Jank Weiler Operenyi Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Managing Partners: Andreas Jank, Maximilian Weiler, Alexander Operenyi

Partners: 10

Attorneys at law: 24

Associates: 9

Languages: German, English

Firm Overview:

Jank Weiler Operenyi | Deloitte Legal Austria offers tailored legal advice to Austrian and international companies, institutions, and individuals. Deloitte Legal is the growing global lawyer network with more than 2,500 professionals in 77 jurisdictions worldwide, as Austrian member firm.

Deloitte Legal Austria supports their clients in complex projects and transactions. Due to their close cooperation with Deloitte's tax advisors, auditors, consultants as well as financial advisory and risk advisory experts, Deloitte Legal Austria is in a position to offer the advantages of a one-stop-shop service in an international environment for all business law issues.

Main Areas of Practice:

·Corporate / M&A

·Banking & Finance

·Real Estate

·Employment

·IP/IT, Data Protection

·Competition Law

·Dispute Resolution

·Insolvency & Restructuring

·Environmental Law

·White Collar Crime

·Healthcare and Life Sciences

·Energy Law

·Public and Regulatory Law

·Private Clients

Corporate / M&A:

Deloitte Legal Austria advises Austrian and international clients in all aspects of business and corporate law as well as restructurings. In addition, they have numerous years of experience in supporting national and cross-border M&A, private equity, and venture capital transactions in various economic and industrial sectors.

Banking & Finance:

Advice to banks, insurance companies and other financial service providers, both in the context of regulatory and contract law, forms part of Deloitte Legal Austria's main services. Their core competences also include legal and strategic advice on national and international financing projects.

Real Estate:

Deloitte Legal Austria provides counsel in all matters of real estate law, in particular sale and purchase, as well as financing (lending and leasing), restructuring and project development of national and cross-border real estate projects. Their expertise also includes public real estate law as well as tenancy and housing law, especially in connection with shopping centres, office buildings and residential construction projects.

Employment:

Deloitte Legal Austria offers advice in all areas of individual and collective employment law and act as legal representatives before public authorities and courts. In individual employment law, their emphasis is on the preparation of complex employment and management agreements, while in the area of collective employment law, they lay a particular focus on drafting works council agreements and collective bargaining agreements.

IP/IT, Data Protection:

Deloitte Legal Austria advises on all matters of intellectual property rights, information technology law, competition law and data protection law as well as media law. Their main focus lies on contract drafting, strategy development and enforcement of rights.

Competition Law:

Deloitte Legal Austria represents companies in merger control and antitrust proceedings, including cartel violations and abuse of market power. The firm provides ongoing advice on distribution, cooperation agreements, and bidding consortia. In unfair competition law, Deloitte Legal Austria reviews business practices, sales activities, and advertising, offering expert opinions and handling legal actions. Deloitte Legal Austria also advises on compliance structures.

Dispute Resolution:

Representation of companies in national and international disputes (civil litigation, arbitration proceedings). The proceedings Deloitte Legal Austria handles relate to a wide range of areas of commercial law (e.g., banking contract law, tort and warranty law, corporate law).

Insolvency & Restructuring:

Deloitte Legal Austria represents creditors in enforcing their claims in insolvency proceedings. As representatives of the debtor, Deloitte Legal Austria develops and assists in the implementation of strategies for corporate restructuring.

Environmental Law:

Environmental law is a complex field addressing a wide range of legal issues. Deloitte Legal Austria advises and supports operating facilities, industrial, and infrastructure projects, particularly in public commercial and civil law. The firm assists clients from project planning to approval processes, handling appeals and operations. Deloitte Legal Austria covers areas such as nature conservation, water, waste, chemicals, forestry, construction, and contaminated sites law.

White Collar Crime:

Deloitte Legal Austria has special expertise in matters of criminal law relating to business crime, fiscal offences, and corruption charges. They represent their clients in criminal proceedings before public authorities and courts. In addition, Deloitte Legal Austria supports companies in internal investigations as well as official investigations conducted by law enforcement authorities. Furthermore, Deloitte Legal Austria defends the rights of companies that suffered losses due to white collar crime.

Healthcare and Life Sciences:

Deloitte Legal Austria advises companies across the healthcare and life sciences sectors, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, digital health, and AI. Serving large companies, SMEs, and start-ups, Deloitte Legal Austria supports clients in navigating regulatory, competition, and compliance challenges. The firm also offers interdisciplinary support for M&A, IP litigation, data protection, product liability, and disputes with regulators.

Energy Law:

Deloitte Legal Austria has extensive expertise in energy and financial regulatory law (e.g., ElWOG 2010, GWG 2011, REMIT, MiFiD II, MAR), energy-related contract law and all other areas of law relevant to energy companies. Their clients include companies that are active in various functions on the energy markets: e.g., as investors, as producers, as traders, as network operators or as suppliers to end customers.

Public and Regulatory Law:

Public and regulatory law plays a key role in the economy, shaped by both national and EU law. Deloitte Legal Austria advises on regulatory areas like energy, rail transport, environmental impact assessments, and key sectors such as public procurement and banking law. Public commercial law, covering constitutional law, EU law, environmental law, and regulatory matters, is complex, and Deloitte Legal Austria guides clients through this intricate legal landscape.

Private Clients:

Deloitte Legal Austria advises and supports national and international family offices, foundations, trusts as well as individuals in all areas of private wealth and asset management, in particular with respect to the structuring and the execution of strategic investments, both nationally and internationally.