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The long-discussed amendment to anti-trust law enters into force in Austria on 1 March 2013. Which changes do companies have to adapt to?

„And the CHSH LAWard 2012 goes to …“ Diese Frage beantwortete CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati in Kooperation mit der Studienprogrammleitung des Wirtschaftsrechtsstudiums an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien.

After a three year term, two new Managing Partners have been elected at CHSH. Albert Birkner and Clemens Hasenauer have jointly taken up the management role at CHSH with effect from January 2013.

The sale of Orange Austria to Hutchison 3G Holdings Austria GmbH (Hutchison Austria), a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, Hong Kong, has been one of the most challenging transactions in recent years. Parallel to the main transaction, the parties also negotiated the sale of Orange Austria's MVNO subsidiary Yesss! Telekommunikation GmbH (Yesss!), together with base stations, frequencies and…

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati continues its expansion in CEE and will open an office in Prague from 1 January 2013 in cooperation with the Czech law firm Kališ & Partners.

The number of partners at CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati will increase from 1 January 2013 to include Dr. Hans Kristoferitsch, LL.M. and Mag. Heinrich Foglar-Deinhardstein, LL.M.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati advised Worthington Cylinders GmbH, part of the American Worthington Industries group, on the sale of all of its shares in Worthington Cylinders a.s. in Hustopece, Czech Republic, to the Frauenthal group.

On 13 November 2012, CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati staged the CHSH "Big Deal" event for the sixth time at its reception rooms in Vienna.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati advised the ACRON Group and helped guide it through the public tender procedure for the acquisition of the recently completed commercial property Wien Westbahnhof A3 at BahnhofCity Wien West.

The Real Estate & Construction team at CHSH, led by Partner Manfred Ton, provided legal advice to Union Investment, one of the largest German asset managers, regarding its acquisition of the fully leased office building "Euro Plaza 4" in Vienna.