CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz is among the most sought-after corporate law advisers to companies of all legal forms. Besides providing assistance on general issues of corporate law with regard to establishing, drafting contracts for, reorganising, taking over, restructuring and pursuing corporate recoveries of companies, we provide assistance to our clients from Austria and SEE for shareholders’ meetings or disputes between shareholders, between the company and its company organs and/or between the company and its shareholders. We also advise companies, executive boards, supervisory boards and also shareholders on questions of liability.

Full service advice across all areas of corporate law

The CMS Corporate Practice Area Group advises on all aspects of corporate law and transactions, including:

• Buy-Outs: acting for management and venture capitalists on MBO/MBIs, institutional purchasers and senior and mezzanine debt financing
• Corporate Finance: initial and secondary public offerings, placings and other issues of equity and debt securities
• Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances: domestic and multi-jurisdictional
• Listed Company Takeovers
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Disposals: cross-border and domestic
• Private Equity and Management
• Privatisations: advising governments, state bodies, bidders and privatised entities
• Restructurings: restructuring and reorganisations of domestic and international groups, including demergers and spin-offs.

We serve as legal counsels - and also tax advisers – on structuring and implementing sales of companies, shareholdings and participations, especially in the field of venture capital. Our lawyers are renowned experts and well-known for their numerous publications and lectures on this topic.

Advising a wide range of clients and sectors

One of the group's strength lies in the diversity of its client base and, consequently, the range of projects on which it has advised.

Type of clients include:

• International and national companies
• Banks and financial institutions
• Private equity/venture capital investors
• Investment banks, brokers, underwriters and financial advisers
• Government and state bodies (particularly in relation to privatisation programmes)
• Bidders for privatisations, outsourcing and similar transactions
• Not-for-profit organisations