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Real estate

KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH

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KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH is tasked with overseeing development projects in the real estate market and is also able to handle subsequent transactions for completed projects, dovetailing with the firm’s construction law expertise to oversee real estate developments from the breaking of ground to the closing of deals. The core team consists of Paul Schmidinger, who advises on major development projects alongside Jan Philipp Schifko, who also counts transactional work amongst his specialisms, and construction experts Clemens Berlakovits and Georg Karasek.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Jan Schifko is always customer-oriented and has excellent knowledge.’

  • ‘100% commitment. Lawyers and deal-makers at the same time.’

  • ‘Very quick and professional processing, high level of expertise, broad knowledge not only in the legal field but also in the economic field.’

  • ‘Jan Schifko: good accessibility, particularly pleasant and personal cooperation.’

  • ‘Extremely pragmatic, partnering with us, not vetoing operational issues.’

  • ‘Quick, uncomplicated, very customer oriented.’

Key clients

  • Wirtschaftsraum Amstetten GmbH
  • Life at the Shore GmbH
  • Bastion Beta GmbH
  • PH Immobilien GmbH
  • WT 80 Gruppe
  • Stadtgemeinde Amstetten
  • SIGS Immobilien
  • ORCADO/Haring Group
  • Wüstenrot Insurance Group
  • Handler Immobilien/Kollitsch & Reichstamm
  • Caritas der Erzdiözese Wien/Caritasverband
  • WILA
  • Handler Immobilien
  • Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft
  • CORAG
  • Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
  • International Campus Group
  • Fiege Group
  • Vienna Insurance Group
  • WIENER STÄDTISCHE Versicherung AG
  • Vienna Insurance Group
  • MAP-WSV Beteiligungen GmbH

Work highlights

  • Advised BVAEB in connection with the construction of a new site in Graz.
  • Advised Handler Immobilien and Kollitsch & Reichstamm on the acquisition, development and sale of a new residential project in Hirschstetten.
  • Advised Vienna Insurance Group with regard to the acquisition of a real estate portfolio from a financial institution consisting of 10 fully rented buildings.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Clemens Berlakovits, Georg Karasek, Jan Philipp Schifko, Paul Schmidinger