Mag iur Emanuel Welten > Binder Grösswang > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile

Binder Grösswang
STERNGASSE 13
1010 VIENNA
Austria

Work Department

Banking & Finance, Restructuring & Insolvency.

Position

Partner, specialised in banking & finance, insolvency and restructuring, structured finance, acquisition finance, aviation law.

Career

Partner, Binder Grösswang since 2009; Associate/Attorney at Law, Binder Grösswang, 2001-2009; UEAPME (European Association of Craft, SMEs), Brussels, 1999-2000; Trainee, European Commission, Directorate General for Information, Communication, Culture, Audiovisual Media, Brussels, 1998-1999; Trainee, Chamber of Commerce, Beijing, 1997. Various publications in regard to banking law.

Languages

German, English, French.

Memberships

International Bar Association (IBA); ReTurn – center for restructuring, reorganizations and turnarounds.

Education

New York University (LL.M. 2001); University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 1997); Université René Descartes Paris V (1996).

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Insolvency and corporate recovery

The range of Binder Grösswang‘s restructuring and insolvency practice spans across corporate rescue and preventive restructuring, insolvency-related disputes and creditor representation, and distressed M&A, all bolstered by close collaboration with the firm’s banking and finance team. In addition to representing major domestic banks, the team is also frequently engaged in real estate and retail mandates. Gottfried Gassner leads the practice, and is well-versed in complex, cross-border transformation and restructuring processes, while Georg Wabl brings to the table experience in administration and insolvency processes. Emanuel Welten supports lenders and borrowers in financing matters.

Austria > Banking and finance

Jointly steered by Stefan Tiefenthaler, Emanuel Welten, Stefan Frank, and Stephan Heckenthaler, Binder Grösswang‘s banking and finance practice is recommended for maintaining an ‘approach with the client’s needs in mind’ and works together seamlessly with other specialist groups of the firm, including the M&A, capital markets, tax and dispute resolution departments. The team regularly acts in cross-border financing transactions, for which Tiefenthaler is a key contact, and it is also noted for handling regulatory matters in the financial services industry, which are handled by Heckenthaler and Frank. The ‘experienced and responsive’ Welten offers specialised expertise in aircraft financing and ESG-related matters as part of his broad financing practice which also encompasses asset, acquisition, and real estate financings.