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Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati advises Convergys, a global leader in consumer management which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, in association with Gowling WLG on the acquisition of buw, Germany’s largest service provider in the customer care industry in private ownership.

Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati advised Finedining S.à r.l. (“Finedining”), an indirect subsidiary of funds advised by KKR on the sale of the WMF Group to the French household equipment manufacturer Groupe SEB.

On 26 April 2016, CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati staged the CHSH "Big Deal" event for the ninth time. As part of the "Big Deal" workshop, fifteen high potentials simulated an M&A transaction and received valuable practical tips and advice.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati has every reason to celebrate after receiving yet another international accolade. At this year's Chambers Europe Awards in London, CHSH received for the third time the "Client Service Award 2016" for Austria in recognition of the excellence of its work.

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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