Companies and entrepreneurs, irrespective whether a small start-up or an international stock listed company, are affected by a broad range of business and legal hurdles nowadays. Our approach is to advise companies in all business stages:

Start Up Stage

• Business Plan
• Set up company structure
• Applications for national & European subsidies
• Identification, negotiations with Business Angels & potential investors

Growth Stage

• Ongoing legal services
• Shareholder meetings
• Corporate housekeeping
• Corporate governance & compliance
• Capital Measures
• Mergers & Acquisitions on the buy-side
• Financing

Exit Stage

• Advisory on potential exit strategies (Mergers & Acquisitions on the sell-side, IPO, etc.)

Particularly since the financial crisis, managers of private and public wealth are confronted with a significant increase of liability risks. In order to reduce such risks, we advise our clients on financial investments including:

Financial Investments

• Review of investment documentation (term sheets, prospectuses, etc.)
• Analysing risks of financial investments
• Examination of compliance of potential investment with specific investment regulations (private foundations, family offices, trusts, public companies, etc.)
• Examination of existing portfolios on investment regulations

• Asset management agreements
• Investment structures and portfolios
• Liability risks regarding investment advisory and investment management (e.g., assessment of financial investments based on investor profiles)
• Asset succession/inheritance

As a result of the financial crisis, the banking sector is confronted with a tremendous increase of legal regulations and market surveillance by the respective authorities. Concurrently, the liability risks in case of violations increased. Therefore, we particularly advise our clients with regard to:

• The provision of banking, payment or security services in or into Austria with respect to supervisory regulations
• Review of investment documentation for financial instruments with regard to supervisory regulations and liability risks
• Public offers and private placements of financial instruments
• Ad-hoc disclosure rules
• Finance transactions

One major aspect of our advisory is to prevent our clients from potential litigation proceedings. However, if representation before courts becomes inevitable, we are well-prepared due to our legal and financial market experience. We particularly focus on:

• Claims in connection with financial instruments
• Claims in connection with unit-linked life insurance products
• Claims with regard to loan agreements, bank guarantees, etc.