Mag. Stefan Gaug LL.M. (Manchester)

Stefan Gaug has been part of the Corporate/M&A team at bpv Huegel since 2002 and has been a partner in this area since 2011. His main practice areas are M&A and corporate law. In addition, he advises on financing and contract law mandates.

Mandates
Stefan has advised national and international clients on a large number of acquisitions and corporate law measures, in particular corporate reorganisations. His focus is mainly on cross-border mandates.

Selected mandates include:

• Advice of the NYSE listed Cemex Group on the sale of Cemex Austria AG to the Rohrdorfer Group
• Advice of a PE investor on the acquisition of Austrian ski manufacturer Kästle
• Advice of FLE Group in connection with the financing of several real estate investment projects in the CEE region
• Advice of German Melo Group on several acquisition projects, e.g. the acquisition of a stake in the Austrian press logistics joint venture Cargoe
• Advice of Cemex Group on the cross-border merger (merging transformation) of the Austrian holding company Cemex International Holding AG onto its Swiss parent company with a volume exceeding €900 million
• Advice of Central European Gas Hub AG in connection with several acquisition projects, in particular in the CEE region
• Advice of Fronius in connection with several M&A projects, e.g. the sale of a participation in aWattar to a strategic investor located in Germany and the sale of the hydrogen electrolysis business
• Advice of Zeus Packaging Group Limited on the acquisition of the Petruzalek Group and 11 subsidiaries of Petruzalek in the CEE region
• Advice of German Ziegler Group on the acquisition of HS Timber Productions in Sebes, Romania
• Advice of a listed European logistics undertaking on a thorough corporate restructuring of its Austrian operations
• Advice of a Czech PE-investor on its sale of the Biovendor group to a French healthcare-fund

Publications and Lectures
Lecturer at the Donauunversität Krems (University for Continuing Education Krems) for Contract Law
Several publications, e.g. contributions to
Napokoj/Foglar-Deinhardstein/Pelinka Michaela, AktG Praxiskommentar
Napokoj/Pelinka/Schimmer/Twardosz, Handbuch GmbH

Memberships

• Vienna Bar Association
• AIJA

Rankings and Awards
Since 2019 Stefan was ranked as “Notable Practitioner” in IFLR 1000, Legal 500 mentions him as “key member” of the M&A Team of bpv Huegel.

CV
After completing his Master of Laws at the University of Vienna in 2000, Stefan studied at the University of Sheffield and completed an LL.M. in Law and Economics at the University of Manchester in 2001. Stefan has been with bpv Huegel since 2002, Associate Partner since 2007 and Partner since 2011.

Languages
German, English