SAXINGER Rechtsanwalts GmbH

Main areas: M&A, Real Estate, Litigation / Dispute Resolution, Banking and Financial Law, Corporate

Partner

Franz Mittendorfer has worked as a lawyer and partner for SCWP SAXINGER in Linz since 1991.

Since 2004, he has also been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of one of the leading public sector hospital companies.

Franz Mittendorfer advises domestic and foreign companies of all sizes, in particular on complex matters, such as for instance transactions (financing or company acquisition or disposal) or the structuring of company transfers.

In more than 100 national and international M&A and financing transactions in a career spanning more than 20 years, Franz Mittendorfer has demonstrated his special expertise in solving problems in contract negotiation situations, in particular also thanks to his degree in business management.

After many years of managing cases, he also deals with arbitration proceedings, both as an arbitration judge (proceedings according to the arbitration code of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, both as an individual arbitration judge and as a member of a senate) and as a representative and consultant, particularly on post-M&A disputes (ICC).

In connection with the financing of public sector budgets, he played a leading role in the development of a number of pioneering concepts; in the area of Public Private Partnership, the first shadow toll model in Austria; the first large-volume build-and-operate project for a central government building and also the privately financed (PFI) projects in the setting up and running of hospitals.

Franz Mittendorfer has many years of experience in the support of a large number of property transactions, both for private and institutional investors. He has also advised on large-volume transactions in connection with public bidding processes, from due diligence to the structuring of bidder communities.

Between 1980 and 1985, Franz Mittendorfer studied law and business management at Johannes Kepler University in Linz.

Between 1986 and 1987, he completed a postgraduate degree (international legal studies) at the Emory University of Atlanta, graduating with a Master of Laws (LL.M.). In addition, he has also been an academically certified graduate of the course in European law at Johannes Kepler University in Linz since 1997.