Aigner Lehner Zuschin Rechtsanwälte

Based in Vienna and Linz, with two head offices and two additional regional offices, Aigner Lehner Zuschin Rechtsanwälte serves clients throughout Austria and specialises in the areas of investor protection law, capital markets, banking and finance, insurance and litigation, real estate, construction law, real estate litigation and real estate dispute resolution.

Aigner Lehner Zuschin Rechtsanwälte has proven specialists with market-leading expertise, which enables the team to understand their clients’ concerns with a detailed industry perspective and to develop clear and efficient solutions for even the most complex problems. An international network enables tailored solutions for cross-border cases and transactions.

Investor protection law: Aigner Lehner Zuschin is well known as a team of specialists for complex litigation, especially investor lawsuits. Aigner Lehner Zuschin represent institutional as well as private investors including communities and state near companies. The special expertise of the law firm lies in the fact, that knowledge is derived from the financial markets industry and a strong international network of experts and financial engineers in cooperation.

Large volume civil disputes: Due to a strong academic background Aigner Lehner Zuschin are highly recognised for their outstanding legal due diligence with the scope of developing enforceable claims. As an example Aigner Lehner Zuschin are in the lead of the litigation between the City of Linz and BAWAG PSK. The lawsuit is one of the largest ever brought to an Austrian Court, dispute amount is EUR 640m; Since the lawsuit was filed to court, the case has been covered strongly by Austrian as well as international media. In August 2022 the Supreme Court decided that the Swap 4175 was invalid. After years of intense ligation in court, the team of legal representatives of the City of Linz succeeded in negotiating a settlement with the legal representatives of BAWAG PSK.

Furthermore Aigner Lehner Zuschin are assigned by CA Immobilien Anlagen AG to enforce civil claims in context to the bid process around the 2004 privatisation of state run undertakings (BUWOG flats) worth EUR 960m. Aigner Lehner Zuschin also represent CA Immo as a victim in the criminal proceeding against former Austrian Minister of Finance Karl-Heinz Grasser among other defendants. The 1.9bn claim filed in May 2020 against the Republic of Austria and the state of Carinthia represents the largest civil law claims ever pursued in Austria.