PHH has advised Drees & Sommer on the acquisition of Vienna-based Die Werkbank IT. Germany-based Greenfort and Schoenherr reportedly advised the sellers on the deal.

Schoenherr has advised Herba Chemosan Apotheker and its management board on the management buy-out of the company. Herbst Kinsky, working with Linklaters, advised previous majority shareholder McKesson Corporation on the sale of its Austrian business to Quadrifolia Management through the MBO. SCWP Schindhelm has advised private equity company Invest AG on participating in the acquisition. Wolf Theiss advised the financing banks led by Raiffeisen Banking Group Upper Austria.

E+H, working with Willkie Farr & Gallagher, has advised the Stark Group on its acquisition of Dach & Wand Handels GmbH from the Swisspearl Group. Taylor Wessing advised the seller.

Binder Groesswang has advised Gittis Naturprodukte on the acquisition of the Sunray company and its production plant in Mirna from Atlantic Droga Kolinska in Slovenia.

Herbst Kinsky has advised Ribbon Biolabs on its EUR 18 million Series A financing round. Brandl Talos advised lead investor Hadean Ventures.

E+H has advised Austrian clinical-stage biotechnology company Affiris on its exclusive license agreement with Frontier Biotechnologies to develop and commercialize the Affitope AT04 hypercholesterolemia treatment on the Chinese market. Sonn Patentanwalte and Advant Beiten reportedly also advised Affiris.

Karanovic & Partners has advised Abris Capital Partners and Patent Co. founders Radivoje Perovic and Miodrag Perovic on the sale of Patent Co. to RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria. JPM Jankovic Popovic Mitic advised Patent Co.'s founders as well. Wolf Theiss advised RWA.

Irene Welser has been promoted to Senior Partner at Cerha Hempel, replacing former Senior Partner Edith Hlawati.

Cerha Hempel has advised CA Immobilien Anlagen on its sale of the R70 office building to Epkar. Kalman & Partners reportedly advised the buyer.

On November 12, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that Cerha Hempel had advised Energy Exchange Austria and its cooperation with CCP Austria on the restructuring of the clearing of spot market trading in electric power products on the Vienna Stock Exchange and on the transfer of the central counterparty function from EXAA to CCP Austria. CEE In-House Matters spoke with Jurgen Wahl, CEO at EXAA, to learn more about the matter.

E+H has advised Oesterreichische Glasfaser-Infrastrukturgesellschaft on its cooperation with Lower Austria's Breitband Holding for the expansion of the fiber-optic network in the province.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Volkswagen and its automotive software subsidiary Cariad on their engineering cooperation with Bosch in the field of automated driving.

Armin Schwabl and Nadine Leitner have been promoted to Partner at Cerha Hempel.

CMS Partners Johannes Juranek and Gunther Hanslik have taken over the management responsibilities of the firm's Vienna office on February 1, 2022. Juranek specializes in data protection while Hanslik focuses on banking.

On December 1, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that Greenberg Traurig had advised CA Immo on the sale of the Wspolna 47-49 office building in Warsaw to Yareal Polska. CEE In-House Matters spoke with Ingo Steinwender, Group Head of Legal at CA Immobilien, to learn more about the sale.

CMS has advised Greiner on the sale of its extrusion division, including operational assets in Austria and the Czech Republic, to Nimbus. KPMG Legal advised Nimbus.

Former Counsels Stefan Frank and Georg Wabl have been promoted to Partner at Binder Groesswang. Partner Angelika Pallwein-Prettner is set to join the firm's Management Board.

Brandl Talos, working with Willkie Farr & Gallagher, has advised Quadrille and Insight Partners on a USD 69 million Series B financing round in PlanRadar. Grohs Hofer advised PlanRadar.