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On 28 and 29 November 2016, the conference on "Anti-Trust & Competition Compliance in CEE", sponsored by Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati Rechtsanwälte GmbH and organised by GCM Parker, was held in Prague.

CHSH advised the WM Invest Group on the sale of six specialist shopping centres in Slovakia.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati has expanded its Corporate & Commercial team with the addition of attorney Mag. Christoph Reiter (29).

CHSH advised Universal-Investment, a fund company based in Frankfurt, in connection with its acquisition of the micro apartment real estate asset "Linked Living", which is located in close proximity to the campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business, from Corestate for a special fund launched on the Luxembourg AIF platform of Universal-Investment.

On Thursday 20 October 2016, numerous guests from leading Austrian and international companies learned first-hand about current trends and new developments regarding "positive going concern statements" in the conference rooms of Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati.

On Thursday 13 October 2016, Dr. Bernhard Kofler-Senoner, CHSH antitrust law partner and publisher of the newly released book "Compliance Management für Unternehmen", invited guests to attend a joint book presentation with BDO Austria and a panel discussion: "Insights into the practice of successful compliance management systems". Approximately 100 company representatives took up the invitation.

Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati has advised RHI AG in connection with its agreed merger with Brazilian Magnesita Refratários S.A. with a view to creating a leading provider of refractory products. The new company will be named RHI Magnesita.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati Rechtsanwälte GmbH advised Austrian publicly listed OMV in connection with the sale of a 49% stake in Gas Connect Austria GmbH (GCA) to a consortium formed by the German Allianz Group and Snam, Italy’s gas infrastructure operator.

Led by CHSH partner Manfred Ton, the Real Estate & Construction team of CHSH advised IC Development on its sale of the new DENK DREI office complex, situated in the VIERTEL ZWEI, to ARE.