Mag Eva Spiegel > Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile

A one-stop-shop for especially financial restructuring work in Austria and the CEE/SEE region, Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG offers a whole host of domestic and international banks assistance with refinancing transactions, cross-border debt and equity restructuring, as well as group restructurings and consolidations. Practice head Eva Spiegel is sought after by major creditors in insolvency proceedings for the protection and enforcement of their rights. She is supported by a team consisting of Andrea Gritsch, who specialises in distressed M&A, NPL and corporate restructuring; Matthias Schimka, who advises creditors, corporate debtors and their directors; and Zeno Grabmayr, who was promoted to partner in January 2024 and focuses on international banking and distressed M&A.

With a particularly strong cross-border practice, Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG’s areas of expertise include construction, corporate and shareholder disputes, financial services and banking as well as product liability litigation. Valerie Hohenberg, the ‘extremely knowledgeable and business-minded’ Eva Spiegel and Clemens Trauttenberg lead the ‘highly capable, knowledgeable and proficient’ department, with Hohenberg and Spiegel handling a variety of the firm’s most complex cross-border litigations, and Trauttenberg contributing proficiency in white collar crime. Clients attest Alexander Zollner has ‘a bright future,’ with his areas of expertise including shareholder disputes, managing directors’ liability, post-M&A, as well as the full range of corporate disputes.