The banking and finance practice at CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz is headed by partner Gunther Hanslik, who is widely respected by competitors.Hanslik has been predominantly active for key client UniCredit Bank Austria, advising on the financing of the Singna Group's €150 million acquisition of Vienna's largest office building (the IZD tower) and on the financing for real estate fund Invescos' purchase of five hotels in Austria and Germany from Spanish chain NH-hotel....
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The banking and finance practice at CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz is headed by partner Gunther Hanslik, who is widely respected by competitors.
Hanslik has been predominantly active for key client UniCredit Bank Austria, advising on the financing of the Singna Group's €150 million acquisition of Vienna's largest office building (the IZD tower) and on the financing for real estate fund Invescos' purchase of five hotels in Austria and Germany from Spanish chain NH-hotel. Hanslik also advised the bank on restructuring its €150 million financing of Bulgaria's largest shopping centre development, Bulgaria Mall.
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Practice head of the team at CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Peter Huber is extremely well-respected by the market while the team is seen as small but effective. "CMS has a very fine M&A team headed by Peter Huber....
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Practice head of the team at CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Peter Huber is extremely well-respected by the market while the team is seen as small but effective. "CMS has a very fine M&A team headed by Peter Huber. They have always, over the last few years, been involved in a lot of the big deals and it is always very high quality M&A work," says one lawyer.
Huber has been active on the majority of the firm's prominent deals including advising private equity group Petrus Advisers and construction group Strabag on the acquisition a 20% shareholding in public real estate group Conwert. The €100 million sale made the consortium Conwert's largest shareholder. Advising the buyer again, Huber assisted Ilim Timber, a Russian wood processor, on the €150 million purchase of production facilities from Klausner Group, an Austrian timber supplier.
On the seller side, Huber advised European Financial Group (EFG) on the €490 million sale of a 70% stake in EFG Polbank to Raiffeisen Bank International.
Another notable deal saw Johannes Juranek advise French energy company Alstom on the Austrian aspects of its €2.3 billion joint acquisition of the power transmission and distribution arm of Areva, with Schneider Electric.
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