Eisenberger & Herzog has advised German real estate investment and asset manager Hamburg Trust on the acquisition of newly constructed Siemensstrasse residential living project in Vienna from Eyemaxx Real Estate AG.

Binder Groesswang has advised OBB-Technische Services on the establishment of a joint venture with Voestalpine Stahl for the purpose of freight wagon production. Schoenherr’s multi-office team advised the co-venturer on the deal. Gleiss Lutz reportedly acted as a local advisor in Germany to Voestalpine.

Schoenherr and Clifford Chance have advised Hypo Vorarlberg on the synthetic securitization of a EUR 330 million portfolio of loans to small and medium-sized enterprises, corporate borrowers, or certain private individuals, which was provided by the European Investment Fund and European Investment Bank. Linklaters advised the EIF and EIB on the deal.

The Vienna office of CMS has advised A1 Telekom Austria AG on the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent Voice Business, the classic telephony business of technology service provider NTT Ltd.

Dorda has advised DLH Real Estate Austria on the acquisition of a 30,000-square-meter property in the Future Zone East industrial park from Vienna Airport Business Park and Airport Services VIE Immobilien. PwC Legal reportedly advised the sellers on the deal.

Dorda has advised DLH Real Estate Austria on the sale of a 65,000-square-meter section of the Industrial Campus Vienna East to Deka Immobilien.

Former Contract Partner Klaus Pfeiffer and former Finad Partner Georg Burger-Scheidlin have become equity partners at Austria's Weber & Co.

Allen & Overy and RTPR have advised Dutch life insurance, pension, and asset management company Aegon on the EUR 830 million sale of its operations in Romania, Hungary, Poland, and Turkey to the Vienna Insurance Group. Wolf Theiss and Turkey’s Paksoy Law firm advised the buyer on the deal. 

Dorda has successfully represented Italian investor Francesco Becchetti in enforcement proceedings against the assets of the Republic of Albania in Austria.

Herbst Kinsky Partner Philipp Baubin will be leaving that Austrian firm to become an equity partner in Weber & Co.’s Finance and Capital Markets practice.

New Counsel Victoria Pernt on Schoenherr’s impressive Arbitration practice.

Schoenherr has advised Christian Bamberger, SK Capital GmbH, Foxyflo GmbH, Christian Waldheim, and Martin Mrvka on the sale of 100% of shares in Austrian communication-platform-as-a-service companies ATMS, SMS.AT, and WebSMS to Norwegian Link Mobility Holding ASA. AGP Advokater AS and EY Law advised Link Mobiliy on the transaction, which closed on November 16, 2020.

Herbst Kinsky has advised investment company Round2Capital Partners GmbH & Co KG on its EUR 6.6 million financing round.

Former Schindler Attorneys Counsel Julia Kusznier has become the co-head of IP/IT at KPMG Law in Austria. 

Herbst Kinsky has advised Austrian start-up Trality on attracting EUR 1.5 million in financing from a group of German investors including Blockrocket, VC Tokentus, FFG, and AWS.

Graf & Pitkowitz has advised Germany's Cherry GmbH on the acquisition of Austria's Theobroma Systems Design and Consulting GmbH. 

Clifford Chance and Switzerland's Lenz & Staehelin have advised the KKCG AG investment company and pan-European lottery operator the Sazka Group on the EUR 500 million investment into the Sazka by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. Baker McKenzie advised Apollo.

Brandl & Talos has advised AWS Grunderfonds on its EUR 1.8 million seed investment in Vienna-based real estate startup Rendity. TBS Schmidt reportedly advised Rendity on the deal.