Vavrovsky Heine Marth Rechtsanwälte provides clients with ‘innovative contract solutions’ across the lifecycle of construction projects, supporting both the construction itself and subsequent sales, while also representing clients in disputes arising out of delays, cost overruns and defects. Transactions, including forward purchases and financing arrangements, form the spectrum of advice given by practice co-head Christian Marth, whose clients include developers and international real estate funds. Both litigation and arbitration proceedings are handled by co-head Nikolaus Vavrovsky, who acts for banks, investors, developers and public bodies.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Very responsive and customer-oriented. They think for the customer and come up with innovative contract solutions that benefit the customers without being obvious.'
  • 'We worked with Christian Marth who is highly competent, accessible 24/7 and responsive. Especially during time-constrained negotiations, this is a key factor.'
  • 'This is a firm with people who are very close to the client. They are very solution oriented, very accessible and very competent and professional.'
  • 'The cooperation is at eye level, the definition of tasks is very clear and the implementation is very fast.'

Key clients

  • European Parliament
  • Raiffeisen Immobilien Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft m.b.H.
  • LLB Immo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft m.b.H. (Liechtensteinische Landesbank)
  • Bank Austria Real Invest Immobilien Kapitalanlage GmbH
  • Imfarr Beteiligungs GmbH
  • Ing. Hans Bodner Bau Ges. m.b.H. & Co. KG
  • Mamma Real Estate GmbH & Co KG
  • Haring Group
  • UBM Development Österreich GmbH
  • Wiener Komfortwohnungen GmbH

Work highlights

  • Advised Mamma Real Estate GmbH & Co KG on construction of the largest hotel at Vienna Airport to date.
  • Acted for Raiffeisen Immobilien Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft m.b.H. on its acquisition of a property in a development area in Vienna via a share deal and forward purchase from SIGNA/ARE.
  • Advised Imfarr Beteiligungs GmbH on the sale of a property that was rented to the Republic of Austria, Austrian Parliamentary Directorate Division, and on the comprehensive renovation of an office building in Vienna's second district.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Christian Marth, Nikolaus Vavrovsky

Other key lawyers

Lisa Haslinger