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The NIS2 Directive (EU) 2022/2555, which must be transposed into national law by October 2024 at the latest, introduces significant changes in the field of cybersecurity. In the current issue of the legal journal "Medien und Recht," Partners Christoph Reiter, Attorney Roman Heidinger and junior Associate Philipp Gstrein analyze the impact of this directive on businesses and provide initial…

On Tuesday, September 26, 2023, another event of the Global Perspectives event series took place at CERHA HEMPEL's Bel Etage. CERHA HEMPEL partner Heinrich Foglar-Deinhardstein welcomed Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Brasseur from the Graz University of Technology, who gave an exciting lecture on "Facts and Myths of Europe's Energy Transition".

MW Holding GmbH and CAFS Invest GmbH, both of which are affiliates of XXXLutz Group, have reached an agreement with the current owner (the successor from the restructuring of the Steinhoff Group) on the acquisition of Conforama Iberia (Spain and Portugal).

CERHA HEMPEL advised discoverIE Group plc (LSE: DSCV, "discoverIE"), a leading international designer and manufacturer of customised electronics to industry, on its acquisition of 2J Antennas Group ("2J"), a Slovakian-based designer and manufacturer of antennas.

On 13 September 2023, CERHA HEMPEL staged the "Big Deal" event. As part of the "Big Deal" workshop, fifteen high potentials simulated an M&A transaction and received valuable practical tips and advice.

Peter Knobl, partner at CERHA HEMPEL and Alexander Russ, founding partner of eunomia, conducted a training session for employees of in-house issuing departments of banks and other issuers on 14 Sept 2023 organized by the Austrian Academy for Law and Taxes.

The real estate team at CERHA HEMPEL has advised SES Spar European Shopping Centers on its acquisition of the "Il Grifone" shopping center. Located in Bassano Del Grappa in the Veneto region in Italy, the shopping center has more than 40 shops.

The number of partners at CERHA HEMPEL increases from 1 August 2023. Dr. Alexander Reich-Rohrwig becomes a partner in the Corporate Transactions team.

STRABAG, the largest construction group in Central and Eastern Europe, successfully completed its acquisition of the companies run by the Thaler family, SITEC Verkehrstechnik GmbH and Wieser Verkehrssicherheit GmbH, leading suppliers in the fields of road restraint systems and traffic safety, in August 2023.

CERHA HEMPEL has advised Stadler Bussnang AG ("Stadler") in connection with the ÖBB's tender procedure for up to 120 Cityjet battery-powered trains ("battery train project")