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bpv Huegel advised IMMOFINANZ on the squeeze-out and delisting of S IMMO

In October this year, the Shareholders’ Meeting of S IMMO AG resolved upon the squeeze-out of minority shareholders in exchange for cash compensation in accordance with the Austrian Squeeze-out Act.
05 December 2024
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Nicolas Wolski (lawyer and tax advisor) will head the tier 1 tax practice at bpv Huegel

The experienced tax partner Nicolas Wolski (42) will take over as Head of Tax at bpv Huegel with November 2024.
18 November 2024
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bpv Huegel advises ams OSRAM on Reverse Share Split

The Reverse Share Split at a ratio of 10:1 to reclassify the company's share capital was resolved at the Annual General Meeting on 14 June 2024.
24 October 2024
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bpv Huegel advises IMMOFINANZ on further increase of S IMMO shareholding

The IMMOFINANZ Group acquired a further approx. 38% of S IMMO shares from CPI Property Group SA for a purchase price of around EUR 608.5 million.   Vienna, 3 October 2024. bpv Huegel advised IMMOFINANZ on the further increase of its shareholding in S IMMO AG.
04 October 2024
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ITR Tax Awards 2024: bpv Hügel honoured as ‘Tax Litigation Law Firm of the Year - Austria’ and ‘Transfer Pricing Law Firm of the Year - Austria’

The ITR Tax Awards recognise the best tax consultants and tax lawyers every year. bpv Hügel was awarded twice this year.
27 September 2024
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bpv Huegel appoints Paul Pfeifenberger as partner

Paul Pfeifenberger (36) specialises in real estate and has been with bpv Huegel since 2015.
10 September 2024
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bpv Huegel advises Zentrasport on the transfer of the operating business to ANWR GROUP

The company transfer also successfully secures the future of SPORT 2000 in Austria.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel advises STRABAG on the planned acquisition of parts of VAMED Group

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.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel advises Verbund AG on the acquisition of a 10.15 MW wind farm in Burgenland

 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.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel advises STRABAG SE on the reduction of the shareholding of Rasperia – holding company of Oleg Deripaska – to below 25%

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%.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel advises investors and management on the sale of majori-ty stake in EYYES GmbH

bpv Huegel advised the investors and the management on the sale of a majority stake in EYYES GmbH to the German Vector Informatik GmbH.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel advises top researcher and AI pioneer Sepp Hochreiter on founding the AI company NXAI

With NXAI, the potentially ground breaking European Large Language Model technology xLSTM will be further developed.
04 July 2024
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JUVE Awards 2023: bpv Huegel "Law Firm of the Year Austria" for the second time

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.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel advises founders on the sale of Sensore Electronic GmbH to Process Sensing Technologies

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.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel advises German Ziegler Group on the acquisition of HS Timber Productions in Sebes, Romania

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.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel and Fieldfisher advise NEXT Generation Invest on its first impact investment into Austria

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.
04 July 2024
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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

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.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel advises IMMOFINANZ on the increase of the shareholding in S IMMO

IMMOFINANZ AG acquires shares from its core shareholder CPI Property Group S.A. and thus obtains a majority stake in S IMMO AG.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel advises Triton on the sale of dogado group to Cinven and Ontario Teachers

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.
04 July 2024
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Two bpv Huegel Partners honoured with Lexology Client Choice Awards 2022

They obtained the international award in the categories “Energy & Natural Resources” and “Restructuring & Insolvency“ for Austria.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel advises Cloudflight Austria GmbH on the acquisition of mobile agreements GmbH

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.
04 July 2024
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bpv Huegel advises Weilburg Family Office on the launch of a newprivate equity module

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.
04 July 2024
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20th Wiener Juristengespraeche – Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence

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.
28 October 2019