Financial sector team

Head of the firm’s Banking & Finance practice since 2023, Member of the Wolf Theiss Management Board since 2019. Partner, Wolf Theiss 2013, Senior Associate, Wolf Theiss, 2011 – 2013, Associate, Wolf Theiss, 2008 – 2011, admitted to the Bar in Austria since 2011.

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.

Bar exam with distinction (2010), University of Innsbruck, Austria, Dr.iur. with distinction (2006 - 2008), St. Mary's University, USA, Summer School on World Legal Problems (2007), University of Innsbruck, Austria, Mag.rer.soc.oec. (2001 - 2005), University of Innsbruck, Austria, Mag.iur. (2000 - 2005), Aston University, UK, Erasmus Exchange (2003 - 2004), University of New Orleans, USA, Summer School (2001).