With insolvency administration as a pivotal tool in its belt, GRAF ISOLA rounds out its practice with extensive expertise in restructuring, complex refinancing negotiations with banks, and distressed M&A, advising the full range of debtors, creditors and investors. Regularly appointed by courts as insolvency administrators, co-practice heads Alexander Isola and Stefan Weileder combine experience in advising large, family-owned enterprises and managing directors and boards of companies on the brink of insolvency. David Seidl supports on insolvency mandates with a view to white collar crime implications, fraud, avoidance and capital maintenance.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team really works for the customer. They have a broad experience in Austrian insolvency law, which helped us to get the best out of our insolvency process.’

  • ‘Stefan Weileder was there for us literally day and night. His outstanding commercial knowledge pushed us ahead even we were struggling into insolvency process before our contact.’

  • ‘Alexander Isola is the "good fairy" in the background, always with a good idea in time.’

  • ‘David Seidl helped us in fulfilling our tasks and was the communicator to our employees.’

Key clients

  • Christof Industries Austria GmbH
  • McStrom GmbH
  • Teleos GmbH
  • Salzburg Schokolade GmbH
  • VGN Medien Holding GmbH
  • Noventure, Trenka / Custos
  • ESCADA Logistik GmbH
  • ESIM
  • Steiermärkische Bank und Sparkassen AG
  • Andritz AG
  • Tally Weijl Austria GmbH

Work highlights

  • Acted as insolvency administrators of Christof Industries Austria in one of the largest insolvency proceedings in Austria.
  • Acted as insolvency administrators of McStrom GmbH in the first Austrian insolvency proceedings of an energy supplier with more than 11.000 customers.
  • Acted as insolvency administrator of Tally Weijl Austria GmbH, the Austrian branch of a major international fashion retail group.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alexander Isola, Stefan Weileder

Other key lawyers

David Seidl