Mag. Roland Juill

Roland Juill is specialised in corporate/M&A, takeovers and capital market transactions as well as tax advice with special focus on corporate tax law, tax audits, tax disputes and fiscal criminal law proceedings.

Selected representations

• STRABAG on the € 580 mn mandatory takeover bid of Haselsteiner Familien-Privatstiftung, Raiffeisen-Holding and UNIQA-Versicherung combined with repurchase of treasury shares by STRABAG
• IMMOFINANZ as target in the bidding contest between CPI Property Group and S IMMO (first competing takeover bids since 1999 takeover rules came into force)
• Family-owned holding company on the sale of its majority stake in Austrian food producer WOJNAR Group and entering into a strategic partnership with VIVATIS
• € 356mn combined placement of subordinated mandatory convertible notes (first-to-market in Austria) and share placement by IMMOFINANZ in accelerated bookbuilding processes (ABB)
• R-IT as shareholder in CHF 380mn and CHF 350mn and CHF 111mn placements of SoftwareONE shares in accelerated bookbuilding processes (ABB)
• heidelpay Group on the acquisition of Paysafe’s Pay Later business
• R-IT as shareholder in the IPO of SoftwareONE at SIX with CHF 2.9bn market cap (at offering price)
• IMMOFINANZ on the € 390mn strategic acquisition of listed S IMMO
• €760mn sale of stake in listed CA Immo from IMMOFINANZ to Starwood Capital (US) in structured bidding process
• IMMOFINANZ as target and shareholder on the combined € 800mn public offers by Starwood Capital for IMMOFINANZ and CA Immo
• Joint bookrunners at €300mn capital increase of BUWOG AG
• €50mn share issuance for the settlement of the exchange ratio for the IMMOFINANZ/IMMOEAST merger (first-to-market settlement with shares)
• BAWAG P.S.K. on the acquisition of start:bausparkasse/IMMO-BANK from Volksbanken-Verbund
• RZB on its merger with RBI (most significant transaction in the banking sector in 2017 in Austria/CEE)
• Take-over defence against € 420mn public offer by CA Immo/O1 for IMMOFINANZ (first-to-market poison-bill by reducing take-over threshold during offer period)
• Information service provider (private equity group) on internal investigations and subsequent tax and fiscal criminal law analysis
• Several groups in tax disputes (including fiscal criminal law support) on debt push down structures, goodwill amortization in tax groups, abuse, offshore payments and recipient identification, transfer of IP and license payments, reorganizations
• €678mn sale of Helios Coatings Group from “Ring” International AG, GSO (Blackstone Group) and Franklin Templeton to Kansai Paint Co (Japan)
• “Ring” International AG on the acquisition of listed Helios Coatings Group together with the investors GSO (Blackstone Group) and Franklin Templeton

Rankings | Awards
Roland is ranked as “highly regarded” by the International Tax Review, World Tax (2022 & 2023).

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Roland Juill studied law at the University of Vienna (Mag. iur., 2013). He started as trainee lawyer at bpv Hügel in 2014 and has been working as a lawyer for the firm since 2018. Prior to his work as trainee lawyer (2014-2018) he completed his court practice at the Vienna Higher Regional Court in 2013.

Languages
German, English