AUSTRIA Law and Practice

Contributed by: Markus Fellner, Florian Kranebitter and Florian Henöckl, Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners

Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners is one of Austria’s leading business law firms and is based in Vienna. The firm has a team of more than 70 highly qualified legal practitioners and provides legal advice in all major legal areas, including banking and finance, corporate/M&A, real estate, infrastructure and procurement law, reorganisation and restructuring. The firm has also developed an ESG practice covering all financingrelated topics, among others. Fellner Wratzfeld

Authors

Markus Fellner is the founding partner and head of Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners. His impressive track record includes representing some of Austria’s largest banks and international financial institutions. Markus has recently succeeded in advising the Huber Group, the Steinhoff Group and the Kreisel Group. His other key areas of practice include banking and finance, corporate/M&A and dispute resolution, and he has published a considerable number of articles in these areas.

& Partners represents Austrian and international private companies as well as clients from the public sector. It regularly advises renowned credit institutions and financial service providers on financing and other projects, including company reorganisations. The firm draws upon substantial experience gained in the financing of complex consortia and continues to be involved in the largest banking and finance cases in Austria.

Florian Kranebitter is a partner at Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners and specialises in banking and finance, corporate/M&A, insolvency and restructuring, with a focus on IT projects (including cybercrime, platform business and AI). Florian has been advising financial institutions and corporates on national and international transactions in a leading position for more than a decade. He has particular expertise in providing cross-disciplinary and cross-sector advice in the area of sustainable solutions (including ESG).

Florian Henöckl is a senior attorney in the banking and finance practice group at Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners. He specialises in insolvency and restructuring, as well as corporate/M&A. He obtained his law degree from the University of Graz and was admitted to the Austrian Bar in 2021.