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Elke Napokoj is partner and co-head of the Corporate/M&A practice group. She specialises in national and international M&A transactions, corporate law, restructurings, private equity and capital markets. She advises strategic and financial investors across a range of industry sectors and has over 20 years of professional experience in corporate transactions, particularly in the pharmaceutical and life sciences, aviation, banking, insurance, energy and industrial sectors.

Career

Elke Napokoj graduated from the University of Vienna in 1999 (Dr.iur.) and holds an LL.M. in banking and financial law from King’s College London. In 2018, Elke Napokoj completed an Excellence Programme for Supervisory Boards at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. She has been a Partner at bpv Huegel since 2007 and co-head of the corporate M&A practice group.

Professional Memberships

• Vice-President of the Association for Corporate Growth, Austrian Chapter

• Member of the Advisory Board of the Austrian Association of Company Law (GVÖ)

• International Bar Association

• Vienna Bar Association

• King’s College London Alumni Association

• VGR Scientific Association for Corporate and Company Law

• International Women´s Forum

Publications

• Practical Guide to Venture-Capital-Finanzing, together with M. Pelinka (2023)

• Commentary on the Austrian Stock Corporation Act, together with H. Foglar-Deinhardstein and M. Pelinka (2020)

• Strategies to avoid disputes when drafting agreements in Handbook on Shareholders Disputes together with M. Pelinka (2020)

• Practical handbook on demerger, 2nd edition, (2015)

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Elke Napokoj is trusted for her strength in complex cross-border acquisitions. She also assists with restructuring matters and corporate governance matters.

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