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Corporate/M&A Law Firm & Legal Services in Austria

Whether you are planning a merger as part of your expansion strategy, intend to diversify into new sectors, are looking for new financing opportunities—loans from non-banks or equity investments--or need advice on corporate governance for your company, our experts at CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz in Vienna offer you comprehensive legal advice in which we always take a business-oriented approach.

Individual advice on all areas of corporate law and mergers & acquisitions

Regardless of the size of your company—whether listed or private—as a corporate law/M&A law firm we offer you customised, commercially-oriented and cost-efficient solutions in the following areas:

M&A advisors from various sectors

In the case of expansions, mergers and other corporate transactions, interdisciplinary advice will ensure that you receive solutions that are perfectly fitted to your needs. Our cross-border teams are not only experts in all legal areas relevant to the transaction, but also specialists in the following relevant sectors:

We are sensitive to the industry-specific characteristics of a transaction and can adapt the essential economic questions and risks of the transaction to meet the local requirements for you and address them in the legal documentation.

Corporate Law/M&A law firm - In Europe and worldwide

Our attorneys think beyond their traditional consulting role and help you to secure competitive advantages in order to succeed in a constantly changing business environment. Our international CMS team of over 1000 corporate and M&A attorneys in 42 countries worldwide can assist you both in Europe and around the world.

If you would like further information or a quick insight into M&A terminology, our M&A Glossary, which has already been published in its 6th edition due to the high level of interest, provides a quick overview of a large number of frequently used, relevant terms. We would also be happy to send you a pocket print version of the M&A glossary.

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15/03/2024
CMS advises Sfakianakis Group on the acquisition of Ajar Car Rental
Press release - 15 March 2024 CMS Austria has advised the Greek Sfakianakis Group on the acquisition of Ajar Car Rental GmbH from the Saudi Arabian Al Jomaih Group, providing comprehensive legal advice on the project. Ajar Car Rental GmbH is the master franchisee of Enterprise, National, and Alamo in Austria, serving rent-a-car customers across the country. During the acquisition, the CMS Austria team provided significant support and advice on all areas of the transaction, including due diligence, employment, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, banking and finance, data protection and competition. Alexander Rakosi (Partner, Corporate/M&A) led the CMS core transaction team, which further consisted of Christoph Birner (Associate, Corporate/M&A) and Thomas Liegl (Associate, Corporate/M&A). Alexander Rakosi comments: “We are very pleased to have successfully supported the Sfakianakis Group on its market entry into Austria and to have contributed to our client's continued growth in the automotive industry."The CMS due diligence team included Rebecca Herlitz (Associate, Corporate/M&A), Mariella Kapoun (Partner, Real Estate), Hans Lederer (Partner, Intellectual Property), Andreas Lichtenberger (At­tor­ney-at-Law, Data Protection), Caroline Pavitsits (Associate, Employment), Kai Ruckelshausen (Partner, Banking & Finance), Sheldon Sookdeo (Associate, Banking & Finance), Maximilian Uidl (Associate, Real Estate), Marlene Wim­mer-Nistel­ber­ger (Partner, Regulatory), Jens Winter (Partner, Employment) and Dieter Zandler (Partner, Competition), as well as legal trainees Roman Namestek, Ferdinand Sima and Mattias Torggler. PHH Rechtsanwälte, led by Rainer Kaspar and Philip Rosenauer, provided legal support to Al Jomaih. About Sfakianakis Group Founded in 1958, Sfakianakis Group is one of the leading diversified business groups in Greece, with a core focus on the Automotive, Industrial and Consumer Retail sectors. Headquartered in Athens, Greece, the Group is 100% family owned and employs over 1,500 individuals across 14 countries in Europe. Within the Automotive sector, the Group operates one of the largest automotive retail businesses in the region, the distribution businesses of BYD and Suzuki, a leading long-term leasing business (Executive Lease), and a rapidly growing Rent-A-Car business as the Master Franchisee of En­ter­prise-Na­tion­al-Alamo in 14 countries.
11/03/2024
Flexible Kapit­al­gesell­schafts-Ge­setz - Un­ternehmenswert-Anteile
Un­ternehmenswert-Anteile
11/03/2024
Flexible Kapit­al­gesell­schaft | Publikationen von Johannes Reich-Rohrwig
Publikationen von Johannes Reich-Rohrwig
06/02/2024
Employment issues in M&A transactions in Austria
A. Share Deal I. Obligations of the purchaser  1. Check  any circumstances of the deal may trigger a requirement for a transfer of undertakings (‘Be­trieb­süber­gang’) pursuant to Council Directive...
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25/01/2024
Emerging Europe M&A Report 2023/2024
Despite geopolitical tensions, fears of recession and strong inflationary pressures across the EU, as well as the fiscal tightening needed to contain them, M&A in the CEE region has remained reasonably buoyant. Findings from the CMS Emer­ging Europe M&A 2023/24 report, published in cooperation with EMIS, demonstrate the resilience of the Emerging Europe deals market as activity holds firm against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions and strong inflationary pressures. Welcome to the 2023/24 edition of the Emerging Europe report.
24/01/2024
Energy transition meets corporate law reform: Is the FlexCo ideal for energy...
Among the statutory models available for energy communities (ECs) in Austria – which are particularly active in the collective generation, sale, and consumption of renewable energy – both so-called...
18/12/2023
CEE M&A Outlook: Steady As She Goes
Published on CEE Legal Matters | 12 December 2023
28/11/2023
CMS advises Alder Investment III
Press release - 23.11.2023Alder Investment III, a Nordic private equity fund, which focuses on the development of environmentally sustainable companies, recently closed a transaction to acquire a majority stake in Insort, a maker of high-tech imaging solutions for the food industry, used for optical sorting of food products. Alder was advised by CMS on all legal aspects and certain tax aspects of the trans­ac­tion. "Our ability to cover all relevant legal aspects of the transaction enabled us to provide highly specialised advice on a wide range of topics, which is particularly helpful for investment in a high-tech company. It has been a pleasure working with Alder on this transaction. Congratulations to all parties involved," said Peter Huber, Partner and Head of Corporate Transactions at CMS Vienna. The Corporate/M&A team consisted of lead partner Peter Huber, senior associate Marco Selenic and associate Livia Landskron. Tax structuring issues were handled by partner Sibylle Novak and senior associate Thomas Aspalter. Other team members who provided extensive due diligence and transaction documentation support were senior associate Jia Schulz-Cao (IP), partner Daniela Krömer and associate Shima Babanzadeh (employment), partner Marlene Wim­mer-Nistel­ber­ger (regulatory), partner Dieter Zandler and senior associate Vanessa Horaceck (competition). About Alder Alder is a Nordic investment fund with the aim of creating the best possible conditions for long-term development of environmentally sustainable technology and services companies. With a mix of industrial and financial expertise and with an interest in entrepreneurship as a driving force, Alder creates profitable growth in close cooperation with companies. For more information, visit www. alder. se. About Insort Founded in 2011, Insort GmbH is a global technology leader in vision solutions for the food industry. Insort GmbH focuses on the development, production and marketing of digital sorting and control systems based on its proprietary Chemical Imaging Technology (CIT®). CIT® is a hyperspectral imaging technology designed for maximum performance, which enables the classification of food products based on their chemical composition and is used in-line and in real time. In a very short time, Insort has managed to establish itself globally in the highly competitive digital sorting market with its successful machine series called Sherlock. The company currently employs around 60 people at three locations (Austria, USA, Canada). For more information, visit www. insort. at.
24/10/2023
CMS European Energy Sector M&A and Investment Outlook 2024
As the world economy increasingly embraces the push towards decarbonisation, Europe has actively sought to place itself at the vanguard of the discussion on energy trans­ition. Op­por­tun­it­ies to deploy capital abound as power sources switch further towards offshore and onshore wind, solar, heat, hydrogen, battery storage, new networks, carbon capture, and industrial decarbonisation. The latter brings an interface with other sectors such as technology companies (with power hungry data centres a particular focus), real estate, low carbon transport and decarbonisation of industrial processes such as cement, glass and steel production. As much as it is difficult, complex and highly political, the energy transition is also a huge business opportunity. To reach net zero by 2050, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global investment in clean energy alone will need to increase from the USD390bn in the first half of 2023, to USD 1.3tn in 2030. Many commentators worried that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would put back the transition and shift Europe back towards fossil fuels. While it appears to have resulted in a renewed political focus on energy security it has also laid bare the financial and political consequences of relying on oil & gas imports, giving further impetus to renewables as a secure form of energy. Europe has also sought to be a leading light on the concept of “reaching net zero”, with the European Union (EU) having set out its ambition, back in 2019, to become the world’s first major economic bloc to be climate-neutral by 2050. This has added momentum to energy investment and M&A over recent years – 2021 and 2022 saw the second and third highest annual aggregate values of Western European M&A in the sector on record, at USD 59.8bn and USD 53.7bn, respectively, bested only by the anomalously high total of USD 89.4bn logged in 2018. Energy M&A in the region has been more subdued in 2023, but our survey demonstrates that energy executives are gearing up for a more active dealmaking period, with most expecting more opportunities and anticipating increased levels of investment in the year ahead. Capital looks set to continue to flow primarily to renewable energy projects and related assets, with solar and batteries topping the list of attractive subsectors among our respondents. Consistent with this, South West Europe takes pole position as the most promising region for investment opportunities. But there are thorns among the roses. Our respondents are cognizant of the challenges in the energy market, with supply-chain volatility and commodity price increases emerging as a prominent concern. This is unsurprising after a period of dislocation following the pandemic and amid a time of rising global demand for renewable products and commodities. Persistent inflation and elevated interest rates, combined with an uncertain macroeconomic outlook, are raising investors’ concerns, with financing risk (including the increased cost of financing) also coming to the fore for respondents. Overall, while some sense a recent softening of the market due to these fundamentals, our survey paints a picture of steadily improving investor sentiment in Europe’s energy sector, laying the foundations for a busier period ahead for M&A activity.
15/09/2023
Turning the corner? CMS European M&A Outlook 2024
Dealmaking expectations mixed amidst economic uncertainty, but private equity notably bullish 
14/09/2023
Austria makes it permanently possible for GmbHs and AGs to hold virtual...
With the enactment of the Virtuelle Gesell­schafterver­sammlungen-Ge­setz (VirtGesG) in mid-July 2023, Austrian lawmakers have created the permanent possibility for private limited liability companies (GmbH)...
13/09/2023
Turning the Corner? CMS European M&A Outlook 2024
We are pleased to share with you the 2024 edition of the European M&A Outlook, published by CMS in association with Mergermarket.