In 2014, the foundation privilege was introduced to keep the legal form of a GmbH (company with limited liability) also attractive for company founders with limited financial resources. According to this provision, it is legally possible to establish a GmbH with a “privileged” amount of share capital contributions of not […]
Wie soll eine CO2-Steuer gestaltet werden? Wen soll sie treffen? Braucht die Energiewende einen gesetzlichen Vorrang?
On September 16th, 2020, the Federal Minister for Climate Protection and Energy Leonore Gewessler presented the draft of the Renewable Expansion Act (EAG), which is now being assessed. The background to this is the federal government’s goal to supply Austria exclusively with green electricity by 2030. For the necessary generation […]
The nonprofit associations “Interessengemeinschaft Sanierungsrecht” (“Interest Group Reorganization Law”) and “ReTurn Forum für Restrukturierung und Turnaround” (“ReTurn Forum for Restructuring and Turnaround”) offer the Austrian Award for Reconstruction Management and Insolvency Law in the amount of € 5,000 for an extraordinary scientific work in the field of restructuring and reorganization […]
On August 27th, as part of this year’s Forum Alpbach, the panel discussion “Talk on the Alm” of the daily newspaper “Die Presse” took place on the subject of “Employee Experience Journey”.
Daniela Huemer together with Ralf-Wolfgang Lothert (JTI Austria), Oliver Suchocki (Suchocki Executive Search) and Helga Pattart-Drexler (WU Executive Academy) […]
In an article in the daily newspaper Der Standard, Melissa Neuhauser and Sissy Weilharter deal with the legal admissibility of framing and inline linking on online websites, among other things.
In a guest contribution to the legal panorama of the daily newspaper Die Presse, Johannes Hartlieb and Alexander Hiersche deal with possible measures to regulate online trading platforms.
The handbook to obtain a quick overview and deep insight into matters of criminal procedural law.
Christoph Dupal has been appointed Managing Partner and will take over the management of the Linz office as of 1 September.
Recently, comprehensive legislation has been introduced to review foreign investments that may pose a threat to security or public order. We have summarized the most important aspects of the new law.
From July 31, new reporting obligations may be required under the EU Mandatory Disclosure Act (EU-Meldepflichtgesetz). We have summarized the most recent developments.
The latest edition of the magazine “RECHT aktuell” from the Manz publishing house features a detailed portrait of Birgit Eibl, Alexander Hiersche and Kerstin Holzinger on the occasion of the publication of the “Handbuch des Epidemierechts” (Handbook on Epidemic Law).
In this portrait, the three tell us how the idea to […]
The “regulatory sandbox” will allow financial service providers to test innovative products without risking statutory violations and penalties.
If companies should make a contribution to achieve climate targets, it may also be necessary to expand the scope for business cooperation. Recent initiatives in the Netherlands and Austria are aimed precisely at this.
“DIE MACHER – das österreichische Wirtschaftsmagazin” features an exciting interview with our Partner Alexander Hiersche and Organization Manager Andreas Rothmann.
In the course of the latest government meeting, Federal Minister Margarete Schramböck announced the establishment of a new legal form, namely an “Austria Limited” as part of the “Gründer Paket”.
As long ago as in April 2018, the European Commission presented its idea of a European class action as part of the “New Deal for Consumers”.
The National Council recently decided to extend the deadline for filing compensation claims based on the EpG – that means a new chance for compensation claims.
In the most recent branch talk of the daily newspaper “Die Presse”, our Partner Daniela Huemer conversed with Robert Löw (chairman of the “Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG”) and Peter Bartos (Vice President of the Chamber for Tax Advisors and Public Auditors) about ownership transfers in private businesses.
Daniela Huemer analyzed which hurdles […]
In the current issue of the magazine “JUVE” (May / June 2020, focus on commercial administrative law), Austrian law firms were ranked in the fields of
public economic law and
public procurement law.
Haslinger / Nagele was awarded the highest achievable ranking in public economic law, and moreover Haslinger / Nagele is among […]
In the May 28th issue of the daily newspaper “Die Presse”, there is a detailed article on questions about the impacts of financial embarrassments, which were caused by the Coronavirus crisis, on existing and new loan agreements.
Johanna Fischer and Michael Magerl, who are both members of our banking and capital […]
Is the “bankruptcy wave” coming after the wave of infections? Restructuring expert and insolvency administrator Thomas Kurz commented in detail on questions regarding COVID-19-related sales slumps in the Austrian newspaper “Oberösterreichische Nachrichten”. Here you can read when he expects the “peak” of new bankruptcy cases to come and why prediction […]
The handbook “Epidemierecht” (Epidemic Law) was published by “Manz” earlier this week. The authors Alexander Hiersche, Kerstin Holzinger and Birgit Eibl had written the entire book in just a few weeks. It essentially consists of Alexander Hiersche’s dissertation from 2010 which has been comprehensively updated. Particular attention was paid to […]
Recently, a podcast from the platform “RechtEasy.at” profiled our Partner Daniela Huemer in great detail.
In this podcast she talked about her studies at the Harvard University, about differences and similarities compared to her education at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, about the traits every lawyer should have and finally about […]
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