AUSTRIA

KEY ECONOMIC DATA

Area: 83,858 sq km GDP: €245.1bn
Currency: Euro GDP per head (PPP): €29,800
Population: 8.2 million GDP growth: 2.5 per cent
Inflation: 2.1 per cent Unemployment: 4.9 per cent

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN AUSTRIA (2007)

January 1; April 9; May 1; May 17; May 28; June 7; August 15; October 26; November 1; December 8; December 25; December 26.

LEGAL PROFESSION

Professional title: Rechtsanwält
Number of lawyers: 4,851
Female lawyers as per cent
of profession: 14.8 per cent

USEFUL ADDRESSES

Local bar association
Österreischischer
Rechtsanwaltskammertag
Tuchlauben 12
A-1010 Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43 1 5351 275–0
Fax: +43 1 5351 275 13
rechtsanwaelte@oerak.at
www.rechtsanwaelte.at

National justice ministry
Federal Ministry of Justice
Museumstrasse 7
1070 Vienna
Palais Trauston
Austria
Tel: +43 1 52 1 52 0
www.bmj.gv.at

EU Commission representative office
Europäische Kommission Vertretung in Österreich
Käerntner Ring 5–7
A-1010 Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43 1 516 18–0
Fax: +43 1 513 42 25
comm-rep-vie@ec.europa.eu
http://ec.europa.eu/austria

LAW FIRMS IN VIENNA

LAW FIRM LOCATOR

1. CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati
2. Jorda Brugger Jordis
3. Fellner, Wratzfeld & Partners Attorneys-at-Law
4. Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte GMBH
5. Willheim Müller Attorneys-at-Law
6. Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GMBH

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Vienna International Airport is approximately 28km south of the city. The airport is accessible by metropolitan railway S2, and takes around 32 minutes. The price per journey is €3. The journey on the Bus Vienna Airport Line takes between 20 and 35 minutes, depending on traffic, and costs €6 per journey. Travel on the City Airport Train between Wien-Mitte and the airport takes 16 minutes and costs €9. The taxi stand is to the north of the arrivals hall.

WEBSITE

www.viennaairport.com

CHSH

Main Office

Parkring 2
Vienna 1010
Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 1 514 35-0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 514 35-35

Other offices

 Vienna, Belgrade*, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Bucharest, Minsk, Sofia, Timisoara

*in cooperation with JPM Janković, Popović & Mitić

Firm profile

 CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati, with offices in Vienna, Belgrade*, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Bucharest, Minsk, Sofia and Timisoara, is one of the largest and most well-known corporate law firms in Austria. For more than eight decades, CHSH has provided its clients with creative and commercially-oriented solutions, first class service and expertise in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, corporate and commercial law, banking and finance law, capital markets, international tax law, real estate and project development and litigation and arbitration.

CHSH is a member of Lex Mundi – The World’s Leading Association of Independent Law Firms.

Practice areas

• Administrative business law
• Banking and finance, capital markets
• Commercial
• Commercial litigation and arbitration
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Real estate law and project development
• Tax

DORDA BRUGGER JORDIS

www.dbj.at

Dr Karl Lueger Ring 10
1010 Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 1 533 47 95
Fax: +43 (0) 1 533 47 97
office@dbj.at

Firm profile

DORDA BRUGGER JORDIS is a leading law firm in Austria, specialising in commercial law and international business transactions. Clients range from large international corporations
and their Austrian subsidiaries to big and medium-sized business entities (banks, industrial and commercial enterprises). DORDA BRUGGER JORDIS also has links with large accountancy firms
and has built up a strong and effective network of contacts worldwide.
For projects in Central and Eastern Europe, DORDA BRUGGER JORDIS has developed the ″Best Friends″ Programme, a close cooperation with leading independent law firms in CEE countries.
Clients can rely on top legal know-how in the following countries: Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Practice areas

• Banking & finance Andreas Zahradnik, Tibor Varga
• Capital markets Andreas W. Mayr, Christoph Brogyányi
• Central and Eastern Europe Martin Brodey
• Competition Stephan Polster
• Corporate & commercial Walter Brugger
• Dispute resolution Florian Kremslehner, Christoph Stippl
• IP, media and IT Axel Anderl
• Labour Thomas Angermair
• M&A / privatisation Christian Dorda, Martin Brodey
• Private client Theresa Jordis
• Public procurement Stefan Günther
• Real estate Stefan Artner
• Tax Tibor Varga, Paul Doral

FELLNER WRATZFELD & PARTNERS ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW

office@fwp.at
www.fwp.at

Other offices

Schottenring 12
Vienna A 1010
Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 1 537 70
Fax: +43 (0) 1 537 70 – 70

Key personnel

• Markus Fellner – Partner
• Michael Hecht – Partner
• Kurt Wratzfeld – Partner
• Sabine Fehringer – Partner
• Markus Kajaba – Partner
• Gregor Schett – Partner
• Michael Achleinter – Partner
• Claudia Kaindl – Partner
• Lukas Flener – Partner
• Florian Kranebitter – Partner
• Elfriede Melichar – Partner

Firm profile

Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners Attorneys at Law was established in 1999 by Markus Fellner and Kurt Wratzfeld. The firm has been growing ever since. Today, the firm comprises some 35 lawyers
and additional non-legal staff. All partners contribute to the firm their legal experience and
economic understanding they have gained from many years of service with prestigious Austrian law firms.
Our recruitment of associates concentrates on the candidate’s legal training, but also on additional qualifications and experience in other related professions which may be non-legal in nature.

Practice areas

• Administrative law
• Anti-trust
• Banking
• Commercial
• Constitutional law
• Contracts
• Copyright
• Corporate law
• Corporate reorganisation
• Damage recovery
• Environmental law
• European law
• Finance
• IT / IP
• Insolvency
• Labour
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Project development
• Public procurement
• Real estate

GRAF & PITKOWITZ RECHTSANWÄLTE GMBH

www.gmp.at

Main office

Stadiongasse 2
Vienna 1010
Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 1 40117-0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 40117-40
office@gmp.at

Other offices

Marburger Kai 47
Graz 8010
Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 316 833 777
Fax: +43 (0) 316 833 777-33
graz@gmp.at

Key personnel

• Ferdinand Graf
• Nikolaus Pitkowitz
• Otto Waechter
• Alexander Isola
• Jakob Widner

Firm profile

Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte GmbH (G&P) advises national and international corporate clients, many of which are world leaders in their respective industries. G&P has a very strong corporate
practice and counsel foreign investors – also in the real estate area – and major financial institutions. G&P has recently been involved in major recent infrastructure projects/financing projects in Austria (Toll Project, PPPs). Furthermore, G&P regularily advises public sector clients on public procurement issues and other aspects of administrative and constitutional law.
In rendering comprehensive, quick and unbureaucratic advice and introducing new skills and technologies, G&P finds business-oriented solutions based on the Austrian tradition of quality.

Practice areas

• Administrative and constitutional law
• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Commercial property/real estate
• Competition
• Dispute resolution – litigation and arbitration
• Energy and natural resources
• Information technology
• Infrastructure and project finance (also PPP)
• Insolvency/corporate restructuring
• Intellectual property
• Labour and employment
• Media and entertainment
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private client
• Regulatory affairs
• Telecommunications

WILLHEIM MÜLLER ATTORNEYS AT LAW

office@wmlaw.at
www.wmlaw.at

Main office

Naglergasse 2, Top 11/A
Vienna A-1010
Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 1 535 800 8
Fax: +43 (0) 1 535 800 850

Key personnel

• Johannes Willheim – Partner
• Katharina Müller – Partner
• Bernhard Kall – Lawyer
• Irene McGill – Lawyer
• Susanne Prinz – Lawyer
• Stefanie Kühnberg − Lawyer

Firm profile

Willheim Müller is an independent Austrian law firm with an international outlook. In its two years of existence, the firm has succeeded in establishing itself as a leading player in the media,
tobacco and construction markets. Its national and international media client base consists of newspaper and magazine companies, publishers, television and radio networks and
internet platforms. The firm is also active in the regulated industries sector, in particular energy and telecoms. Other clients of the firm are national and international franchise systems, a
manufacturer of plastic parts, medium-sized and large construction companies as well as prominent entrepreneurs and artists.
The core competencies of the firm include international transactional work, the establishment and reorganisation of private foundations, the transfer of private assets, competition
law, media and entertainment law, construction law and claims management. The Willheim Müller team comprises professionals with multidisciplinary and international backgrounds. The firm is
dedicated to the highest professional and ethical standards. It strives for innovative legal solutions in an ever-quickening economic environment.

Practice areas

• Claim management
• Commercial law (in particular distribution and licensing systems)
• Construction (contract) law
• Contract law
• Corporate and M&A (cross order, creation of joint ventures and other forms of cooperation)
• International competition antitrust) law and merger control
• Law of succession
• Media and entertainment (regulated industries)
• Private assets
• Private foundations
• Public procurement law

WOLF THEISS RECHTSANWÄLTE GMBH

www.wolftheiss.com

ALBANIA

Sky Tower Business Center
Suite 6/4
Deshmoret e 4 Shkurtit
AL–Tirana
Albania
Tel: +355 (0) 42 74 521
tirana@wolftheiss.com

AUSTRIA

Schubertring 6
Vienna A–1010
Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 1 515 10
wien@wolftheiss.com

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Fra. Andjela Zvizdovic´a 1
Unitic Tower
Sarajevo BiH–71 000
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: +387 (0) 33 296 444
sarajevo@wolftheiss.com

CROATIA

Ralf Peschek
Schubertring 6
Vienna A-1010
Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 1 51510 5230
wien@wolftheiss.com

CZECH REPUBLIC

Klimentská 10
Prague CZ–110 00
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 (0) 251 018 611
praha@wolftheiss.com

ROMANIA

Bucharest Corporate Center
(BCC)
Str. Gheorghe Polizu Nr. 58-60
Floor 12-13, Sector 1
Bucharest RO-011062
Romania
Tel: +40 (0) 21 308 81 00
bucuresti@wolftheiss.com

SERBIA

Cˇika Ljubina 12
Belgrade SCG-11000
Serbia
Tel: +381 (0) 11 330 29 00
beograd@wolftheiss.com

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Laurinská 3
Bratislava SK–811 01
Slovak Republic
Tel: +421 (0) 2 591 012 40
bratislava@wolftheiss.com

SLOVENIA

Tivolska 30
Ljubljana SI–1000
Slovenia
Tel: +386 (0) 1 438 00 00
ljubljana@wolftheiss.com
Our operations in the various locations comply with the requirements of local law and local bar rules, including cooperation with independent local attorneys.

Key personnel

• Markus Heidinger – Senior partner
• Dieter Spranz – Managing partner

Practice areas

• Banking and finance
• Corporate and M&A
• Employment law
• Infrastructure
• Intellectual property
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Real estate
• Tax

Binder Grösswang Rechtsanwälte
Sterngasse 13
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 534 80
Fax: +43 (0) 1 534 80-8
www.bgnet.at

Brauneis Klauser Prändl Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Bauernmarkt 2
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 532 12 10-0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 532 12 10-20
www.bkp.at

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz
Ebendorferstrasse 3
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 404 43 0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 404 43 9000
www.cms-rrh.com

Deissenberger & Partners
Dominikanerbastei 4
PO Box 232
A-1011 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 516 37
Fax: +43 (0) 1 512 2818
www.deissenberger.at

e|n|w|c Eiselsberg Natlacen Walderdorff Cancola Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Schwarzenbergplatz 7
A-1030 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 716 55 0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 716 55 99
www.enwc.com

Fiebinger, Polak, Leon & Partners
Am Getreidemarkt 1
A-1060 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 582-580
Fax: +43 (0) 1 582-582
www.fplp.at

Gassauer-Fleissner Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Wallnerstrasse 4
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 205 206 0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 205 206 207
www.gassauer.at
Greiter Pegger Kofler & Partners
Maria-Theresien-Strasse 24
A-6020 Innsbruck 158
Tel: +43 (0) 512 57 18 11
Fax: +43 (0) 512 58 49 25
www.greiter.lawfirm.at

Hasberger Seitz & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Gonzagagasse 4
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 533 0 533
Fax: +43 (0) 1 533 0 533 - 33
www.hsp-law.at

Haslinger/Nagele & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Am Hof 13, Stiege 2
Dachgeschoss
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 718 66 800
Fax: +43 (0) 1 7186 6 80 30
www.haslinger-nagele.com

Hausmaninger Kletter
Franz Josefs-Kai 3
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 5139540
Fax: +43 (0) 1 5139540 12
www.hhw.at

Herbst Vavrovsky Kinsky Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Dr Karl Lueger-Platz 5
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 904 21 80 -0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 904 21 80 -210
www.hvk.at

Höhne, In der Maur & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Mariahilfer Straße 20
A-1070 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 521 75-0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 521 75 - 21
www.h-i-p.at

KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH
IZD Tower
Wagramer Strasse 19
A-1220 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 245 00-0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 245 00-63999
www.kwr.at

Kraft & Winternitz Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Heinrichsgasse 4
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 587 16 60-0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 586 31 17
www.kwlaw.at

Kunz Schima Wallentin Rechtsanwälte Keg
Porzellangasse 4
A-1090 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 313 74-0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 313 74-80
www.ksw.at

Lansky, Ganzger & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Rotenturmstrasse 29
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 5333330
Fax: +43 (0) 1 5328483
www.lansky.at

Petsch, Frosch & Klein
Dr Karl Lueger Platz 5
1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 586 21 80
Fax: +43 (0) 1 586 22 35
www.pfk.at

Preslmayr Rechtsanwälte OEG
Dr Karl Lueger-Ring 12
A-1010 Vienna 1
Tel: +43 (0) 1 533 16 95
Fax: +43 (0) 1 535 56 86
www.preslmayr.at

Saxinger Chalupsky And Partner
Linke Wienzeile 4/Ii/2
A-1060 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 9050 100
Fax: +43 (0) 1 9050 100-100
Website: www.scwp.at

Schönherr
Tuchlauben 17
A1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 53 43 70
Fax: +43 (0) 1 53 43 76 100
www.schoenherr.at

Schramm Öhler Rechtsanwälte
Bartensteingasse 2
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 409 76 09-0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 409 76 09-30
www.schramm-oehler.at

Siemer-Siegl-Füreder & Partner Rechtsanwälte
Dominikanerbastei 10
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 512 14 45
Fax: +43 (0) 1 513 79 84
www.ra-siefur.at

Sonn & Partner Patentanwälte
Riemergasse 14
A-1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 1 512 84 05
Fax: +43 (0) 1 512 98 05
www.sonn.at