CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati has advised IMMOFINANZ AG on its acquisition of the 26% stake in CA Immobilien Anlagen AG held by the O1 Group, on refinancing (a bank loan and the intended issue of a convertible bond), on issues relating to company law and also with regard to merger control.

CHSH Sofia advised Mediapost Hitmail SA, a subsidiary of the French La Poste Group, on the transaction where Mediapost acquired a majority stake in the Bulgarian marketing agency Metrica.

The M&A team of CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati advised Flughafen Wien AG (Vienna International Airport – "VIE") in the acquisition of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.’s indirect stake in Malta International Airport plc ("Airport Malta").

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati has represented the Austrian SPAR group and Allianz in European merger control proceedings to obtain approval for the indirect acquisition of a 49.5% stake by Allianz group companies in the FISCHAPARK shopping center operated by SES Spar European Shopping Centers GmbH, Austria ("SES").

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The Employment Law Alliance has published the brochure entitled “Employee Data Privacy in Europe”. CHSH produced the legal part relating to Austria.

CHSH has advised the Metrans Group on the acquisition of three significant industrial properties as well as a small Hungarian railway company in Csepel (Hungary).

CHSH Partner Dr. Harald Stingl, LL.M. is editor of the newly published handbook "Gesamtrechtsnachfolge im Gesellschaftsrecht. Verschmelzung – Umwandlung – Spaltung – Anwachsung".

PD Dr. Nicolas Raschauer and PD Dr. Wolfgang Wessely, LL.M. have published the handbook "VSTG²-Verwaltungsstrafgesetz", 2nd Edition.

"And the CHSH LAWard 2015 goes to ..." CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati has answered this question in cooperation with the business law programme at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien).