Schoenherr, working with Kim & Chang has advised Cropster on the acquisition of Firescope. Kyung & Jung reportedly advised the sellers.

Oberhammer advises KTM Ag G on the sale of KTM’s sports car business to a group of unidentified Belgian investors. PFP Law, Fokus, Zemann IP, and Schuh Law and, reportedly, Loeffler Legal and Ontier advised the buyers.

Freshfields, working with TSMP Law Corporation, has advised SFC Energy on its acquisition of a 15% stake in Singapore-based Oneberry Technologies Pte via a capital increase. 

E+H, working with Dechert, has advised Flex Capital on the acquisition of Evo IT. 

Miriam Broucek has joined Kinstellar's Vienna office as Partner and will head the firm's finance department.

Baker McKenzie has advised Ion Pacific on its EUR 30 million investment in a continuation vehicle managed by Speedinvest. YPOG reportedly advised on the matter as well.

Wolf Theiss has announced the addition of six new Partners through the promotions of Hungary-based Norbert Balint, Austria-based Johann Hwezda, Christopher Juenger, and Eva Stadler, and Poland-based Marcin Rudnik, as well as Romania-based Claudia Popescu joining the team.

CMS has advised Motel One Group on the takeover of two Austrian hotels as part of its takeover of seven Flemings-brand hotels in Germany and Austria, expanding the group’s footprint in Munich, Frankfurt, Bremen, and Vienna. Barnert Egermann Illigasch and GSK Stockmann advised Flemings Asset Management as the lessors.

Kinstellar has announced new leadership appointments across its service lines and sectors.

Herbst Kinsky has advised the founders and sole shareholders of Ubitec on a partnership with Bencis.

CMS has advised Magirus, a wholly owned portfolio company of Mutares, on the agreement to acquire the vehicle construction division of Achleitner Fahrzeugbau. Binder Groesswang advised the sellers.

Freshfields has advised Aurelius on its acquisition of US-based Xylem's international smart metering business.

Schoenherr has successfully represented Uber in litigation against Taxi 40100 before Austria's Supreme Court.

Kinstellar has advised the shareholders of Autolift Group on a partnership with Hamburg-based private equity investor Capcellence Mittelstandspartner, under which Capcellence acquired a majority stake. Herbst Kinsky reportedly advised Capcellence.

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Schoenherr has advised Autobahnen- und Schnellstrassen-Finanzierungs-Aktiengesellschaft on its dual-tranche offering of EUR 1 billion 3.125% guaranteed notes due January 23, 2036, and EUR 500 million 2.500% guaranteed notes due March 25, 2030. Linklaters and Binder Groesswang advised the managers:  with Barclays, Credit Agricole CIB, DZ Bank, Erste Group, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe, Raiffeisen Bank International, and UniCredit acting as managers.

Vienna-based CMS Partner Daniela Karollus-Bruner has been appointed Co-Head of the firm's Dispute Resolution Group, alongside London-based Partner Guy Pendell.

Freshfields has advised a syndicate of banks, including joint lead managers Citigroup, Credit Agricole CIB, Natixis, Raiffeisen Bank International, and UBS Investment Bank, on Raiffeisen Bank International’s EUR 500 million issuance of additional tier 1 capital instruments.