Press Releases

DORDA's M&A experts support Austrian Greiner AG on the acquisition of all remaining shares in Eurofoam GmbH, making the Upper Austrian-based company the sole shareholder of the foam specialist. Vienna, 7 April 2020 – Last week Greiner AG signed a contract for the complete takeover of Eurofoam GmbH ...

willhaben succeeds in competition law disputes together with DORDA over the slogan "Austria's largest car exchange" against AutoScout24. Vienna, 7 April 2020 – Under the lead of Andreas Seling DORDA's IT/IP team has represented willhaben internet service GmbH & Co KG in a lawsuit against AutoScout24 AS GmbH under the Austrian Unfair Competition Act. Since autumn 2018, AutosScout24 has repeatedly advertised with the statement that it is "Austria's largest car exchange" on various channels ...

DORDA's capital market law experts supported the Joint Global Coordinators UBS and HSBC in the Euro 1.65 billion capital increase of Austrian ams AG. Vienna, 3 April 2020 – DORDA, led by partners Andreas Mayr (Capital Markets and M&A), Tibor Varga (Capital Markets and Banking & Finance) and Christoph Brogyányi (Capital Markets and Corporate), advised the Joint Global Coordinators UBS and HSBC as well as other underwriters on the Euro 1.65 billion capital increase of ams AG ...

DORDA IP/IT and data protection experts Axel Anderl, Nino Tlapak and Alona Klammer supported Lernsieg Mobile Media GmbH in the relaunch of the mobile app "Lernsieg", which was previously taken offline after a short time following massive counter-campaigns in autumn 2019. Vienna, 2 April 2020 – DORDA has comprehensively assisted Lernsieg Mobile Media GmbH with advice on data protection issues relating to the admissibility and relaunch of the "Lernsieg" app ...

DORDA IP/IT and data protection experts Axel Anderl and Dominik Schelling support sportsWorld in a cooperation with Formula 1 in connection with the pop-up exhibition "Bond in Motion". Vienna, 26 March 2020 – DORDA advised sportsWorld Operations GmbH on several contracts with Formula 1 ...

Elena Manachimova (36) joined DORDA in 2011 and has long-standing experience in advising international clients in the fields of immigration and tax law as well as private foundations and cross-border succession planning. Now, Elena Manachimova, who completed full scale legal studies both in Austria and the Russian Federation, has been admitted to the Austrian Bar ...

DORDA's real estate law experts supported Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate (Warburg-HIH Invest) in the sale of a multi-storey office building in Vienna-Simmering, with a floor area of around 14,000 square metres, to a Luxembourg real estate fund. Vienna, 24 March 2020 – DORDA partner and head of the real estate practice group Stefan Artner advised the German Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate (Warburg-HIH Invest) on the sale of the office property in Vienna acquired in 2015 ...

Stefan Artner, DORDA partner and head of the real estate practice group, and Marie-Luise Pugl, real estate lawyer at DORDA, advised DLH Real Estate Austria, a company of the family-run Zech Group, on the sale of logistics properties near airport Vienna-Schwechat. The buyer is the German company Deka Immobilien; the parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price ...

The DORDA Digital Industries Group headed by Axel Anderl advised the Danish Tech StartUp Too Good To Go (TGTG) on the launch of its operations in Austria. Too Good To Go offers a sustainable solution against the waste of food. The TGTG App allows businesses such as bakeries, restaurants, cafés, hotels and supermarkets to sell surplus food to self-collecting customers at a substantially reduced price ...

DORDA strengthens its legal practices in the areas of corporate M&A, banking and capital markets, dispute resolution and insurance litigation by promoting three new senior associates. Clemens Burian (corporate law, capital markets law, takeover law) and Alexander Karl (commercial & insurance litigation, arbitration) were recently admitted to the bar. Oliver Thurin (Corporate/M&A, Corporate Law, Capital Markets) just joined DORDA at the beginning of August ...

Stefan Artner, DORDA partner and head of the real estate practice group, and Magdalena Brandstetter, senior associate at DORDA, advised Europe's leading hotel developer UBM Development and the real estate investment company S IMMO AG on one of the largest real estate transactions of the year. In a forward deal, the office properties QBC 1&2 with a rentable area of over 38,000 sqm, with underground parking and almost 680 parking spaces were sold ...

DORDA partners Andreas Mayr and Christoph Brogyányi advised Advent International Corporation in the context of the IPO of Addiko Bank AG. Advent, which indirectly held approximately 78% of Addiko Bank prior to the IPO, reduced its stake in Addiko Bank below 40% through the indirect sale of shares in the transaction. DORDA advised Advent primarily on the underwriting agreement and other agreements with Addiko Bank necessary for the IPO ...

DORDA has always had a strong focus on the digital and technology sector. The team of nine leading and award-winning IT/IP professionals led by partner Axel Anderl has been boasting a strong track record of relevant client relationships for more than a decade. In addition, other expert teams of the firm, such as the M&A group, the corporate law, banking and insurance teams or the antitrust team, also work for technology companies on a daily basis ...