A one-stop-shop for especially financial restructuring work in Austria and the CEE/SEE region, Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG offers a whole host of domestic and international banks assistance with refinancing transactions, cross-border debt and equity restructuring, as well as group restructurings and consolidations. Practice head Eva Spiegel is sought after by major creditors in insolvency proceedings for the protection and enforcement of their rights. She is supported by a team consisting of Andrea Gritsch, who specialises in distressed M&A, NPL and corporate restructuring; Matthias Schimka, who advises creditors, corporate debtors and their directors; and Zeno Grabmayr, who was promoted to partner in January 2024 and focuses on international banking and distressed M&A.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Very good cooperation with respect to factoring and in "special situations". Great coordination of East European activities.’
‘Zeno Grabmayr is our key partner and his partnership is more than deserved.’
‘The team has a lot of experience in dealing with insolvency matters. They are pragmatic and very responsive.’
‘Eva Spiegel is a great person to work with. She is very responsive and solution-oriented.’
Key clients
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JP Morgan)
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Deutsche Bank
- ING Bank
- Steinhoff
Work highlights
- Advised Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) on the sale of Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) for €1,009bn to KBC Bank.
- Advised an Austrian fully-integrated full-service card provider on the wind-down of operations and eventual liquidation of companies in Poland, Slovakia and Czechia.
- Advised multiple counterparties of Sberbank on the recovery of funds and/or the termination of the customer relationship with Sberbank Europe and/or its local subsidiaries following the Russian invasion in Ukraine, related sanctions over the Sberbank Group and the subsequent wind-down of Sberbank Europe and its local subsidiaries.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Eva Spiegel