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Schreyvogelgasse 2
1010 Vienna
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Thomas Lettau
Work Department
Banking, Corporate, M&A, Private equity
Position
Thomas Lettau is a partner and co-head of the Corporate/M&A practice group at bpv Huegel. His clients include domestic and foreign strategic investors, private equity funds and financial institutions. He specialises in domestic and international M&A transactions and joint ventures, private equity and venture capital investments as well as cross-border corporate reorganisations. He also provides high-level, strategic advice to the boards and senior management of companies.
Thomas is recognised for his work in corporate/M&A in law directories such as JUVE, Legal 500, IFLR and Handelsblatt (Best Lawyers-Ranking).
- Investors and management on the sale of a majority stake in EYYES GmbH, a pioneer in artificial intelligence driving assistance solutions, to German-based Vector Informatik GmbH.
- Leading Austrian electricity company on the acquisition of a 10.15 MW wind farm in Austria.
- Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 4 on the sale of Energie Steiermark stake to the Province of Styria for a purchase price of EUR 525 million.
- European Directories Group, a portfolio company of Triton Partners on the sale of dogado group to international private equity firm Cinven and leading global investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.
- Major Austrian credit institution as acquiring company on two cross-border mergers with Irish credit institutions
- WOJNAR on the sale of a majority stake to VIVATIS Holding AG
- HYPO NOE (largest and oldest regional mortgage bank in Austria) on the sale of real estate service companies in the CEE countries and Austria
- R-IT as shareholder in the IPO of SoftwareONE at SIX with CHF 2.9bn market cap (at offering price)
- R-IT on its sale of global operating COMPAREX AG to (KKR backed) SoftwareONE
- €760mn sale of stake in listed CAI to Starwood Capital by Immofinanz
- €390mn strategic acquisition in listed S Immo by Immofinanz from Signa and RPR
- BAWAG on the demerger and absorption of the banking business of IMMO-BANK
- Cerberus/GoldenTree backed BAWAG P.S.K on the sale of BAWAG Malta Bank Limited
- BP Europa SE on several consecutive (cross-border) mergers (Switzerland, Austria, Germany)
- easybank on the acquisition of VB Leasing from immigon portfolio abbau ag
- €105mn sale of BAWAG P.S.K.’s investment fund arm to Amundi
- €1,6bn BUWOG Spin-off (first from an ATX company)
Career
2006 to date: bpv Huegel, Partner since 2010; 2000-2005: Associate, Austrian law firm.
Languages
German, English
Education
University of Vienna School of Law, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain, University of Cape Town (LL.M. in Commercial Law).
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Praised by clients for ‘delivering beyond expectation’, bpv Hügel‘s diverse caseload primarily encompasses corporate and M&A matters, with a particular specialism in multi-jurisdictional transactions. Co-head Thomas Lettau is described as a ‘first choice for complex transactions across all industries’, whereas co-head Elke Napokoj‘s broad practice includes advice on acquisitions and spin-offs. With an ‘excellent understanding of the financial industry’, Christoph Nauer handles numerous of the firm’s most complex and high-volume mandates.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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