Schoenherr has successfully advised Stadtwerke Klagenfurt on the environmental impact assessment declaration proceedings for the Alpen-Adria-Sportbad. 

Former Wienerberger Head of Corporate Secretary and Co-Head of Legal Georg Schuh has launched Schuh Law in Vienna.

BPV Huegel has advised RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Handel und Vermoegensverwaltung eGen and its acquisition holding on the financing and completion of the purchase of approximately 47.53% of RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG shares from BayWa AG for EUR 176 million. Schoenherr advised RBI as the financing bank. FPS Fritze Wicke Seeling reportedly advised RWA eGen as well. Jones Day's Munich office reportedly advised BayWa AG.

BPV Huegel has promoted Johannes Mitterecker to Partner. 

Schoenherr, working with Macfarlanes, has advised the owners of Zoerkler on its sale to MiddleGround Capital.

Graf, Patsch, Taucher has advised Boxcar and Arketype on establishing their subsidiaries and businesses in Austria.

Schoenherr has advised healthcare provider Mavie Next and its shareholder Mavie Holding, both part of the UNIQA Group, on Raiffeisen-Holding Niederosterreich-Wien’s planned investment of around EUR 100 million in Mavie Next. Dorda and BPV Huegel advised Raiffeisen-Holding NO-Wien. Heuking Kuehn Lueer Wojtek and Wardynski & Partners reportedly advised Raiffeisen-Holding NO-Wien as well.

Big law firms can coast on boring slogans. They’ve got the clout, the infrastructure, and the impressive list of past clients to do the talking. But if you’re a smaller firm and your website sounds like everyone else’s, you are disappearing into the beige background of legal marketing noise.

Schoenherr has advised AI ophthalmology spin-off RetInSight and its founding shareholders on the sale to Topcon Healthcare. Dorda reportedly advised Topcon Healthcare.

Schoenherr has advised Saller Unternehmensgruppe on its acquisition of FMZ Kapfenberg from LLB Immo KAG. DSC advised the sellers.

DLA Piper has advised UBM Development on the issuance of its first deeply subordinated green hybrid bond, raising EUR 65 million under UBM’s Green Finance Framework. Wolf Theiss advised Raiffeisen Bank International as sole structuring adviser, bookrunner, paying agent, and dealer manager for the buy-back offer.

Former Accenture Senior Legal Contract Manager Christopher Fischer has become the new Group Head of Legal at DenizBank.

Following up on the CJEU's judgment of 9 January 2025, C-416/23, Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde (Demandes excessives), the Austrian Supreme Administrative Court addressed excessive and manifestly unfounded data subject requests to data protection supervisory authorities in six cases (VwGH 29 January 2025, Ra 2023/04/0002; Ra 2022/04/0049; Ro 2023/04/0018; Ro 2022/04/0016; Ro 2022/04/0022; Ra 2020/04/0084). The Austrian Federal Administrative Court added another decision on such requests (BVwG 11 March 2025, W137 2305838-1).

The European Accessibility Act (EAA), approved in 2019, takes effect on June 28, 2025. The Act requires a wide range of products and services – such as consumer electronics, vending machines, websites, and mobile apps – to meet accessibility standards for people with disabilities.

CMS has advised the founders and shareholders of Coorum Informationstechnologie on the sale of 100% of shares to Kendox. Oberhammer advised Kendox.

CMS, working with Bech Bruun, has advised Alder Investment III on its acquisition of TriVision from VPK Fond I K/S and founders Neckelmann Holding, Claus Gramkow Holding, Hauge Holding, J. Bach Holding, and Jesper Bach. Gorrissen Federspiel reportedly advised the sellers.

DLA Piper has advised TAG on the refinancing of its syndicated credit facilities, outstanding Schuldschein notes, and bilateral credit lines. 

Markus Taufner has joined Kinstellar's Vienna Office as a Partner. At the same time, Petra Heindl joined Kinstellar as Counsel.