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For a long time, the European capital market was perceived as cumbersome: complex prospectus requirements, extensive ongoing obligations and significant costs discouraged many small and medium-sized enterprises from even considering an IPO. This is precisely where the EU Listing Act comes in whose main parts go into force in March 2026. With this reform package, the European Union pursues a clear…

CERHA HEMPEL is pleased to start the year by announcing that we have successfully advised CA Immobilien Anlagen AG (CA Immo) on the sale of Millenium Tower I, an 18,800 m² office building in Budapest, to Wizz Air.

In practice, the “fit and proper” requirements for senior managers and key function holders at credit institutions are still often viewed as a mere formal prerequisite for appointment. In reality, they have long evolved into an ongoing supervisory obligation with significant personal implications. With the intensified European governance agenda, the supervisory exchange of information on the…

For the seventeenth consecutive year, CERHA HEMPEL in cooperation with the Vienna University of Economics and Business has awarded prizes to those students who have written the best dissertations on the subject of commercial law.

CERHA HEMPEL has advised the Hotusa Group, an international hotel group, on its successful acquisition of the historic Grand Hotel Wien as part of a structured international liquidation process following the insolvency of Grand Hotel GmbH. 

Stefan Huber, LL.M., and Anna Wolf-Posch, LL.M., both of whom are partners at CERHA HEMPEL, have authored a comprehensive handbook entitled "Digitales Wirtschaftsrecht – Digitalisierung, Regulierung und Technologie im Wirtschaftsrecht" (Digital Commercial Law – Digitalization, Regulation, and Technology in Commercial Law), recently published by Verlag Österreich.

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CERHA HEMPEL has every reason to celebrate after receiving yet another international accolade. 

As part of this year's Financial Planner Conference on 11 November 2025, which marks the 75^th anniversary of the foundation of the Austrian Centre for Productivity and Efficiency (ÖPWZ), CERHA HEMPEL Banking and Finance partner Dr. Peter Knobl updated numerous financial advisors, portfolio managers, and financial planners on the latest regulatory developments relating to investment advice and…