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Legal 500 2009 Recommended law firms and lawyers
Banking and Finance
Otto Dietrich’s team at Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH is strong in structured finance issues. 2008 saw the team advise on the banking regulatory issues involved in the acquisition of Hypo Alpe Adria International Bank. Gerold Wietrzyk and David Christian Bauer are recommended.
Capital Markets
According to clients, Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH offer ‘competence, enthusiasm, effort, and diligence’. Gerold Wietrzyk and Otto Dietrich are recommended for advising companies on securities issues, and regulatory issues relating to IPOs and SPOs.
Central and Eastern Europe
Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH offers ‘ competence and enthusiasm’, and extended its CEE reach over the past year by opening a new office in Bulgaria. Otto Dietrich is recommended for advising an Austrian client on one of the biggest foreign investments in Bulgaria.
Corporate and M&A
Gerold Wietrzyk and Helen Pelzmann lead Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH’s corporate and M&A team, which attracts some enviable clients. 2008 highlights included advising on some significant restructuring work for names such as Ernst & Young, and Sun Micro Systems. As one happy client put it, ‘ we have used others before, but there is really no comparison’.
Dispute Resolution
Thomas Frad leads the Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH disputes team, which has a great track record in construction issues. The group also features Georg Karasek, Wolfgang Müller, Jörg Zehetner, Thomas Rabl, David Christian Bauer and Wolfgang Brandstetter, and enjoys a client base made up of leading names in the engineering and real estate sector.
EU and competition
Jörg Zehetner leads Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH’s EU and competition offering. 2008 saw the team advise on numerous competition cases , and act for a mobile phone company in a significant European merger case.
Employment
Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH has a wide-ranging employment offering. The team, led by Helen Pelzmann, has experience advising on contracts, collective agreements, pensions, and pre and post-M&A structuring.
Intellectual property and media
Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH’s Georg Karasek, David Christian Bauer, Thomas Frad and Jörg Zehetner are all recommended for their IP know-how. Over the past year the firm has advised on the merger of three collecting societies to form one of Austria’s biggest, and has acted on the protection of software solutions for an Austrian Bank.
IT and telecommunications
Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH has an effective, integrated IP and IT team, which over the past 12 months has handled some weighty work. This includes advising the Austrian federal economic chamber on Euro 2008 and its trade marks and copyrights. Georg Karasek, David Christian Bauer, and Jörg Zehetner are all recommended for their experience in this field.
Private Client
Thomas Frad at Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH is rated for his private client expertise, particularly in inheritance planning, foundations and trusts. 2008 highlights included advising the former CEO of a leading bank in severance claims against former employers. David Christian Bauer is also recommended for advising on private foundation issues.
Public Procurement
Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH’s Katharina Hahnl is recognised for specialising in public procurement, and attracts a number of good clients, including public service authorities, municipalities, energy companies and the Austrian federal agency.
Real estate
Clients are delighted with the service provided by Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH, describing partners as ‘ the best in their field, especially for construction-related issues. Having used others before, there is simply no comparison’. Elsewhere the firm is described as ‘ especially strong on the contentious side’. The firm fields a very large team, which goes from strength to strength with each year that passes. 2008 highlights include advising Euro Property Fund on the biggest construction project in the CzechRepublic, and acting for investors in a dispute against the EBRD in connection with the re-tracing of a trans-national crude oil-pipeline. Wolfgang Müller, Georg Karasek and Katharina Hahnl are all recommended.
Tax
At Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Gerold Wietrzyk is a certified tax advisor and has experience advising medium and large-sized companies on tax-driven structures. 2008 saw the team act on the post-acquisition tax structuring of AMAG.