E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH‘s team leverages knowledge from the firm’s finance, capital markets, and restructuring specialists to advise clients comprehensively on the full gamut of M&A and frequently acts in multijurisdictional transactions. The department is jointly steered by the ’extremely experienced’ Peter Winkler, who also co-leads the firm’s finance and capital markets group, and Josef Schmidt, who excels at the intersection of M&A, corporate, financial regulatory, and capital markets law with a specialism in private equity transactions.
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‘The particular strength of this law firm is that there is a specialist for each area and that this specialist is also immediately called in for inquiries. The firm is well networked internationally and can offer a partner in the desired countries and in the desired quality at any time.'
‘Clemens Lanschützer is an excellent M&A lawyer whose work style is characterised by high availability and fast response times in transactions. His entire team is characterised by a high level of service readiness’
- ‘Johannes Feilmair is an outstanding, extremely hard-working lawyer who is very willing to understand the client's needs, and I can highly recommend him. Definitely one of the up-and-coming M&A lawyers in the Austrian market.’
‘Excellent knowledge of M&A, litigation and restructuring.'
‘Peter Winkler is extremely experienced, very deeply involved in the cases and knows all the details, so he can give great strategic advice.’
‘Excellent expertise, quick response, good availability.’
‘The team of E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH acts experienced and confidently as Austrian local counsel in cross-border M&A transactions; pragmatic, solution-orientated and always with an understanding of the essentials.’
‘Peter Winkler is a trusted strategic and regulatory advisor to us. Philipp Schrader has not only profound M&A experience, but also a very valuable understanding of how banks work. Josef Schmidt has a quick grasp and the ability to provide practical solutions to complex issues. ’
Key clients
- InfraRed Capital Partners and Nexspace
- Wienerberger AG
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- UBM Development AG
- Coveris Group
- Burgenland Energie
- Bregal Unternehmenskapital GmbH (Amsterdam Investment II S.á.r.l.)
- HYPO-BANK BURGENLAND Aktiengesellschaft
- Shareholders of BDI Holding GmbH
- Carlyle
Work highlights
- Advised the founders of single use support as lead counsel in their sale of a 60% stake through a structured auction.
- Advised Wienerberger as lead counsel on its acquisition of the Terreal business in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the US and Luxembourg, with a parallel sale of Terreal's eastern business.
- Advised PAI Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in the rehabilitation business of VAMED Group from Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Next generation partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Peter Winkler, Josef Schmidt
Other key lawyers
Alric Ofenheimer; Clemens Lanschuetzer; Johannes Feilmair; Philipp Schrader