Allan Hahn is a senior associate and a member of the Banking & Finance as well as the Corporate/M&A team at Taylor Wessing in Vienna. He supports in advising national and international clients in all areas of banking and corporate law. He is particularly involved in due diligences, the foundation/incorporation of legal entities and branches of foreign legal entities and also supports in restructurings and liquidations as well as in (cross-border) M&A transactions.
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Andreas Schütz is a partner and a member of the IP/IT team at Taylor Wessing Vienna. He specialises in the areas of copyright & media, unfair competition law, IT & telecommunications, data protection and public commercial law. Andreas regularly advises well-known national and international companies from the IT, telecommunications and food sector on all aspects of unfair competition and IT law. His areas of focus include software contracts and software distribution law as well as data protection, e- and m-commerce and GTCT. He also advises in relation to IT projects. In addition, Andreas has extensive experience in the areas of food law and public procurement law as well as logistics & transport law.
Andreas is a senior associate and a member of the Restructuring & Corporate Recovery team at Taylor Wessing. He advises national and international clients in all areas of restructuring and insolvency matters.
Christopher is a Senior Associate at Taylor Wessing Vienna, who specialises in advising on regulatory, data and commercial matters within the IT, public administrative sector, telecommunications, Life Sciences and Healthcare and in particular in the gambling / gaming industry.
He has experience working on a range of matters that include commercial market entries, resolving contractual and regulatory issues and risk minimizations, leading and undertaking practice area related corporate due diligence and responding to regulatory questions.
Claudia Steegmüller is Managing Partner and Head of Banking & Finance at Taylor Wessing Vienna. In addition, she also specialises in Corporate as well as Capital Markets and Private Client. Within Banking & Finance, Claudia advises national and international clients in all areas of finance law. With regard to acquisition financing, she mainly advises on borrower´s side, however she also advises banks, especially when it comes to bank (concession) issues regarding cross-border activities. Claudia also specialises in all areas of corporate law, be it company foundations, restructurings or liquidations. She is also regularly involved in M&A and private equity transactions.
Dieter Natlacen is a partner and CEE Head of the industry group TMT (Technology, Media & Telecoms) at Taylor Wessing. His main areas of expertise also include Distribution Law as well as Commercial (e.g. cooperation and outsourcing agreements). He also has in-depth knowledge in Dispute Resolution, being both litigator and arbitrator (ICC, VIAC, ad hoc). Dieter Natlacen is Head of the Taylor Wessing Italy Group. Austrian corporations with business interests in Italy as well as Italian clients who are active in or plan to do business in CEE, are being advised.
Erik is a distinguished and integral member of the IT/IP practice group in Vienna. With a background in software development, his expertise spans across multiple domains, including Open Source Software (OSS), data protection, software licensing, cyber security, IT outsourcing as well as the rapidly growing fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Web3. His unique insights into the industry and his experience allow him to effectively advise both multinational and domestic clients, tailoring his approach to their specific needs.
As a video gaming law expert, he supports companies from this industry by providing comprehensive legal advice on a wide variety of issues, including the specific gaming regulations in Austria. Being a member of the International Videogaming Group enables him to collaborate with colleagues from multiple regions and stay abreast of the latest development in gaming law, ensuring clients receive the most up-to-date and well-rounded advice possible.
Georg Walderdorff is a partner and was a founding member of e|n|w|c Attorneys at Law (now Taylor Wessing CEE). He is the liaison partner of the Taylor Wessing CEE offices Budapest, Prague, Brno, Bratislava, Warsaw and Kiev. In addition to his admission in Austria, he also has an international admission in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia, in Poland and in Hungary. Georg heads the Private Client team. He specialises in estate and wealth transfer planning. He advises on anticipating structures of equitable last will dispositions, on setting up family foundations and giving support with regards to the latter. Another focus of his work is the representation of clients in inheritance proceedings.
Iman is a Counsel as well as an attorney at law and a member of the Corporate, M&A and capital markets team.
In addition, she supports in advising national and international clients on all areas of Banking and Finance law as well as Real Estate and Construction law matters with a particular focus on the according industry sectors. Iman is an author of various publications in the field of Corporate and Real Estate law and was also a lecturer at the University of Vienna, faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Institute of Economics and Law, ordinariate for private and business law).
Ines is a counsel specialising in dispute resolution in Vienna. Her focus is on advising banks in defending against claims by injured investors and in asserting claims for recourse and compensation. She has extensive know-how and routine in being a litigator in mass and investor proceedings.
Ivo Deskovic is a partner in the Disputes & investigations team. His focus is on advising national and international clients from the financial sector, where he has extensive experience in mass- and cross-border litigation. Due to Ivo’s deep understanding of the financial institutions sector he will also advise you on banking related matters.
Martin Eckel is a partner and Head of Competition, EU and Trade at Taylor Wessing Vienna. He is an acknowledged expert in the field of Austrian and European competition law, particularly in the areas of merger control, antitrust investigations, abuse of dominance and contractual competition restraints. For many years, he has been representing clients in various complex antitrust proceedings before the Austrian competition authorities as well as the European Commission. From a large number of cases relating to the areas of construction, building and insulating materials, transports, wholesale & food retail and retail in general, Martin has gained in-depth experience in these industries. Martin is experienced in the handling of multi-jurisdictional-filings and he coordinates the competition advice of Taylor Wessing in CEE.
Martin Prohaska-Marchried is a partner and Head of the IP team at Taylor Wessing Vienna. In his more than 15 years of experience he has been focusing on contentious and non-contentious IP. Among his main areas of focus are trade marks & designs, copyright law and advertising law. Martin regularly advises clients - who come from the food industry, telecoms and welding technology, among others - in clearance risks, protection strategies, enforcement and commercial exploitation of trade marks & designs. In addition, he takes care of all legal aspects regarding the clearing of promotions.
Michaela Petritz-Klar is a partner and head of the Tax team in CEE. She has comprehensive expertise in all areas of tax law and advises national and international clients on M&A transactions, private equity, capital markets, restructurings, corporate tax planning and project finance. In addition, Michaela gives tax advice to high net worth individuals and is also active in the tax optimization of funds.
Peter Solt is recognized for his experience in Real estate & construction, having a focus on real estate finance, transactions and the realisation of property development and investment projects for residential properties. He is also a member of our energy sector group and an ideal partner for national and international clients seeking advice in energy generation and trading. He also has special knowledge in Banking & finance.
Philip Hoflehner is a partner at Taylor Wessing Vienna. He advises national and international companies with regards to Banking & Finance, Capital Markets and Corporate Law. He particularly specialises in cross-border M&A transactions and related financing aspects.
Nebojša is a Senior Associate in the Real estate group. He supports in advising national and international clients in all areas of real estate law.
Raimund Cancola is Managing Partner and Head of Corporate / M&A at Taylor Wessing CEE. Together with his team he advises renowned national and international corporations in all areas of corporate law, one focus being cross border M&A and private equity transactions.
Silvia is a senior associate at Taylor Wessing, and a member of the Corporate/M&A & capital markets team. She advises national and international clients in all corporate-related questions.
Stefan Turic is a partner and a member of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team at Taylor Wessing Vienna. He specialises in litigation and has in-depth experience in finance- and restructuring-related litigation as well as litigation with regard to real estate law and law of agency. Stefan regularly advises and represents well-known national and international companies in court and arbitration proceedings and supports the enforcement of or defence against claims in a variety of legal areas. He considers the economic approach as an important part of his counselling and attaches great importance to the evaluation of prospects – and possible costs – of high-risk cases at an early stage.
Thomas is a partner at Taylor Wessing Vienna. For more than 20 years Thomas has been advising national and international clients in the field of intellectual property, with a strong focus on patent law, with respect to litigation, licensing and technology transfer. He has represented clients in major Austrian patent infringement cases, especially in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors and has broad know-how in connection with multinational disputes. Additionally, Thomas specializes in Life Sciences and Regulatory issues.
In addition to his extensive regulatory expertise, Thomas is also frequently active in franchise law and deals with distribution agreements.
Tuğçe is a dual-qualified lawyer (Attorney at Law in Austria and Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales) having a strong focus on cross-border M&A, Private Equity (PE), Joint Venture (JV), Warranty & Indemnity (W&I) and financial transactions as well as on global corporate restructurings including the regulatory aspects such as the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening Regulation and the export control.
Her ability to practice law in both a civil law and a common law jurisdiction, her language skills (being native in German, English and Turkish) and her excellent network make her an ideal Head of the Taylor Wessing CEE Turkish Desk. This desk bundles comprehensive expertise for both Turkish investors and companies aiming to enter the CEE markets as well as for investors and companies based in Europe who are positioning themselves or making investments in Türkiye.
Tuğçe has many years of experience in advising national and international clients in transactions often involving multiple jurisdictions. Another main area of her practice are transport & logistics projects, often with a focus on the CEE region. She regularly writes and speaks at conferences on a wide range of corporate law and FDI topics.
Walter Pöschl is a partner and advises numerous national and international employers on all facets of employment law. His areas of expertise include secondment issues, including related social security topics, remuneration systems in banks, labour law restructuring and termination claims (including on grounds of discrimination). He is appreciated for his solution-oriented and practical approach underpinned by detailed legal knowledge. Another strength lies in his many years of experience in labour law disputes, proven in numerous complex cases.
Wolfgang Kapek is a partner at Taylor Wessing Vienna and heads the Employment as well as the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team. Wolfgang has extensive experience in the management of national and international clients in all areas of employment law. Services comprise individual employment law (e.g. drafting of employment and management contracts, bonus plans, etc.) as well as collective employment law (e.g. flexible working time solutions, all kinds of plant bargaining agreements, stock option plans, etc.). Wolfgang also specialises in restructuring including (cross-border) transfer of undertakings and redundancies (mass dismissal procedures and social plans). His experience also encompasses employment related litigation, being, for example, discrimination cases, challenging of terminations, unfair dismissals and also white collar crime cases.