SAXINGER Rechtsanwalts GmbH‘s areas of expertise include real estate, construction and project financing as well as advice on crowd investment platforms, with the latter making up a cornerstone of practice head Immanuel Gerstner and Lukas Leitner's portfolios. Regulatory expert Clemens Harsch offers ’exceptional competence in banking and capital market law’, while Franz Mittendorfer handles a large number of the team’s financing and M&A mandates. Thomas Ruhm left the firm in April 2023.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very competent team. Always reliable and very service-oriented.'

  • ‘The lawyers have excellent expertise. The first contact with the firm is always nice and courteous. Issues are referred and handled quickly. They cover many fields of law.'

  • ‘The legal questions at hand are answered quickly and competently. The expertise of Clemens Harsch is particularly noteworthy. He has exceptional competence in banking and capital market law and his commitment is outstanding. The cooperation with Clemens Harsch is always professional and can be recommended.’

  • ‘I am very satisfied with all the services provided by the firm. ’

  • ‘I especially appreciated the availability and the competent advice.’

  • ‘Clemens Harsch: very accessible, quick and practical solutions, responsive to special requests and very friendly.’

  • ‘They are very competent partners regarding banking and finance. They have good connections to authorities, a very good network within the banking and finance sector and to academic.'

  • ‘Clemens Harsch is an expert in his field. His work stands out because he is always available for his clients. He gives you the feeling that your problem is his most important task. Documents are drafted very fast.’

Key clients

  • Raiffeisen Landesbank Steiermark AG
  • IFA Institute für Anlageberatung AG
  • Hexagon Purus ASA
  • Hexagon Composites ASA
  • IFA Invest GmbH
  • Federal State of Upper Austria
  • WBBS International GmbH
  • Strenia engineering & invest GmbH
  • SEA.AI GmbH
  • DF IOTA Holding GmbH
  • Freihof Project Development GmbH
  • Planquadr.at Klosterpark Holding GmbH
  • SoHotel Linz GmbH
  • Schnirchgasse KG
  • Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark AG
  • Oberösterreichische LandesbankAktiengesellschaft
  • LIGMA Lead Invest Management GmbH
  • Municipality of Linz
  • DFBG 1-3 Projektentwicklungs GmbH & CoKG

Work highlights

  • Advised Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark on the restructuring of its IT infrastructure division, with a focus on banking law issues arising from the associated spin-off of banking activities.
  • Advised several issuers on financings and related bonds issuances distributed via an online portal.
  • Advised a company on the structuring of two unique investment models, namely for a hotel and a mixed-use project, both located in Salzburg.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Immanuel Gerstner

Other key lawyers

Lukas Leitner, Clemens Harsch, Franz Mittendorfer