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ROND POINT SCHUMAN 9
PO BOX 14, 4 STOCK
1040 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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bpv Hügel acts for a number of household names on EU competition proceedings and also advises on antitrust and FDI regulations, working closely with the firm’s Brussels-based team. The practice is frequently requested for high profile cartel proceedings, where it acts for defendants in a variety of sectors, most notably energy, telecoms and waste management among others. The firm’s competition matters are led by Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber
and Florian Neumayr, who handle proceedings before the Austrian competition authority and the courts, while Christian Schneider leads on European competition matters. Gerhard Fussenegger splits time between Vienna and Brussels, advising on antitrust, merger control and market dominance. Austrian FDI regulations fall under the remit of Sebastian Reiter.
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The firm: bpv Huegel is one of the leading law firms in Austria. It is regarded as the first choice for highly complex matters that require specialised legal and tax knowledge, many years of experience and a practical business sense. In addition to several offices in Austria and an office in Brussels, the law firm is a founding member of “bpv LEGAL” – an alliance with offices in Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest and Prague – and has a strong presence in the CEE region as well as broad international reach through worldwide partner offices.
Exceptional commitment to its clients, excellent know-how and results-oriented efficiency make bpv Huegel the first choice for challenging legal issues, significant transactions and critical litigation.
bpv Huegel strives to provide the highest standard of advice in each core area. As a result, bpv Huegel has been one of the leading providers in all areas of commercial law for many years. The full-service law firm covers all relevant specialties, including corporate and business, mergers and acquisitions, capital market/financing and banking, tax, competition/antitrust/EU, real estate, labour, reorganisations, litigation/arbitration, dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvencies, regulatory and public procurement, environment and energy, IP/IT/data protection, private clients, foundations and business succession.
Located in Brussels next to the EU institutions, bpv Huegel also offers an international platform for EU matters (with a focus on antitrust/merger control, regulatory and public procurement law, as well as general EU law).
The firm, which specialises in national and international commercial law, was founded in 1979 and currently employs over 100 staff and around 50 lawyers.
Areas of practice
Corporate/M&A – recent work highlights: European Directories Group, a Triton portfolio company, in connection with the unification of its fully-owned Austrian group company, Herold Business Data GmbH and its majority-owned subsidiary dogado GmbH, based in Dortmund; Zeus Group in its acquisition of Petruzalek Austria with 11 branches in the CEE region; Raiffeisen Informatik on its exit from SoftwareONE.
Competition, antitrust and EU: representation of Nichicon, one of the largest Japanese producers, in the so-called Capacitors Case in the proceedings before the European Commission; liaising and co-ordination with other counsels worldwide; representation of BP Europa SE in all antitrust matters in Austria; representation of A1 Telekom Austria AG in all antitrust matters in Austria; representation of Gas Connect (OMV Company) in all antitrust matters; representation of OTIS in numerous proceedings with regard to claims for compensation for damages following the Elevator Cartel; representation of representation of RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG in all merger control and antitrust matters in Austria.
Capital markets, banking and finance: €4.1bn merger between RZB and listed RBI (highest profile transaction in the Austrian banking industry in 2017); joint Bookrunners on €305.6m capital increase of BUWOG; €1.6bn BUWOG spin-off; €660m capital increase of Erste Group Bank AG; €350m Valneva (NYSE, ATX) SE – cross-border merger of Intercell and Vivalis.
Tax: tax advice in the M&A transactions listed above, cross-border group structures, private foundations, estate planning; tax litigation; other tax advice confidential.
Dispute resolution: representation in ad-hoc as well as VIAC corporate and contract interpretation arbitration matters; lead counsel in ICC arbitration following multi-million international M&A project in the automotive industry; advice to and representation with regard to competition law implications in an ICC energy arbitration case; representation in complex litigation proceedings in the building industry; defence in multi-plaintiff follow-on private enforcement cases; advice and representation in litigation matters in the energy industry.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU competition | Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber | ||
| EU competition | Gerhard Fussenegger | ||
| EU competition | Florian Neumayr | ||
| State aid | Christian F Schneider | ||
| State aid | Florian Neumayr | ||
| General EU law | Christian F Schneider | ||
| General EU law | Gerhard Fussenegger | ||
| Merger control | Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber | ||
| Merger control | Gerhard Fussenegger | ||
| Merger control | Florian Neumayr | ||
| Procurement | Christian F Schneider | ||
| Procurement | Florian Neumayr | ||
| EU regulatory: energy, telecoms | Christian F Schneider | ||
| EU regulatory: energy, telecoms | Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber | ||
| EU regulatory: energy, telecoms | Florian Neumayr |
Lawyer Profiles
| Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Mag Gerhard Fussenegger | Partner | View Profile |
Staff Figures
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Contacts : Gerhard Fussenegger Contacts : Christian F Schneider Other offices : Bratislava* Other offices : Bucharest* Other offices : Budapest* Other offices : Prague* Other offices : Vienna* Other offices : (bpv Legal Alliance)Press Releases
bpv Huegel advises Zentrasport on the transfer of the operating business to ANWR GROUP
20th June 2024 The company transfer also successfully secures the future of SPORT 2000 in Austria.bpv Huegel advises STRABAG on the planned acquisition of parts of VAMED Group
14th May 2024 STRABAG SE is planning to acquire together with PORR AG technical operations management and construction projects divisions of Vienna General Hospital (AKH Wien), Austrian project development business and thermal spa holdings in Austria. A team of bpv Huegel is advising STRABAG SE on the transaction.bpv Huegel advises Verbund AG on the acquisition of a 10.15 MW wind farm in Burgenland
4th April 2024 bpv Huegel has advised Verbund AG on the acquisition of a wind farm in the Austrian federal state of Burgenland with a total nominal output of 10.15 MW.bpv Huegel advises STRABAG SE on the reduction of the shareholding of Rasperia – holding company of Oleg Deripaska – to below 25%
23rd March 2024 bpv Huegel has advised the listed construction group STRABAG SE on capital measures to reduce the stake of MKAO Rasperia Trading Limited – holding company of the sanctioned Oleg Deripaska – to below 25%.bpv Huegel advises investors and management on the sale of majori-ty stake in EYYES GmbH
13th March 2024 bpv Huegel advised the investors and the management on the sale of a majority stake in EYYES GmbH to the German Vector Informatik GmbH.bpv Huegel advises top researcher and AI pioneer Sepp Hochreiter on founding the AI company NXAI
14th February 2024 With NXAI, the potentially ground breaking European Large Language Model technology xLSTM will be further developed.JUVE Awards 2023: bpv Huegel “Law Firm of the Year Austria” for the second time
3rd November 2023 bpv Huegel has – after winning in 2020 – once again been awarded "Law Firm of the Year Austria" by the leading German publication for the legal industry, JUVE. This is the first time that a law firm has won this award twice.bpv Huegel advises founders on the sale of Sensore Electronic GmbH to Process Sensing Technologies
13th September 2023 The founders of Sensore Electronic GmbH, a manufacturer of zirconia oxygen sensors used in a wide range of critical applications, have sold all of their shares in the company to Process Sensing Technologies.bpv Huegel advises German Ziegler Group on the acquisition of HS Timber Productions in Sebes, Romania
25th April 2023 bpv Huegel, together with bpv Grigorescu Stefănică, Romania, advised the German Ziegler Group on the acquisition of HS Timber Productions Sebes SRL from HS Timber Group, Austria. HS Timber Productions Sebes SRL operates a sawmill and other industrial wood processing activities at the Sebes site with around 600 employees.bpv Huegel and Fieldfisher advise NEXT Generation Invest on its first impact investment into Austria
12th April 2023 The deal concerns an office building of the Public Employment Service (Arbeitsmarktservice) Austria in Vienna's Donaustadt district with an area of over 3,700 square metres.bpv Huegel advises The Specialist Group International B.V. on the acquisition of the personnel leasing division of Stadlmann Tec GmbH and the incorporation of STAR Stadlmann GmbH
16th January 2023 bpv Huegel supported the Dutch The Specialist Group International B.V., a leading personnel service provider specialized in highly qualified personnel, in the incorporation of STAR Stadlmann GmbH and the acquisition of the personnel leasing division of the Austrian Stadlmann Tec GmbH.bpv Huegel advises IMMOFINANZ on the increase of the shareholding in S IMMO
22nd December 2022 IMMOFINANZ AG acquires shares from its core shareholder CPI Property Group S.A. and thus obtains a majority stake in S IMMO AG.bpv Huegel advises Triton on the sale of dogado group to Cinven and Ontario Teachers
4th December 2022 bpv Huegel advised 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.Two bpv Huegel Partners honoured with Lexology Client Choice Awards 2022
21st November 2022 They obtained the international award in the categories “Energy & Natural Resources” and “Restructuring & Insolvency“ for Austria.bpv Huegel advises Cloudflight Austria GmbH on the acquisition of mobile agreements GmbH
6th September 2022 bpv Huegel supported Cloudflight Austria GmbH, a Deutsche Beteiligungs AG company, in the acquisition of the Upper Austrian mobile agreements GmbH, a successful and leading company with a focus on digital strategy and business model development.bpv Huegel advises Weilburg Family Office on the launch of a newprivate equity module
22nd August 2022 Weilburg Family Office offers a new holistic private equity module with annually launched private equity funds of funds. The series started with the WB Private Equity Partners Fund 22.20th Wiener Juristengespraeche – Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence
7th March 2019 bpv Huegel welcomed 120 participants to an international symposium at the STRABAG Kunstforum. The symposium was dedicated to the topic of legal opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence with the goal of merging legal issues and technical understanding.- Austria > EU and competition