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The firm was founded in Linz in 1955.

The firm has two offices in Austria, namely in Linz and Vienna, but represents clients throughout Austria.

The Vienna office was established in 2000.

The firm has around 150 staff members.

There are 33 attorneys-at-law working at the firm. In total, over 50 legal professionals work at the firm.

The firm represents clients in 22 areas of law and specialises in commercial law, including commercial criminal law. The areas of law are: employment, banking and capital markets, compliance and internal affairs, data protection, telecommunications and digitization, ESG and sustainability, intellectual property and unfair competition, real estate, insolvency and restructuring, antitrust, competition and state aid, life sciences and health law, mediation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Public Construction, Public Economic and Constitutional Law, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Regulated Industries, Criminal Defence and White-Collar Crime, Environmental and Technology, Business Succession and Trusts, Commercial & Corporate, Public Procurement.

Renewable energy, waste management, banking & finance, construction and real estate, energy industry, family offices, hospitality industry, infrastructure and public sector, artificial intelligence and digitalization, life sciences & healthcare, start-ups

The firm is regularly recognised by JUVE, Chambers, Legal500 and IFLR.
Chambers Auszeichnungen 2026: Mario Laimgruber (Up and Coming), Mathis Fister (Up and Coming), Gisela Ernst (Associates to watch), Competition/European Law (Band 4), Alexander Hiersche (Band 4), Martin Oder (Band 4), Martin Stempkowski (Band 4), Corporate/M&A (Band 5), Public Law General (Band 2), Wilhelm Bergthaler (Band 1), Public Law: Planning and Environment (Band 1), Wilhelm Bergthaler (Band 1), Wolfgang Berger (Band 2), Public Law: Public Procurement/PPP (Band 2), Martin Oder (Band 2) White Collar Crime (Band 3), Bernd Wiesinger (Up and Coming), René Haumer (Band 3), Wolfgang Moringer (Senior Statespeople)
Legal500 Auszeichnungen 2026: Administrative law and public sector (TIER 1), Wilhelm Bergthaler (Hall of Fame), Wolfgang Berger (Leading Partner), Mario Laimgruber (Leading associate), Dispute resolution: white-collar crime (including fraud) (TIER 2), Bernd Wiesinger (Next Generation), EU and competition (TIER 2), Public Procurement (TIER 2), Martin Oder (Leading Partner), Construction (TIER 3), Projects and Energy (TIER 4)
JUVE Auszeichnungen 2025: Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht: Umwelt/Planung/Regulierung (5 Sterne), Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht: Vergaberecht (4 Sterne), Kartellrecht (4 Sterne), Konfliktlösung und Prozesse (4 Sterne), Schiedsverfahren und Mediation (1 Stern), M&A und Gesellschaftsrecht (3 Sterne), Bank- und Finanzrecht/Kapitalmarktrecht (3 Sterne), Privates Baurecht (1 Stern), Bundesländerranking Oberösterreich (5 Sterne)
IFLR Auszeichnungen 2025: M&A (notable), Banking and Finance (notable), Project Development (TIER 2), Martin Oder (highly regarded)

For international matters, whether in neighbouring countries, other EU states or the USA, we cooperate with partner firms.