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Our core practice is advising and representing clients on transactions and complex corporate and commercial matters. Over the years, the practice group has built an outstanding record on in Austria and throughout CEE/SEE.

Schoenherr’s m&a teams advise on national and cross-border transactions, including private m&a, public tender offers, transactions for listed companies, private equity and venture capital transactions, auction sales, privatisations, strategic alliances and joint ventures.

Dedicated teams within the practice group focus on restructuring and insolvency, working together with the firm’s insolvency specialists to advise on distressed companies m&a. Together with the firm’s regulatory specialists, the corporate/m&a group has developed industry-specific expertise covering inter alia the following sectors: energy, financial institutions, telecoms, automotive, media and pharmaceuticals.

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Corporate/M&A - Austria

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Schoenherr boasts a market-leading team with considerable strength in both domestic and cross-border acquisitions, mergers and divestments, as well as advising on contentious takeover offers. The team is renowned for its presence across the entire CEE region. The formation of joint ventures and corporate reorganisations and restructurings also fall within Schoenherr's areas of expertise. It is active in transactions in a number of sectors, including energy, real estate, technology, telecommunications and healthcare. The firm complements its outstanding offering with its strength in M&A-related disputes.

Work Highlights

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  • Schoenherr advised Kontron on the sale of significant parts of its IT services business to VINCI Energies for approximately EUR400 million via an auction process.

Strengths

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"The team is well fitted for challenging, technical and commercially novel matters."

Corporate/M&A respondent
Europe

"Schoenherr possesses very high and accurate expertise and very high responsiveness, providing practical and ready-to-use documents."

Corporate/M&A respondent
Europe

"Their lawyers are technically strong and very responsive, don’t change their opinion and find a way to do what the client wants."

Corporate/M&A respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Christian Herbst
Christian Herbst
Star Individuals

Star individual Christian Herbst is widely considered a pioneering figure in the Austrian market. He boasts strength in public takeovers and acquisitions in the healthcare and real estate sectors.

"Christian is a very entrepreneurial lawyer."

"A knowledgeable, very experienced and smart person."

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Sascha Hoedl
1
Sascha Hoedl
1
Band 1

Sascha Hödl is revered for his strength in handling high-profile takeovers, as well as representing clients in M&A-related disputes with a particular focus on the real estate, banking and telecommunications sectors.

"Sascha is very strong when it comes to banking M&A."

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Robert Bachner
3
Robert Bachner
3
Band 3

Robert Bachner is a skilled lawyer advising on prominent exits, share dispositions and strategic investments in the renewable energy and life sciences sectors. He is adept at cross-border transactions.

"You can see he's really intelligent, and his expertise in financing and accounting means he knows exactly what he's doing in these deals."

"Robert is always focused on finding solutions with the client's rationale in mind. In doing so, he acts pragmatically but always on the solid grounds of his profound legal expertise."

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Thomas Kulnigg
3
Thomas Kulnigg
3
Band 3

Thomas Kulnigg is adept with investments and shares acquisitions and disposals, with a focus on the technology sector. He enjoys particular visibility in the startup scene, advising on cross-border M&A transactions.

"Thomas is knowledgeable, service-orientated, pragmatic and fun to work with."

"He is adept at identifying and implementing practical strategies to overcome challenges and achieve our desired outcomes."

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Alexander Popp
4
Alexander Popp
4
Band 4

Alexander Popp is known for his strength in divestments, as well as strategic investments and acquisitions. He has a strong focus in the energy sector and the CEE region as a whole.

"Alexander always does a good job."

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Roman Perner
4
Roman Perner
4
Band 4

Roman Perner is experienced in handling cross-border restructurings and M&A transactions, with particular strength in the pharmaceutical, IT and energy sectors.

"Roman is a deal-oriented lawyer."

"Roman is an experienced M&A lawyer with an efficient and solutions-oriented approach. I definitely recommend him in complex matters."

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Ranked Lawyers at
Schoenherr

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Austria

Corporate/M&A
Christian Herbst
Christian Herbst
Star Individuals
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Sascha Hoedl
1
Sascha Hoedl
1
Band 1
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Robert Bachner
3
Robert Bachner
3
Band 3
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Thomas Kulnigg
3
Thomas Kulnigg
3
Band 3
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Alexander Popp
4
Alexander Popp
4
Band 4
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Roman Perner
4
Roman Perner
4
Band 4
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Members

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Alexandra Doytchinova

Alexandra Doytchinova

Head of Department

Roman Perner

Head of Department

Thomas Wenger

Clients

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360kompany

AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals

ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum GmbH

Allianz Capital Partners

América Móvil

BPE 4

BTV Multimedia GmbH

Bitpanda GmbH

Blue Minds Group

Caverion Österreich GmbH

Deutsche Telekom AG

EQT

Eucodis Bioscience

Findologic

FirmenABC Group

GROPYUS AG

General Electric

Goldman Sachs

HS Timber Group

Harps Global PTE Ltd.

IMMOFINANZ AG

Kontron AG

Mondelez

OMV AG

Red Bull GmbH

Roche

UNIQA

Industries

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Aerospace & Defence

Automobiles & Parts

Banks

Chemicals

Commercial & Professional Services

Construction & Materials

Energy

Financial Services

Food & Drink Producers

Health Care

Industrial Engineering

Insurance

Media

Mining & Metals

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Private Clients / Individuals

Real Estate

Real Estate Finance

Retail

Software & Computer Services

Technology, Hardware & Electronics

Telecommunications

Transportation

Travel & Leisure

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