Binder Grösswang

Binder Grösswang is fully committed to promoting and ensuring diversity and equal opportunities at all levels of the company. As an internationally operating law firm, we have set ourselves the goal of creating a diverse and inclusive work culture in which the appreciation of each individual and his/her work is of central importance. We do not tolerate any discrimination against individuals, be it on the basis of gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, origin, race, religious or political affiliation, ethnic background, nationality or any other grounds. We are determined to create a working environment for our employees in which every employee feels like a valued part of the company, and in which the boundaries between personal space and working life are respected at all times. 

Within the company, there is a well-defined diversity policy, the implementation of which is regularly reviewed from the very top by the Management Board. We are committed to observing the principles of diversity and equal opportunity as defined in our policy when recruiting and selecting our employees. 

GREAT PLACE TO WORK 

Binder Grösswang is known in the market as the top employer among international law firms. 

Not least because of this, Binder Grösswang was the first law firm to receive the Great Place to Work® Award for best employers in Austria. Three years in succession, Binder Grösswang has won the Great Place to Work® Award and is still the only law firm in Austria to hold this Award.  

Great Place to Work® awards prizes for best employers in Austria, which are conferred for trust-based workplace relations and corporate culture. The assessment leading to the award is based on a world-wide benchmark study rating values such as credibility, respect, fairness, pride and team spirit in the corporate setting. 

WE CARE 

For many years, Binder Grösswang has been committed to helping people in need within the framework of the firm’s WE CARE program, which was established specifically for this purpose. Through hands-on activities, monetary donations and donations in kind, Binder Grösswang regularly supports various projects suggested by staff members. 

Legal Literacy Project

The association Legal Literacy Project operates throughout Austria with the objective of promoting basic legal knowledge in society. To this purpose, it organizes lectures and workshops that present information about legal subjects in a comprehensible and interesting manner for various age groups.

The speakers are students of law and business law, as well as young graduates in these fields, who are willing to promote legal knowledge in society in a voluntary capacity. Binder Grösswang supports the Legal Literacy Project and thereby also the members of the association in realizing their objectives.

Vienna Law Clinic

Binder Grösswang is a cooperation partner of the Vienna Law Clinic of the University of Vienna. This organization offers free advice to persons who cannot afford to pay for legal consultations. Advice is provided in three categories: a Refugee Law Clinic, a Startup Clinic and a Consumer Law Clinic. The participating students begin by attending a course in the respective field of law; this is followed by practical work on Law Clinic cases.

By participating in the Law Clinic, students garner practical competences in dealing with clients seeking legal advice and at the same time earn additional ECTS credits for their course of studies. The quality of the legal advice is guaranteed by having the consultations take place under professional supervision and guidance, for example by experienced lawyers from law firms and NGOs.

Team Christkind – A Gift for Every Child

For many years, the Binder Grösswang team has supported the gift initiative “Team Christkind” during the Christmas season. This cooperation between the Austrian Post and the charitable association Samariterbund has the objective of ensuring that no child in Austria affected by poverty has to experience Christmas without a present. For especially at Christmas, disadvantaged situations are especially perceptible to children when their parents do not have enough money to do Christmas shopping.

In this initiative, Christmas gifts for children of various age groups are collected. The Austrian Post then transports these gifts to the collection points of the Samariterbund. From there, they are distributed to needy children throughout Austria.

neunerimmo – Every m2 counts

Homelessless and housing costs are on the rise, and affordable housing is becoming increasingly scarce – not just since the pandemic. In Vienna alone, some 12,600 persons are registered as homeless. Homelessness has many aspects; it affects both women and men, and increasingly also families and single parents and their children. “neunerimmo” was established in 2017 as a non-profit limited liability company that is part of the social organisation “neunerhaus”. neunerimmo connects the real estate industry and affordable housing with social organisations and professional social work. The objective is to find, rent and develop affordable housing – including “Housing First” apartments– for homeless people. In the past five years, 400 apartments were found, providing housing for close to 1,000 people.

Binder Grösswang supports neunerimmo in order to give homeless people a perspective for the future through affordable housing and the help of professional social workers.

“CAPE 10 - House of the Future and Social Innovation” 

Binder Grösswang supported the project “CAPE 10 – Haus der Zukunft und sozialen Innovation”, a future medical treatment centre and day centre for homeless and socially disadvantaged people, initiated by the well-known Viennese doctor Siegfried Meryn. The team of lead partner Emanuel Welten and Florian Khol advised on the financing of the project, particularly in connection with the creation of a social impact hybrid bond intended to get the non-profit foundation up and running. This financial instrument, a new, innovative financing model, was used in Austria in connection with a double-digit million euro project for the first time. The construction of the care centre was completed in February 2021  and the first tenants have moved in. 

Binder Grösswang supports MOMO, Vienna’s mobile hospice and palliative team for children 

Being diagnosed with a life-limiting disease is traumatizing for a child and impacts the entire family. For many years, the MOMO team has provided extensive care to more than 200 critically ill children and their families at their homes. Help is tailored to the needs of each family, depending on the care required. If needed, MOMO supports affected families from the moment of diagnosis, for weeks, months or even for many years, until the children pass away, and afterwards.