bpv Huegel
Europe Guide 2024
About
Managing Partners: Christoph Nauer, Florian Neumayr and Bernhard Schatz
Number of partners: 14
Number of lawyers: 48
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish
Firm Overview:
bpv Huegel is one of the leading Austrian law firms. bpv Huegel advises national and international corporate and private clients in all fields of commercial law. Both nationally and, within bpv, internationally, integrated teams work closely together to provide clients with tailor-made solutions.
Further members of bpv are: bpv Jádi Németh, Budapest, Hungary; bpv Grigorescu Stefanica; Bucharest, Romania; bpv Braun, Prague, Czech Republic and Bratislava, Slovakia.
Main Areas of Practice:
Capital Markets, Banking & Finance
Competition & Antitrust
Corporate/M&A
Data Protection
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Environmental & Energy
Intellectual Property & Technology
Litigation & Arbitration
Private Client
Real Estate
Restructuring & Insolvency
Tax
Corporate/M&A:
7 partners; 17 fee earners based in Austria
■ Raiffeisen Informatik on the sale of global operating COMPAREX Group to KKR backed SoftwareONE and sale of re-investment in the CHF 2.9bn IPO of Software- ONE
■ €760mn sale of stake in listed CAI to Starwood Capital by Immofinanz
■ Microsoft Venture Fund M12 and Point72 Ventures on their $20M funding in Blackshark.ai, the creator of first semantic 3D digital twin of the entire Earth
■ German Würth Group in the acquisition of the Upper Austrian C.I.C.M.P. Vertriebs-GmbH, a leading company focusing on hydraulic connection technology and the assembly of hydraulic hoses.
Key Clients: BAWAG PSK, BP Europa SE, KELAG, OMV, Raiffeisen Holding, RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria, Verbund, International Airlines Group, CEMEX, Joyson, ISS
Contact: Thomas Lettau
Tel: +43 1 26050 0
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Elke Napokoj
Tel: +43 1 26050 0
Email: [email protected]
Competition & Antitrust:
4 partners; 2 non-equity partners; 5 fee earners, based in Vienna and Brussels
■ Representation of Nichicon, in the so-called Capacitors Case in the proceedings before the European General Court; liaising and coordination with other counsels worldwide
■ Representation of BP Europa SE in all antitrust matters in Austria
■ Representation of A1 Telekom Austria AG in all antitrust matters in Austria
■ Representation of OTIS in numerous proceedings with regard to claims for compensation for damages following the Elevator Cartel
Key Clients: Al Telecom Austria, BP Europa SE, OMV/OMV Gas, RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria, and many more (confidential)
Contact: Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber
Tel: +43 1 26050 205
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Florian Neumayr
Tel: +43 1 260 50 206
Email: [email protected]
Contact (EU Law): Christian F. Schneider
Tel: +43 1 26050 204
Email: [email protected]
Capital Markets, Banking & Finance:
2 partners; 8 fee earners based in Austria
■ IMMOFINANZ on its € 1.14 bn takeover bid for S IMMO incl € 500mn Bridge Facility
■ Raiffeisen as shareholder in CHF 2.8bn IPO of Software- ONE on SIX and in CHF 380mn, CHF 350mn and CHF 111mn private placements of SoftwareONE shares in ABBs
■ EUR 356mn combined placement of mandalory convertible notes (first-to-market in Austria) and share placement by lMMOFINANZ in ABBs)
Key Clients: STRABAG SE, Valneva SE, IMMOFINANZ, Raiffeisen Holding
Contact: Christoph Nauer
Tel: +43 1 26050 0
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Elke Napokoj
Tel: +43 1 26050 0
Email: [email protected]
Tax:
3 partners; 3 fee earners based in Austria
■ Tax advice in M&A transactions listed above, cross border groups structures, private foundations, estate planning
■ Tax litigation
■ Other tax advice confidential
Contact: Gerald Schachner
Tel: +43 1 26050 0
Email: [email protected]
Dispute Resolution:
4 partners; 7 fee earners based in Austria
■ Defence in more than 50 multi-plaintiff follow-on private enforcement cases
■ Representation in a multi-million euro VIAC arbitration in the field of chemical engineering
■ Advice to and representation with respect to competition law implications in an multi-hundred million euro ICC energy arbitration case
■ Representation in a multi-million EUR ICC arbitration in the field of complex plant engineering
Key Clients: MAN, OTIS, BP Europa SE, FIAT and many more (confidential)
Contact: Florian Neumayr
Tel: +43 1 260 50 206
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Markus Schifferl
Tel: +43 1 260 50 206
Email: [email protected]
Public Law:
2 Partners; 3 fee erarners based in Austria
■ Representation in energy and telecommunication regulation cases
■ Advice and representation in environmental cases (in particular planning and waste management, remedying of environmental damages)
■ Advice regarding the transition of the energy sector to renewable energy
■ Litigation before administrative courts and the Constitutional Court
Key Clients: A1 Telekom Austria, OMV, VERBUND, KELAG, BAT, Mayer & Co
Contact: Christian F. Schneider
Tel: +43 1 260 50 204
Email: [email protected]
Real Estate:
3 partners; 7 fee earners based in Austria
■ Acquisition and sale (including forward sales) of real estate portfolios and single premises
■ Advice on building projects, agreements for architects, general contractors and lease contracts as well as legal aspects of property management
■ Real estate related litigation and judicial enforcement
■ Project development and financing
Key Clients: IMMOFINANZ, FLE GmbH, Mitras Immobilien Investmentgesellschaft mbH, Silfin Capital Advisory GmbH
Contact: Michaela Pelinka
Tel: +43 1 26050 0
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Dominik Geyer
Tel: +43 1 26050 0
Email: [email protected]
Intellectual Property/IT-Law/Data Protection:
1 partner; 3 fee earners based in Austria
■ Advice to a software developer for software in products for audio services; advice relating to OEM agreement and software licence
■ Advise to a television channel regarding the implementation of a video and streaming platform (OTT service)
■ Advice to various companies regarding the implementation of an organisation in compliance with the GDPR, particularly advice with new market offerings, e.g. IoTApplications, profiling technologies
■ Advice to and representation with regard to trademark issues (inter alia administration of trademark portfolios, IP due diligences, license agreements)
Key Clients: Kapsch Group, cargo-partner, Beiersdorf (and many more confidential clients)
Contact: Sonja Dürager
Tel: +43 1 26050 0
Email: [email protected]
Ranked Offices
Provided by bpv Huegel
- ViennaSchreyvogelgasse 2, 1010 , Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Web: www.bpv-huegel.com
- Tel: +43 1 2 60 50 0
- Fax: +43 1 2 60 50 133
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- BrusselsRond Point Schuman 9, Postbox 14, 4th Floor, Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium, B - 1040 BrusselsView ranked office
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bpv Huegel advised IMMOFINANZ on the squeeze-out and delisting of S IMMO
IMMOFINANZ takes further step to optimise group structure. IMMOFINANZ Group holds 100% of the shares in S IMMO following completion of the squeeze-out.
Nicolas Wolski (lawyer and tax advisor) will head the tier 1 tax practice at bpv Huegel
Vienna, 04 November 2024. The experienced tax partner Nicolas Wolski (42) will take over as Head of Tax at bpv Huegel with November 2024.
bpv Huegel advises ams OSRAM on Reverse Share Split
The Reverse Share Split at a ratio of 10:1 to reclassify the company's share capital was resolved at the Annual General Meeting on 14 June 2024.
bpv Huegel advises IMMOFINANZ on further increase of S IMMO shareholding
The IMMOFINANZ Group acquired a further approx. 38% of S IMMO shares from CPI Property Group SA for a purchase price of around EUR 608.5 million.
ITR Tax Awards 2024: bpv Huegel wins Tax Litigation Law Firm of the Year & Transfer Pricing Law Firm
The ITR Tax Awards recognise the best tax consultants and tax lawyers every year. bpv Huegel was awarded twice this year.
bpv Huegel appoints Paul Pfeifenberger as partner
Paul Pfeifenberger (36) specialises in real estate and has been with bpv Huegel since 2015.
bpv Huegel advises Zentrasport on the transfer of the operating business to ANWR GROUP
bpv Huegel advises Zentrasport on the transfer of the operating business to ANWR GROUP The company transfer also successfully secures the future of SPORT 2000 in Austria.
bpv Huegel advises IMMOFINANZ in bidding contest between CPI and S IMMO
07 March 2022. bpv Huegel advised IMMOFINANZ AG (IMMOFINANZ) on the competing takeover bids of CPI Property Group S.A. (CPI) and S IMMO AG (S IMMO). This bidding contest was also a premiere on the Austrian market with the first competing takeover bids since 1999 takeover rules came into force.
bpv Huegel advised on the sale of a majority stake in traditional Viennese company WOJNAR to VIVATIS
VIVATIS acquires a 74 percent majority stake in WOJNAR and becomes a strategic partner. 11 June 2021. 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. T
bpv Huegel advised the Irish Zeus Packaging Group on the acquisition of Austrian company Petruzalek
bpv Huegel advised the Irish Zeus Packaging Group, a leading independent manufacturer and distributor, on the acquisition of the Austrian-based food packaging solutions, Petruzalek.
bpv Huegel advises on the merger of the traditional Austrian company HEROLD with dogado group
dogado group acquires all shares of the traditional Austrian company HEROLD.
JUVE Awards 2020: bpv Huegel is “Law Firm of the Year Austria”
bpv Huegel has been named "Law Firm of the Year Austria" by the leading German publication for the legal industry, JUVE. The firm is proud to receive the award, one of the most prestigious in the German-speaking legal community.
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on placement of remaining SoftwareONE shares
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on further sale of shares in SoftwareONE Holding AG placed in an accelerated bookbuilding process (ABB).
bpv Huegel advises heidelpay Group on the acquisition of Paysafe’s Pay Later business
bpv Huegel advised heidelpay Group, a German technology company for international payments, with KKR as investor, on the acquisition of the Paysafe Group’s Pay Later business (payolution GmbH).
bpv Huegel advised IMMOFINANZ on share placement and issue of mandatory convertible notes
bpv Huegel advised IMMOFINANZ on a combined share placement and the first-to-market issue of mandatory convertible notes. The total issue amounts to approximately EUR 356 million. In this successful capital measure, IMMOFINANZ AG issued the first mandatory convertible notes of an Austrian issuer.
Level Europe GmbH applies for insolvency with bpv Huegel
Level Europe GmbH, Austrian low-cost airline, filed for the opening of insolvency proceedings at the Regional Court of Korneuburg last Friday. bpv Huegel advises Level Europe as debtor representative.
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on another successful placement of SoftwareONE shares
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on further sale of shares in SoftwareONE Holding AG placed in an over-night accelerated bookbuilding process (ABB).
bpv Huegel advised dogado on the merger with easyname, Austria's second largest hosting provider
dogado GmbH, a subsidiary of European Directories, a portfolio company of Triton, has acquired easyname GmbH.
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on CHF350mn placement of SoftwareONE shares
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on the sale of shares in SoftwareONE Holding AG placed in an over-night accelerated bookbuilding process.
bpv Huegel advised Valneva SE in its successful delisting from the Vienna Stock Exchange
As of December 20, 2019 Valneva SE delisted its shares from the Vienna Stock Exchange in order to centralise trading on Euronext Paris. bpv Huegel advised Valneva SE in the delisting process.
Sanochemia applies for restructuring proceedings with bpv Huegel
Today the listed Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG applied for the opening of restructuring proceedings with the Vienna Commercial Court. bpv Huegel advises Sanochemia in the restructuring.
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on the IPO of SoftwareONE with listing on SIX
22 November 2019. bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik as shareholder in connection with the initial public offering of SoftwareONE Holding AG and listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
bpv Huegel further strengthens its tax practice with Nicolas Wolski
The experienced attorney-at-law and tax advisor Nicolas Wolski (36) joins the tax team of bpv Huegel. He previously worked as European Counsel in the Frankfurt office of the renowned US-law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
bpv Huegel advised IMMOFINANZ on the squeeze-out and delisting of S IMMO
IMMOFINANZ takes further step to optimise group structure. IMMOFINANZ Group holds 100% of the shares in S IMMO following completion of the squeeze-out.
Nicolas Wolski (lawyer and tax advisor) will head the tier 1 tax practice at bpv Huegel
Vienna, 04 November 2024. The experienced tax partner Nicolas Wolski (42) will take over as Head of Tax at bpv Huegel with November 2024.
bpv Huegel advises ams OSRAM on Reverse Share Split
The Reverse Share Split at a ratio of 10:1 to reclassify the company's share capital was resolved at the Annual General Meeting on 14 June 2024.
bpv Huegel advises IMMOFINANZ on further increase of S IMMO shareholding
The IMMOFINANZ Group acquired a further approx. 38% of S IMMO shares from CPI Property Group SA for a purchase price of around EUR 608.5 million.
ITR Tax Awards 2024: bpv Huegel wins Tax Litigation Law Firm of the Year & Transfer Pricing Law Firm
The ITR Tax Awards recognise the best tax consultants and tax lawyers every year. bpv Huegel was awarded twice this year.
bpv Huegel appoints Paul Pfeifenberger as partner
Paul Pfeifenberger (36) specialises in real estate and has been with bpv Huegel since 2015.
bpv Huegel advises Zentrasport on the transfer of the operating business to ANWR GROUP
bpv Huegel advises Zentrasport on the transfer of the operating business to ANWR GROUP The company transfer also successfully secures the future of SPORT 2000 in Austria.
bpv Huegel advises IMMOFINANZ in bidding contest between CPI and S IMMO
07 March 2022. bpv Huegel advised IMMOFINANZ AG (IMMOFINANZ) on the competing takeover bids of CPI Property Group S.A. (CPI) and S IMMO AG (S IMMO). This bidding contest was also a premiere on the Austrian market with the first competing takeover bids since 1999 takeover rules came into force.
bpv Huegel advised on the sale of a majority stake in traditional Viennese company WOJNAR to VIVATIS
VIVATIS acquires a 74 percent majority stake in WOJNAR and becomes a strategic partner. 11 June 2021. 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. T
bpv Huegel advised the Irish Zeus Packaging Group on the acquisition of Austrian company Petruzalek
bpv Huegel advised the Irish Zeus Packaging Group, a leading independent manufacturer and distributor, on the acquisition of the Austrian-based food packaging solutions, Petruzalek.
bpv Huegel advises on the merger of the traditional Austrian company HEROLD with dogado group
dogado group acquires all shares of the traditional Austrian company HEROLD.
JUVE Awards 2020: bpv Huegel is “Law Firm of the Year Austria”
bpv Huegel has been named "Law Firm of the Year Austria" by the leading German publication for the legal industry, JUVE. The firm is proud to receive the award, one of the most prestigious in the German-speaking legal community.
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on placement of remaining SoftwareONE shares
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on further sale of shares in SoftwareONE Holding AG placed in an accelerated bookbuilding process (ABB).
bpv Huegel advises heidelpay Group on the acquisition of Paysafe’s Pay Later business
bpv Huegel advised heidelpay Group, a German technology company for international payments, with KKR as investor, on the acquisition of the Paysafe Group’s Pay Later business (payolution GmbH).
bpv Huegel advised IMMOFINANZ on share placement and issue of mandatory convertible notes
bpv Huegel advised IMMOFINANZ on a combined share placement and the first-to-market issue of mandatory convertible notes. The total issue amounts to approximately EUR 356 million. In this successful capital measure, IMMOFINANZ AG issued the first mandatory convertible notes of an Austrian issuer.
Level Europe GmbH applies for insolvency with bpv Huegel
Level Europe GmbH, Austrian low-cost airline, filed for the opening of insolvency proceedings at the Regional Court of Korneuburg last Friday. bpv Huegel advises Level Europe as debtor representative.
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on another successful placement of SoftwareONE shares
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on further sale of shares in SoftwareONE Holding AG placed in an over-night accelerated bookbuilding process (ABB).
bpv Huegel advised dogado on the merger with easyname, Austria's second largest hosting provider
dogado GmbH, a subsidiary of European Directories, a portfolio company of Triton, has acquired easyname GmbH.
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on CHF350mn placement of SoftwareONE shares
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on the sale of shares in SoftwareONE Holding AG placed in an over-night accelerated bookbuilding process.
bpv Huegel advised Valneva SE in its successful delisting from the Vienna Stock Exchange
As of December 20, 2019 Valneva SE delisted its shares from the Vienna Stock Exchange in order to centralise trading on Euronext Paris. bpv Huegel advised Valneva SE in the delisting process.
Sanochemia applies for restructuring proceedings with bpv Huegel
Today the listed Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG applied for the opening of restructuring proceedings with the Vienna Commercial Court. bpv Huegel advises Sanochemia in the restructuring.
bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik on the IPO of SoftwareONE with listing on SIX
22 November 2019. bpv Huegel advised Raiffeisen Informatik as shareholder in connection with the initial public offering of SoftwareONE Holding AG and listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
bpv Huegel further strengthens its tax practice with Nicolas Wolski
The experienced attorney-at-law and tax advisor Nicolas Wolski (36) joins the tax team of bpv Huegel. He previously worked as European Counsel in the Frankfurt office of the renowned US-law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher.