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DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach

SCHOTTENRING 14, 1010 WIEN, AUSTRIA
Tel:
Work +43 1 531 78 0
Fax:
Fax +43 1 533 52 52
Web:
www.dlapiper.com
Email:

The firm

DLA Piper Weiss Tessbach is part of DLA Piper, one of the largest global legal services practices in the world, with over 4,200 lawyers in 76 offices in 30 countries. From its offices in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US, legal and business advisers provide a broad range of services to local, regional and international clients.

To extend its already substantial geographic presence, DLA Piper has an exclusive agreement with independent law firms in Africa, Australasia, Europe and the Middle East, collectively known as DLA Piper Group. Through the alliance, DLA Piper provides integrated international legal solutions for clients, wherever they chose to do business.

Areas of practice

The firm is highly acknowledged in its core areas of expertise (commercial and corporate, M&A, banking and finance, general commercial law, real estate) and advises its clients as a full-service firm in all relevant areas of business law, including administrative law, employment law, IT and telecoms, technology, intellectual property, venture capital and capital markets.

DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach has well-established relations with clients of various backgrounds. The firm advises medium-sized enterprises as well as leading (often publicly listed) international and domestic industrial groups, service providers, banks and other financial institutions and individuals.

DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach has established a particular reputation for its ability to handle cases in international cross-border contexts. The firm is renowned for its expertise in the structuring and implementation of projects and transactions in Austria, as well as in central and eastern Europe. It carefully monitors the ongoing developments in the central and eastern European region with the aim of combining the needs of the constantly changing international legal market and industry, whilst also upholding the high standard of service that the firm has always been able to offer to its clients.

Contact Claudine Vartian

Languages
Bosnian
Croatian
Czech
English
French
German
Italian
Slovak

Other offices
Australia
Bahrain
Belgium
Bosnia-Herzegovina*
China
Croatia*
Czech Republic
Egypt*
France
Germany
Georgia
Ghana*
Hong Kong
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Kenya*
Kuwait
Netherlands
New Zealand*
Norway
Oman
Poland
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Slovak Republic
South Africa*
Spain
Sweden*
Tanzania*
Thailand
Turkey
UAE
UK
US
Ukraine
Venezuela
Zambia*

Number of lawyers 4,200

at this office 60

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