About
The firm: Wolf Theiss opened its first office in Vienna in 1957 and soon established a reputation as one of the region’s leading law firms. The firm has since grown into a multinational team of over 400 lawyers, making it one of the largest integrated law firms in the region. It has offices* in Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brussels, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Ukraine. This presence on the ground is one of the firm’s key strengths. It works in a fast-moving part of the world that requires deep local knowledge and experience. By combining expertise with a strong international network, the firm is well-placed to handle complex cross-border transactions with a high degree of speed and flexibility. Apart from its local offices in 13 CEE/SEE countries and a central European hub in Brussels, Wolf Theiss also offers extensive regional experience in other countries in the region, such as Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia. *The firm has regulatory frameworks within which it needs to comply. So by ‘presence’, we mean a legal form that is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations in that country. Areas of practice: Wolf Theiss’ full range of services covers financial services, competition and antitrust, compliance and investigations, corporate/mergers and acquisitions, employment law, energy and infrastructure, intellectual property and information technology, litigation and alternative dispute resolution, real estate and construction, regulatory and procurement, and tax. The firm’s dedicated practice teams provide in-depth specialist knowledge in their respective areas and collaborate closely to provide clients with seamless advice. Austria: this is where it all began in 1957. The team is now one of the most recognised names in Austrian law and has received numerous recognitions and accolades of its excellence over the past years. Most of the lawyers are multilingual and have practiced abroad, so there’s a real multinational character to the office. Wolf Theiss Vienna – led by the firm’s managing partners Andrea Gritsch, Sebastian Oberzaucher, Claus Schneider and Richard Wolf – comprises over 140 lawyers (including 42 partners). ### Languages - Albanian - Arabic - Hungarian - Italian - Polish - Romanian - Russian - Serbian - Slovak - Slovenian - Spanish - Ukrainian - Bosnian - Bulgarian - Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) - Croatian - Czech - English - French - German ### Staffing Figures - 400 Number of lawyers - 140 at this office
Office locations
Vienna
Vienna
Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG Schubertring 6 1010 Vienna Vienna Austria
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Alexander Quendler
Senior Associate. · Tax
Alexander Zollner
Partner. · International Arbitration
Andrea Gritsch
Partner, since 2013; Andrea Gritsch heads the firm’s Banking & Finance practice in Austria and across CEE/SEE. Andrea has a strong focus on the financial industry and specializes on cross-border M&A, distressed situations including NPL, corporate and financial restructuring, banking and financial services as well as regulatory compliance. Her clients include banks, financial institutions, insurance undertakings, strategic and financial investors as well as private equity. Andrea is also active in the fast-evolving area of financial technology (FinTech), assisting regulated and non-regulated businesses in digital transformation and taking up new technologies. · Banking & Finance
Andreas Schmid
Partner; specialised in Structured Finance; Projects (Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities); Restructuring Andreas is an internationally renowned finance and projects expert known for his outstanding experience in high-profile transactions (including large infrastructure and energy projects) and his hands-on approach in transaction management. He has advised numerous financial institutions, large corporates and private equity funds on domestic and cross-border structured finance and debt-restructuring transactions. · Banking & Finance
Angela Liu
Senior Associate. · Banking & Finance
Angelika Lange
Senior Associate. · Litigation
Anna Schwamberger
Counsel. · Employment
Christian Hoenig
Partner since 1992. Christian is an internationally recognised specialist in corporate/M&A, private equity/venture capital and insolvency/restructuring with some deep background in tax from his early years in practice. He played a key role in the expansion of Wolf Theiss into the CEE/SEE region starting from 1995. Christian has extensive experience with major transactions in the renewable energy, steel, railway, automotive, tobacco, financial, real estate, telecommunications and IT industries. He also advises start-ups and VC funds, in particular in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical products. · Corporate / M&A
Christian Mikosch
Partner specialising in corporate law, international commercial law and mergers & acquisitions with particular expertise in the CEE/SEE region. Besides being the responsible partner for Wolf Theiss' work in Kosovo, Christian has developed a unique know-how in privatizations and negotiations with governments. · Corporate / M&A
Christine Siegl
Counsel, specialised in Banking Law, Regulatory Law, Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law and M&A. · Banking & Finance
Christopher Juenger
Partner. · Corporate / M&A
Clara Gordon
Partner, since 2020, specialising in M&A transactions and corporate matters. She has been involved in numerous Austrian and cross-border transactions and restructurings in the healthcare / life science, IT, manufacturing, construction, transport, real estate and consulting industries. · Corporate / M&A
Claudia Fessler
Consultant, specializing in Litigation, Civil Law, Criminal Law. · Litigation
Claus Schneider
Partner; specialised in capital markets, debt and structured finance, bank regulatory law, corporate transactions. A debt, hybrid and structured issues expert, Claus has worked on some of the most innovative and other first-time debt and hybrid issues in Austria and has been one of the key legal advisors regarding bank support measures undertaken by the Republic of Austria amid financial crises. · Capital Markets
Clemens Trauttenberg
Partner; specialised in commercial litigation, white collar criminal defence and investigations, crisis managment, financial markets litigation, strakeholder disputes, investor protection, private clients - high net worth individuals, inheritance law and restitution, distribution law. · Commercial Litigation
Daniel Lungenschmid
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Dominik Engel
Senior Associate. · Regulatory
Dominik König
Senior Associate. · Public Procurement
Dominik Mayrhofer
Senior Associate. · Real Estate
Doris Buxbaum
Counsel; specialized in Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring, Project Management and Private Client Business. Doris has particular expertise in corporate and contract law, international project management, mergers and acquisitions and as well as in the estate administration of high net worth clients and their families. · Corporate / M&A
Elisabeth Pötscher
Senior Associate. · Real Estate
Elisabeth Zhang
Senior Associate. · Intellectual Property
Emmanuel Kaufman
Counsel, specialising in international commercial and investment arbitration as well as construction disputes. He has gained considerable experience working under the major arbitration rules, including the ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and Vienna Rules. Emmanuel focusses on disputes in the CEE/SEE region and on disputes involving, in particular, Spanish and South American parties. · International Arbitration
Erik Steger
Partner; specialised in Central and Eastern Europe, Real Estate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Finance. Erik specializes in real estate matters across the CEE/SEE region and he has significant expertise in the areas of financing, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring. His practice focuses in particular on the hotel and leisure industry, the investment and divestment of commercial property with cross-border elements and opportunities for joint ventures. · Real Estate
Eva Spiegel
Partner; specialised in insolvency law and commercial litigation. Work includes representation of major creditors in insolvency proceedings as well as protection and enforcement of creditors' rights. Further broad experience in handling commercial litigation cases, acting for national and international clients. · Insolvency & Restructuring
Eva Stadler
Partner, specialising in private clients, international tax law, taxation of financial instruments, tax planning of international groups and mergers & acquisitions. · Tax
Florian Horak
Consultant, since 2018, specialising in civil & commercial litigation and white collar crime disputes, including bribery and corruption, fraud and compliance. · Dispute Resolution
Florian Kusznier
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Georg Kresbach
Partner; specialised in Intellectual Property (Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, Designs), TMT (software, service level and maintenance agreements, outsourcing), Unfair Competition, New Media and Internet, Pharma and Health Care. · Intellectual Property
Guenter Bauer
Partner; specialised in EU competition law, national and CEE/SEE antitrust law (cartels, dominance issues, merger control, compliance programmes, cooperation agreements and vertical restraints), distribution law, State aid. · Competition & Antitrust
Hannah Schaflinger
Senior Associate, since 2014, specialising in construction law. · Real Estate
Heimo Weiss
Senior Associate. · Litigation
Heinrich Dóczy
Senior Associate. · Corporate / M&A
Ingrid Makarius
Counsultant, Wolf Theiss, since 2012, specialising in public procurement and public business law. · Public Procurement
Isabel Firneis
Counsel, specialising in extrajudicial advice and employment litigation, with a special focus on restructuring, executive agreements and employment contracts as well as cross-border issues. · Employment
Johann Hwezda
Partner. · Public Procurement
Johannes Sekanina
Senior Associate. · Data Protection
Judith Szabo
Of Counsel and a member of the Banking and Finance practice group. Judit specialises in finance transactions and work-out banking transactions (including white collar crime cases). · Banking & Finance
Karin Spindler-Simader
Consultant. Karin specialises in corporate tax law and tax aspects of reorganisations, international tax planning as well as international and European tax law. Karin is admitted as a tax adviser with years of experience as an authorised signatory in leading tax consulting firms and is experienced in providing tax advice on complex international M&A transactions. · Tax
Kurt Retter
Partner, since 2001. Kurt has practiced in various fields of regulatory law including: Constitutional, international and EU law, fundamental rights, planning and environmental law, regulated industries (energy, telecommunications and rail), life sciences, insurance, defence, banking and finance, gambling law, compliance, data protection, infrastructure projects, aviation, as well as private clients. Since the mid-2010’s, international trade, export control, sanctions and foreign direct investment clearances have grown to become another key part of his team’s practice. · Regulatory
Lena Tautscher
Senior Associate. · Litigation
Leopold Hoeher
Partner, since 2018, specializing in financing and capital market transactions with a focus on advising national and international clients on domestic and cross-border structured debt financing transactions (in particular project financings, acquisition financings and corporate lending), secured finance transactions, restructuring transactions and issuance of bonds. He has extensive experience as counsel to lenders and arrangers as well as debtors and issuers in Austria and CEE. · Banking & Finance
Lucas Gasser
Senior Associate. · Competition & Antitrust
Lukas Macha
Senior Associate. · Dispute Resolution
Magdalena Ziembicka
Counsel, specialising in employment law matters related to contract design, restructurings, corporate M&As, cross-border employment, as well as employee data protection. · Employment
Manfred Essletzbichler
Partner; specialised in Public Procurement Law, Business Law, Competition and Antitrust Law. Manfred regularly advises on major infrastructure projects and on tenders concerning intellectual services, medical devices or IT-systems as well as on alleged infringements of procurement law. He represents parties in review proceedings before Procurement Review Authorities and also specializes in compliance regarding public tenders. · Public Procurement
Maren Jergolla-Wagner
Senior Associate; specialised in Intellectual Property (in particular trade mark law, design law, copyright law, and anti-counterfeiting; licensing and distribution law), Life Science (in particular pharmaceutical and medical device law, including advertising law), Unfair Competition Law (in particular advertising law, law on sales promotion and law on product imitations), Litigation, mainly in the above-mentioned fields. · Intellectual Property
Marika Lomashvili
Partner, since 2021, specialising in banking, finance and capital markets. During her years as a qualified lawyer she has advised international financial institutions, corporations, credit institutions on a numerous capital market transactions, numerous aspects of banking and capital markets law as well as on regulatory matters, corporate law and private equity. · Banking & Finance
Markus Aigner
Counsel, specialising in acquisition, project and real estate financing and debt restructuring. · Banking & Finance
Marta Krzystek
Senior Associate. · Regulatory
Martina Edlinger
Counsel. Martina specialises in cross-border and domestic corporate reorganisations, M&A transactions and general Austrian corporate law matters. · Corporate / M&A
Matthias Unterrieder
Partner; specialised in Employment Law in Austria and CEE/SEE, cross-border staff assignements, reorganisations, management contracting. · Employment Law
Melanie Dimitrov
Consultant. · Tax
Michael Mueller
Counsel, specialised in construction law. Michael focuses on project-related legal advice on construction projects (tunnel and cavern construction, road transport infrastructure, power plant construction, property construction, residential buildings etc) and also represents construction companies in alternative dispute resolution procedures and before courts. He also advises on legal questions regarding Building Information Modeling (BIM). · Construction
Mike Schaunig
Senior Associate. · Corporate / M&A
Mimo Hussein
Counsel, specialising in banking, investment funds and capital markets law with a focus on advising national and international clients in regulatory questions. · Banking & Finance
Nadine Pfuner
Senior Associate. · Construction
Natascha Stanke
Consultant · Construction
Nemanja Regoda
Senior Associate. · Public Procurement
Nicholas Coddington
Partner; With over 20 years post-qualification experience, Nicholas has extensive expertise in complex corporate and project finance transactions with a particular focus on export financing, energy, green and sustainable financing, infrastructure and real estate finance. He is admitted as a Solicitor in England & Wales and also in the Republic of Ireland. · Banking & Finance