CERHA HEMPEL — News

On 5 May 2015, CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati staged the CHSH "Big Deal" event for the eighth time.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati has every reason to celebrate after receiving yet another international accolade. At this year's Chambers Europe Awards in Amsterdam, CHSH received for the second time the "Client Service Award 2015" for Austria in recognition of the excellence of its work.

The Administrative Court has confirmed the ruling of the Federal Administrative Court which rejected a decision relating to an environmental impact assessment for the 220 kV overhead line between Weidenburg and Somplago. The Environmental Ombudsmen for Carinthia engaged the services of CHSH to represent it before the Administrative Court and was thus able to put forward all key arguments.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati expands the Takeovers & Antitrust team of Managing Partner Dr. Albert Birkner with the addition of Dr. Alexander Babinek, MBL (28).

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati expands the Corporate Transactions Team of Managing Partner Dr. Clemens Hasenauer, LL.M. with the addition of attorney Mag. Lorenz Pracht, LL.M. (35).

A recently adopted act that concerns the nuclear power plant in Paks includes a rider that has amended the Act on State Assets and restored the original powers of arbitration courts.

PD Dr. Nicolas Raschauer (CHSH) is co-editor of the newly published handbook "Kommentar zur Gewerbeordnung".

CHSH has advised a joint venture consisting of CA Immo and Union Investment (with CA Immo holding 51% of the shares) on the sale of the logistics park Europolis M1 Budapest to the Prologis Group that has operations worldwide.

CHSH already provided pro bono services to DisAbility Performance Social Enterprise GmbH and its shareholders regarding the company's foundation and it has now done so again regarding the investment made by BonVenture in the form of profit-sharing capital.

CHSH Partner Dr. Harald Stingl, LL.M. (39) advised global corporate and high-tech players Infineon Technologies AG and GE Ventures (a unit of General Electric) in entering a strategic partnership with, and becoming new equity stakeholders in, TTTech Computertechnik AG, the Austrian based technology leader in robust network safety controls, as part of a EUR 50m capital increase.