Operating across the whole CEE region, Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)‘s comprehensive offering encompasses advice on equity transactions, regulatory capital issuances such as MREL transactions, and sustainability bonds. With vast experience in the banking and finance segment, the team is also equipped to advise on capital market compliance matters, and is recommended for experience at the intersection of capital markets law and corporate restructuring. Co-head Ursula Rath’s specialisms include combined bank debt and high-yield bond issuances, initial public and secondary offerings as well as capital market compliance, whereas co-head Christoph Moser combines expertise across the full spectrum of capital markets law with capabilities in securities law and corporate finance. Angelika Fischer focuses on covered bond transactions and debt issuance programs.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very strong network over all SE Europe.’

  • ‘Ursula Rath is great to work with.’

  • ‘Great team, pleasant to work with. Great deal of expertise’

  • ‘Very knowledgable team with fast response times and pragmatic advice.'

  • ‘Personal contact with fast response times and rarely the need to research for answers’

  • ‘The team is at any time fully committed to its clients and appreciated for its deep and comprehensive understanding of client needs and markets. The are very responsive and always available.'

  • ‘Christoph Moser is fully committed, provides a very deep understanding of client needs, works very focused and knows very well to understand and explain comprehensive topics in a very understandable way. Christoph and his teams are the first choice for Austrian capital markets matters.’

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Key clients

  • ASFINAG AG
  • Barclays Bank Ireland
  • BAWAG Group
  • BAWAG P.S.K. Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft Österreichische Postsparkasse
  • Bayerische Landesbank
  • BNY Mellon
  • BofA Securities Europe
  • Commerzbank
  • Crédit Agricole
  • DekaBank
  • Deutsche Bank
  • DZ BANK
  • Erste Group Bank
  • Goldman Sachs Bank Europe
  • ING Bank
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Kontron AG
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Marinomed AG
  • NOVOMATIC
  • OMV
  • Raiffeisen Bank International
  • Royal Bank of Scotland
  • Scotiabank
  • UNIQA Insurance Group AG
  • UniCredit Bank
  • Wienerberger

Work highlights

  • Advised the joint lead managers J.P. Morgan SE, Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, BofA Securities Europe S.A., Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, Raiffeisen Bank International AG alongside Clifford Chance LLP on the Republic of Austria's €7bn triple tranche notes issuance.
  • Advised the majority shareholder of both A1 Telekom Austria AG and EuroTeleSites AG in relation to the listing IPO of EuroTeleSites AG on the Vienna Stock Exchange.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ursula Rath, Christoph Moser

Other key lawyers

Angelika Fischer