About
GRAF ISOLA, founded in 1994, is an independent Austrian commercial law firm with offices in Vienna and Graz. The full-service firm employs 25 qualified lawyers including six partners and advises domestic and international clients and public authorities on Austrian and European business law, with noted experience in complex banking, regulatory and competition matters.
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Lawyers at this firm
Alexander Isola
Partner. The Insolvency and Restructuring Team, headed by Alexander Isola, specialises in insolvency proceedings, criminal bankruptcy law, restructuring law, D & O liability issues and audits, securing of loans, avoidance, capital preservation and equity replacement. Alexander Isola is known for quick and often unconventional solutions. · Insolvency & Restructuring
Andreas Edlinger
Attorney-at-Law. Andreas Edlinger’s area of expertise is corporate law. He advises international group companies and small and medium-sized enterprises. His expertise covers company set-ups, international restructurings (including cross-border mergers) and the acquisition or sale of shareholdings and assets. In this context, Andreas also assists with the corresponding merger filings under antitrust law. · Corporate / M&A
Armenak Utudjian
Parnter. Armenak Utudjian is recognized as an expert especially in the fields of private foundation law (trusts) and real estate as well as construction; his practice places a special emphasis on public law. In legal circles he is well known as vice president of the Austrian Bar Association and member of the Vienna Bar Association's Board. · Trusts & Estates
Claudia Csáky
Partner. Claudia Csákys practice covers the entire field of intellectual property law with a focus on trademark, copyright and competition law as well as information technology. She also has specific expertise and litigation experience in patent disputes. In the field of trademark law, she advises well-known domestic and foreign clients across all sectors. Her range of services includes advice on trademark prosecutions, development of trademark strategies and licenses, and representation in trademark litigation. She often advises on IP aspects in the course of corporate restructuring and transactions. In IT law she advises clients in relation to social media, e-commerce, the infringement of personal rights and all other aspects relating to internet law. · Intellectual Property
David Seidl
Partner. David Seidl is one of the two heads of the Compliance and White-Collar Crime practice group. He has particular expertise in insolvency law. He is regularly appointed by the court as an insolvency administrator and advises debtors and creditors on issues of impending insolvency. · Insolvency & Restructuring
Ferdinand Graf
Partner. Ferdinand Graf advises domestic and foreign companies on ongoing corporate law issues as well as on cross-border M&A transactions and restructurings, most recently for LUKOIL and the Danish VKR Group. In his areas of expertise, Ferdinand is also active as a litigator. He represented the French/Belgian Dexia Group against the Republic of Austria in the course of the emergency nationalisation of Kommunalkredit and the province of Salzburg in dealing with the financial shenanigans of a civil servant wasting public money on speculative trading activities. · Corporate / M&A
Jakob Widner
Partner. Jakob Widner heads the firm’s Labour and Employment Law Practice and has twenty plus years of experience in advising on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, business and company sales and acquisitions, employee benefit arrangements (including pension and stock option plans) and company law issues relevant to directors and officers of Austrian companies. · Labour & Employment
Marija Križanac
Attorney-at-Law. Marija Križanac has worked for GRAF ISOLA since 2013; as an attorney since 2017. She is a data protection expert and is the co-head of our Data Protection practice group. She advises on all aspects of data protection law and has helped small and medium-sized enterprises as well as large corporations implement the General Data Protection Regulation. · Competition & Antitrust
Sebastian Mahr
Partner. Sebastian Mahr is a partner in the dispute resolution practice group and represents clients from the industrial, financial and insurance sectors in litigation and arbitration proceedings. A further focus of his practice lies in corporate disputes, post-M&A disputes as well as conflicts in the areas of transportation, technology and construction or real estate law. In addition, he also regularly assists with the international enforcement of foreign court decisions and arbitral awards. · Litigation
Stefan Weileder
Partner Stefan Weileder is co-heading the insolvency and restructuring group together with Alexander Isola. He specializes on restructuring and insolvency proceedings (both in and out of court) with a particular focus on avoidance, capital maintenance and equity compensation law. He is regarded as a leading insolvency expert and regularly gets appointed by insolvency courts as an insolvency administrator in proceedings of all sizes. Part of his practice also includes distressed M&A, banking, securities and corporate law. · Insolvency & Restructuring
