About

Provided by Wolf Theiss

Our capital markets practice is one of the leading in Austria and the CEE/SEE. We support issuers in each stage of the transaction and help them to achieve a successful offering and/or listing.

Our Role

We help companies raise capital through IPOs, secondary offerings, and convertible and straight debt offerings. We advise on all aspects of issuing debt, equity and hybrid securities. Our work typically includes stand-alone corporate bonds and sovereign issues, exchangeables, MTNs and debt issuance programs, convertibles, hybrid and Tier 1, securities, structured products and equity.

Our Regulatory Expertise

We advise on Basel IIICRR V/CRR 2, BRRD II/SRMR 2, MiFID II/MiFIR, MAD II/ MAR, the new EU prospectus regime, AIFM/UCITS, derivative structuring and trading (EMIR, SFT), Solvency II, and capital market issues resulting from Brexit.

Our Cases

Our cases are often innovative, new and as such ground-braking. With the development of digital currency market, we have worked to establish our presence as a recognized expert in Austria. We have advised Bitpanda on the first ICO in Austria. We also advised Erste bank on the first European bond issue based on blockchain technology, paying special attention to ensure legal certainty and carefully map the blockchain-based processes that were used for the first time in Europe for such kind of transaction.