CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz advises national and international investment banks, issuers and investors on all aspects related to stock exchange and capital markets law. Financial intermediaries such as investment firms, investment funds or financial institutions are also among our clients. Our capital markets law team deals with all aspects of capital market transactions and advises on all questions of regulatory law.
Our services include:
- Initial public offerings, secondary offerings as well as capital increases of listed companies via capital markets or private placement in Austria and abroad (focusing on Germany and SEE)
- Structuring of over-the-counter transactions (acquisition and sale of blocks of shares) including preparation and implementation of due diligence reviews for purchaser, seller or target company
- Switching to another trading platform and delisting of publicly owned stocks
- Structuring of and advice on issuance of corporate bonds, structured bonds (convertible bonds, exchangeable bonds, guaranteed and indexed bonds) or MTN programmes
- Structuring of reverse convertible bonds, discount certificates, warrants
- Legal counsel to issuers of publicly-owned securities (ad hoc disclosure, compliance requirements, reporting duties, preparation for stockholders’ meetings, implementation of corporate governance etc.)
- Devising and implementing stock option programmes (including fiscal advice)
- Counselling Austrian and foreign investment funds on investment products offered for public sale (including fiscal advice)
- Structuring of takeover offers, advice to bidders, sellers and target companies in takeover procedures and representation before the Austrian Takeover Commission
- Advice on venture capital and private equity transactions, articles of association and exit agreements
- Securitisation and other types of structured financing