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Binder Grösswang advises GE Healthcare

September 2011. Press Releases by Binder Grösswang Attorneys-at-Law (view listing).

(Vienna, 20.08.2011) Binder Grösswang advised GE Healthcare – a business unit of NYSE listed General Electric Company – in connection with the acquisition of PAA Laboratories Gesellschaft m.b.H.. The deal was internationally led by Anna Buscall und Hans Schoneweg of Allen&Overy. On Binder Grösswang’s side, Thomas Schirmer and Rainer Kaspar headed the transaction team. The Sellers were represented by name partner Christian Dorda of Dorda Brugger Jordis. The transaction is still conditional on clearance by the competition authoriti

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Binder Grösswang Advises Merck KGaA

August 2011. Press Releases by Binder Grösswang Attorneys-at-Law (view listing).

A Binder Grösswang team led by Thomas Schirmer and Rainer Kaspar advised the German listed pharmaceutical, chemical and life science group Merck KGaA on the acquisition of Biotest AG. The transaction, which involved several countries, has now been concluded after having been approved by the antitrust authorities. An Allen & Overy team led by Michael Ulmer served as international counsel for Merck.

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Christian Wimpissinger a new partner of Binder Grösswang

February 2011. Press Releases by Binder Grösswang Attorneys-at-Law (view listing).

(Vienna, February 2011) Christian Wimpissinger (35) is a new partner of Binder Grösswang since 1 February 2011. He specializes in tax law focusing on international tax, corporate income tax and restructurings.

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Legal Developments by:
Binder Grösswang Rechtsanwälte

  • Foreign investors face new barrier when acquiring Austrian companies

    On December 8, 2011 an amendment of the Foreign Trade Act 2011 (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz 2011, until then Außenhandelsgesetz 2011, “FTA 2011”) entered into force imposing a substantial new barrier on foreign investors when acquiring shares in Austrian companies that operate in areas of public security and order. This amendment came as a surprise as part of the Budget Consolidation Act 2012 (Budgetbegleitgesetz 2012), governing different topics. The key points of the new barrier for foreign investors are the following:
    - Binder Grösswang Attorneys-at-Law

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