CERHA HEMPEL — News

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati advised OMV on the recent capital increase.

Unter großer Beteiligung fand am Donnerstag, dem 9. Juni 2011 ein Business Frühstück rund um das Thema „Cross Border Mergers & sonstige Umgründungen“ in den Räumlichkeiten der Bel Etage von CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati statt.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati advised the global market leader for mobile space systems and secure storage solutions, the Algeco Scotsman Group, in connection with the acquisition of the A1-Container Group which operates in Central Europe.

The new Renewable Energy Sources Act came into force in Bulgaria on 3 May 2011. It replaces the old Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources and Biofuels Act and implements Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and Council.

Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati (CHSH) and its Serbian partner Janković, Popović & Mitić (JPM) are advising the Serbian government on the privatisation of Serbia’s national carrier JAT Airways.

The Yearbook on International Arbitration, co-edited by CHSH Managing Partner Irene Welser, which has meanwhile become the standard Austrian publication for issues relating to arbitration, was unveiled on Friday 4 March 2011 in Palais Todesco, with significant national and international participation.

Renowned corporate law firm CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati has every reason to celebrate after winning yet another international award. This year’s ILO Client Choice Awards has recognised the outstanding achievements of Clemens Hasenauer in the field of Mergers & Acquisitions in Austria.

On 1 March 2011, Univ.-Prof. DDr. Peter Lewisch, Senior Attorney at renowned law firm CHSH, was appointed Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna.

The antitrust team at CHSH successfully advised STRABAG during the course of and in connection with merger control proceedings before the European Commission concerning the creation of a joint venture with EW4E, a company belonging to the publicly listed GDF SUEZ energy and environment group which has operations worldwide.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati advised Ferrexpo AG ("Ferrexpo") on the acquisition of Erste Donau-Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft m.b.H ("DDSG").