CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz is one of the leading law firms in Austria and Southeast Europe for the entire real estate sector. We offer our clients comprehensive domestic and international expertise in this area and advise property investors, hotel operators and owners, architects, construction firms operating both domestically and internationally, property developers as well as banks.

The focus of our activities in the field of property law includes: 

• Structuring the legal and tax aspects of property transactions
• Preparation and negotiation of purchase, lease, commercial leasehold
  or related agreements, whether in the domestic or international context
• Performance of due diligence as well as subsequent preparation of due
  diligence reports
• Advising clients when they need to conduct proceedings before public authorities

In the field of urban planning and construction law, our focus is on: 

• Representation before national and international courts, arbitral tribunals or public authorities
• Preparation and negotiation of domestic or international construction agreements
  (in particular construction, architectural services and management agreements),
  providing various price clause options for the widest variety of construction projects
  (e.g. hotels, offices, industrial plants or infrastructural projects)
• Ongoing representation of clients in connection with execution of larger-scale
  construction projects, particularly with a view to achieving a consensus resolution
  of conflicts when disputes arise

A further focus of our practice here is on advising hotel operators and owners with respect to the various legal forms available for hotel operations and all associated legal issues, in particular including issues under urban planning and building law, property and transactional law.