Banking & Finance
Mission Statement
The contemporary financial landscape offers an increasingly diverse and borderless array of funding sources and products. This innovation, however, operates within an environment of ever-tightening regulatory frameworks that often appear at odds with market demands. The growing prominence of niche products, structural optimizations through restructurings, and complex outsourcings necessitates legal specialists capable of maintaining a comprehensive strategic overview. Our core mission is to reconcile diverse interests, transforming them into sustainable financial products and outcomes through a solution-oriented approach, always grounded in clear legal and commercial judgment.
„Distinguished for their dual prowess in complex regulatory matters and innovative financing structures.“
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Key Services and Practice Areas
Supervisory Law & Financial Services Regulation
- Transactions for expanding and developing new business areas
- Licensing and approval procedures under the Austrian Banking Act (BWG) and specialized financial laws
- Representation in supervisory proceedings before the FMA and the ECB
- Defense in administrative and administrative offence proceedings
- Advising on equity capital requirements and other CRR/CRD obligations
- Regulatory compliance advisory
Financing & Financial Instruments
- Credit facilities, syndicated loans, and structured financing
- Acquisition, real estate, and project finance
- Securitization transactions and factoring
- Lease financing and cash pooling structures
- ESG-linked and sustainable financing
- Bonds, Schuldscheine, derivatives, and reorganization financing
Restructuring & Reorganization
- M&A advisory in distressed and stable situations
- NPL portfolio transactions
- Insourcing, outsourcing, and onboarding of service providers
- Guidance on formal restructuring and reorganization proceedings
- Winding-up and reorganization planning
- Negotiating stand-still and restructuring agreements
- Implementing bail-in mechanisms and debt-equity instruments
- Structuring limited recourse financing
Banking Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- National and international court and arbitration proceedings
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and out-of-court settlements
- Collective actions and class actions
- Insolvency-related disputes and debt collection
- Enforcement and realization of collateral security
Banking Contract Law & Digital Finance
- Drafting and negotiating B2B contracts (loan, security, guarantee agreements)
- Advising on B2C contracts (account, securities account, credit card, consumer loan agreements)
- Developing general terms and conditions (GTC) and specific product terms
- Structuring bespoke banking products
- Legal support for eBanking, AppBanking, and FinTech innovations
- Advising on e-money issuance and e-commerce platform integration