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bpv Hügel on capital market development: Austrian legislator paves the way for the delisting

12. July 2017

For the first time the delisting is regulated in Austria – as from 2018 issuers may also delist from the regulated market segment (Amtlicher Handel) of the Vienna Stock Exchange.

bpv Hügel advised BAWAG P.S.K. on its acquisition of start:bausparkasse and IMMO-BANK from the Volksbanken-Group as well as on the demerger of IMMO-BANK

1. July 2017

BAWAG P.S.K. acquired the building society and the housing bank of the Volksbanken-Group. bpv Hügel advised BAWAG P.S.K. in the transaction and the subsequent demerger of IMMO-BANK for integration into BAWAG P.S.K. Group. As of today the demerger was registered with the Commercial Register and became effective.

bpv Hügel on corporate governance-development: Austrian parliament resolves upon 30% gender quota (“women’s quota”) for supervisory boards

29. June 2017

Corporate Governance and Gender Diversity – On 28 June 2017 the Austrian parliament resolved upon a 30% gender quota (“women’s quota”) for supervisory boards of listed corporations and corporations with more than 1.000 employees. The “Equal Treatment Act of Women and Men in Supervisory Boards” will become effective with 1 January 2018.

Webinar on Energy Efficiency Law (Institute for International Research)

23. June 2017

On 23 June 2017, Christian F. Schneider, partner at bpv Hügel Vienna, and Anna Walbert-Satek, attorney-at-law at bpv Hügel Vienna, hold a webinar on the Austrian Energy Efficiency Act as part of the lecture series “Energy Industry” at the Institute of International Research in Vienna.

bpv Hügel advises IMMOFINANZ AG on the settlement upon the exchange ratio of the merger with IMMOEAST AG

19. June 2017

The review proceedings of the exchange ratio applied in the merger of IMMOEAST and IMMOFINANZ in 2010 have been settled. The settlement provides compensation to the group of former IMMOEAST shareholders of approx. 30 million additional IMMOFINANZ shares. The alternative to compensate with shares has been applied the first time in Austria in review proceedings.

Capital Increase of BUWOG AG: bpv Hügel advised Underwriters

12. June 2017

Share issuance of BUWOG AG with the total gross proceeds of approx. EUR 305.6 million. bpv Hügel acted as Austrian counsel for Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Goldman Sachs International as Global Coordinators and Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Erste Group Bank AG, Kempen & Co N.V. and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking as Joint Bookrunners.

Dr. Michaela Pelinka LL.M. was accepted as a member of Salon Real

31. May 2017

Michaela Pelinka, lawyer and partner at bpv Hügel in Vienna, was recently accepted as an in real estate law qualified member of Salon Real – Frauen in der österreichischen Immobilienwirtschaft –. bpv Hügel therefore benefits hereinafter from the Know-how across various sectors of this network of 150 members of different divisions.

bpv Hügel continuously leading the ranking

11. May 2017

Senior partner Hanns F. Hügel wins the third time in a row the peer-group attorney ranking of the Austrian business magazine trend (Format) with the highest number of recommendations of other Austrian attorneys. Again he also leads the categories tax law and corporate law.

Competition law amendment 2017

1. May 2017

On 1 May 2017, signifcant changes to Austrian competition law enter into force by means of the Cartel and Competition Law Amendment Act 2017 (Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrechtsänderungsgesetz 2017, „KaweRÄG 2017“ / „amendment“). The Amendment’s key elements as well as a short update on other recent developments, such as the extension of the criminal law provision on leniency in the Criminal Procedure Act (StPO) and the partly controversial proposal for a Directive by the European Commission to increase the powers of national competition authorities, can be found in this newsletter.

Lecture: Legal aspects for company valuations

25. April 2017

Lecture of Prof. Hanns F. Hügel on legal aspects of business valuation in the “Seminar on Company Valuation” of the Johannes Kepler University Linz and the Vienna University of Economics. The practical importance and relevance of legal questions of company valuation was confirmed by the actual participants coming mainly from companies and professional consultants.

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