Consolidated Precision Products Corp. on its successful acquisition of two casting facilities located in Rzeszow, Poland from a business unit of Pratt & Whitney Canada, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation. The transaction closed for an undisclosed amount on 30 June 2016. The acquired casting […]...

Vienna, 6 July 2016 – Wolf Theiss has advised Dynacast, a global producer of complex precision parts, on its acquisition of all shares in the Austrian company Schlieper GmbH from Schlieper Private Trust. The closing took place on 30 June 2016. The team of advisers at Wolf Theiss was led by Michael Lind (Partner, Corporate […]...

Vienna, 22 June 2016 – Following its success at the “European Women in Business Awards” last year, Wolf Theiss has once again won awards for “Best in Austria”, “Best in Croatia” and “Best in Romania”. The awards ceremony took place in London on 16 June 2016. The law firm’s success in the three national categories […]...

Vienna, 7 June 2016 – Alexander Haas, 37, has been promoted to Partner at Wolf Theiss. Since 2006, Haas has been at Wolf Theiss in the Practice Group Banking & Finance and was appointed Counsel at the law firm in June 2014. Haas has acquired considerable experience in the area of debt capital markets (DCM), […]...

Budapest, 2 June 2016 – An analysis by the tax expert of Faludi Wolf Theiss Attorneys at Law on reliable taxpayer classification The above questions are answered by the tax expert of Faludi Wolf Theiss Attorneys at Law below: “Taxpayers who believe that they are in compliance with the statutory conditions required for being classified […]...

Parliament may soon pass new laws for supporting renewable energy. The Government has published a draft legislative package aimed at transforming the present renewable energy support scheme of electricity generation from renewable sources. On the basis of the proposal, most of the electricity generation facilities using renewable energy sources will no longer be eligible to […]...