
VIVATIS acquires a 74 percent majority stake in WOJNAR and becomes a strategic partner. A bpv Huegel team led by Thomas Lettau advised the family-owned holding company on the sale of its majority stake in the WOJNAR Group and on entering into a strategic partnership with VIVATIS. The sale was carried out by way of a limited auction. Completion of the transaction is expected in the third quarter of 2021.
Focus Sports Law: At the latest since the reports in the magazine “News” on the Jürgen Werner and LASK case, the topic of “Third Party Ownership” (TPO) has been on everyone’s lips. In the environment of LASK, speculation with transfer rights of players is said to have taken place and thus a lot of money […]
Ein fachübergreifendes Team von bpv Grigorescu Stefanica hat den Risikokapitalfonds Draper Esprit im Zusammenhang mit seinem Series B Lead Investment in FintechOS beraten. Der Gesamtbetrag betrug 60 Mio. USD. In der Finanzierungsrunde nahmen auch die bestehenden Investoren Earlybird Digital East, Gapminder Ventures, LAUNCHub Ventures und OTB Ventures teil.
We are once again in top positions in this year’s Legal 500 ranking. In the current edition, we were ranked in eight categories. In addition, we are pleased about the awards “hall of fame”, “leading individuals”, “next generation partners” and “rising stars”.
For the third time in a row, the Austrian chapter of The Law Review’s yearly Tax Disputes and Lititation Review is contributed by bpv Huegel’s tax team.
JUVE ranking on banking & finance as well as capital markets: We are pleased that our Capital Markets, Finance & Regulatory Team is once again among the best in Austria and about the great feedback. We are particularly pleased about our “upgrade” in capital markets.
Ingo Braun (50), previously a partner at Benn-Ibler, joins bpv Huegel in April in the Financing & Regulatory Practice and will build up the Insurance department.
As of March 2021, Daniel Reiter (corporate /M&A, capital markets) and Nicolas Wolski (tax) will become partners of bpv Huegel.
Markus Schifferl (43), previously a partner at Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich, joins bpv Huegel in March as Co-Head of Dispute Resolution. bpv Huegel is thus responding to the growing market for high-profile arbitration and litigation services in complex international and national disputes.
At the Vienna preliminary round of the Moot Court Civil Law 2020/21, organised by the WU and the University of Vienna, the team supervised by bpv Huegel took 3rd place.
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