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Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG

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Leveraging the firm’s international network, Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG’s ‘high-performance team’ is well known for advising borrowers and lenders on multi-jurisdictional financing transactions in a number of industries, including energy, mining, infrastructure, technology, and transport. Led by Georg Diwok, who has strong credentials in acquisition, project, and real estate finance, the group also demonstrates strength in financial services regulation and frequently advises financial institutions on market entry topics. Robert Wippel is a port of call for securitization and structured finance.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Robert Wippel is a very thorough professional with an eye for detail. Balint Ozsvar has shown great talent in understanding our needs and helping put together well-comprehensible and practice-oriented work products.’

  • ‘Especially the banking and capital markets team is highly recommended for its strong performance, clear understanding of the needs of the markets, and overall meticulous and high-quality legal work and proactive attitude. ’

  • ‘Georg Diwok, a doyen of the Austrian capital markets and banking legal scene is outstanding in his legal acumen, strong understanding of the market, strategic and pragmatic vision. ’

  • ‘The team around Robert Wippel comes across as a well-functioning, high-performance group. The Baker McKenzie team and specifically Robert Wippel are very competent in their practice area and work solution-oriented.

  • ‘ Robert Wippel always manages to stay calm, no matter the deal size and the people involved. Combined with a long list of successfully closed financing and restructuring deals and in-depth experience in his field of expertise, he is definitively my 'go-to guy' when it comes to complex banking and restructuring matters. ’

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Key clients

  • Raiffeisen Bank International
  • Erste Group Bank
  • Burgenland Energie
  • Commerzbank
  • Accenture GmbH
  • Worthington Enterprises

Work highlights

  • Advised a syndicate of lenders led by Commerzbank AG on the financial restructuring of PIA Automation Group.
  • Advised Worthington Enterprises on the intragroup financing of a joint venture with HexagonComposites.
  • Advised Accenture GmbH on financial regulatory and outsourcing matters in connection withthe acquisition of ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum GmbH.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Georg Diwok

Other key lawyers

Robert Wippel, Balin Ozsvar