Georg H Diwok

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance

Financial Institutions

Financial Services Regulatory

Investigations, Compliance & Ethics

Loans & Credit Facilities

Real Estate Development, Planning & Land Use

Restructuring & Insolvency

Securitization & Structured Finance

Technology Transactions

Career

Georg Diwok heads the Banking & Finance Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG in Vienna. He previously worked as a law clerk at Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber and was a partner at Lattenmayer, Luks & Partner. He started his career as an assistant at Vienna law school.

Georg focuses his practice on direct national and cross-border lending, restructuring as well as financial disputes. Georg's particular focus is on real estate finance. He advises banks and business enterprises on licensing issues and represents clients in banking regulatory matters.

Representative Legal Matters

> Advised an Austrian listed bank on collateral structures in the wider CEE region.

> Advised on asset and portfolio structuring for securitization purposes in the automotive and consumer lending areas.

> Advised an EU licensed bank on exit strategies from Romania.

> Represented start-ups on crypto currency issues and related AML risk towards the Austrian regulator FMA.

> Advises on payment services related matters such as represented a US listed company on its mobile payment services rollout in Austria.

> Represented a Swiss bank in selling its private clients business to an Austrian financial institution.

> Represented clients in Austrian private foundation laws related disputes.

Professional Memberships

Austrian Banking Law Society - Member

Vienna Bar Association - Member