Starting in February 2023, Partner Alexander Popp will take over as Managing Partner, with Partner Gudrun Stangl continuing in the COO position. Rounding out the Schoenherr Steering Committee are Partners Matei Florea, Thomas Kulnigg, and Franz Urlesberger.

E+H has advised Ecowind on its joint venture with EVN subsidiary EVN Naturkraft for the construction of a 24.5-megawatt floating photovoltaic plant in Grafenwoerth.

E+H has advised Flapjack on the closing of a pre-seed convertible loan financing round with investors from Graz and Vienna.

Wolf Theiss has advised Midway Holding subsidiary Haki on its acquisition of Ekro Bausystem. Schneeweiss Weixelbaum advised the seller.

Dominik Juster has joined the E+H partnership in Austria.

The Digital Services Act ("DSA") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 27 October 2022. This means that the Act, targeting numerous online services, will enter into force only 20 days later, on 16 November 2022.

Cerha Hempel has advised NC Management and the NC Growth Fund I on a EUR 12 million series B financing for Pimcore. 42law advised Pimcore and its shareholders and founders.

Schoenherr has advised the shareholders of Vienna-headquartered biotech company Eucodis Bioscience on the sale of the company to the Biosynth Group. Reportedly, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and E+H advised the Biosynth Group.

Herbst Kinsky, working with Norton Rose Fulbright, has advised Treis on the sale of Cycleenergy Holding to an Austrian investor group consisting of Invest AG, Industrieliegenschaftenverwaltung, and the company’s management team.

Approximately two and a half years ago, online gambling providers started being sued by their customers, in various courts in Austria and Germany, demanding reimbursement for their losses by arguing that these services are offered illegally. This article will highlight some of the main issues surrounding these claims.

CMS has advised Swedish-Swiss technology group ABB on its acquisition of Austrian energy optimization company ASKI Energy.

Herbst Kinsky has advised the Uniqa Insurance Group on a syndicate agreement with Raiffeisen Holding Lower Austria-Vienna, Haselsteiner Privatstiftung, and Hans-Peter and Klemens Haselsteiner for maintaining the existing controlling interest in Strabag.

Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwaelte has advised the Myneva Group on the acquisition of Mocca Software. Act Legal WMWP advised the sellers on the deal.

The Amendment of the Austrian Copyright Act fundamentally revised the Copyright contract law. An entire series of new provisions for the protection of authors was implemented. But what does this mean for (future) license holders? Let us take a look!

Cerha Hempel has advised healthcare platform Heldyn on its launch and its first financing round which included AS2K and C-Quadrat founder Alexander Schuetz.

Cerha Hempel, working alongside Osborne Clarke and Netherlands-based BarentsKrans, has advised the Borealis Hotel Group on its acquisition of the Bierwirth & Kluth group of companies' hotel portfolio. Hogan Lovells and Graf Patsch Taucher advised B&K.

E+H has announced a new management board, consisting of Partners Peter Winkler, Dieter Thalhammer, Alric Ofenheimer, Marco Steiner, and Jana Eichmeyer, with Thalhammer and Ofenheimer taking over operational management and serving as Managing Partners.

E+H has advised Leonardo Hotels Central Europe on the acquisition and restructuring of a hotel portfolio from the Austrian Star Inn Group. Reportedly, Puschner Spernbauer Rosenauer advised the former shareholders while Jaufer advised the target company.