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M&A

“Very detail-orientated team and strong negotiators that helped us get the terms we want in the SPA. Patricia Backhausen in particular was someone that spearheaded our deal, and she was very on top of drafting every document in time and ensuring we were always well positioned when it comes to negotiating the SPA terms.”

“Leading Austrian firm with excellent M&A practice and broad general practice capabilities.”

“Very professional, pragmatic and service-orientated.”

Private equity

“Dorda is up to date and has a unique approach to obtaining the best deal.”

 Project development

“Covering a wide scope of legal sectors.”

“Quick and reliable answers; down-to-earth-approach, with implementable solutions; sparring partners in the search of viable solution of ECJ decisions; fine tuning of privacy policies, contracts etc.”

“Fast, precise, competent.”

Three generations of lawyers who bring an international reputation and a fresh edge to the table with the aim of providing clarity in all areas of business law.

This is DORDA.

Our credo:

• Clear guidance
• Proactive advice
• Short reaction times

We pursue a holistic advisory approach and support Austrian companies, international groups, and start-ups in their entrepreneurial development and in challenging situations. Our award-winning experts provide support in all matters of business law.
Strong companies put their trust in us. For more than 45 years.

Dedicated Industry Groups
DORDA’s interdisciplinary industry groups (link) are our answer to increasingly complex markets: concentrated knowledge and strong industry affinity. Interdisciplinary legal advice from a single point of contact.

Practice Areas
DORDA’s practice areas give clients access to team specialization in 25 fields of law. A proven track record is the result of decades of work with renowned clients in an international environment.

women@DORDA
Successful pioneering work: mentoring for women in business law.
Equality between women and men has been a stated goal at DORDA for many years. The initiative women@DORDA has won numerous international awards since it was founded in 2016 and promotes women within the firm through targeted mentoring measures.

Management
DORDA's success story has been led by the partner trio Francine Brogyanyi, Axel Anderl and Martin Brodey for three years now.

DORDA stands for clarity.
Our promise is to provide clarity. By thinking ahead and responsibly examining a wide range of options, we provide clarity in an increasingly complex economic world.
We see ourselves as guides. In good times and difficult times. With an interdisciplinary, proactive approach that enables us to see the big picture our goal is to provide our clients with maximum room to maneuver. By providing strategic advice that goes beyond pure technical expertise, clients receive customized solutions for their business strategy or in crisis situations.

• Asset finance

• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Derivatives
• Capital markets: Equity
• Capital markets: High yield
• Competition
• Covered bonds
• Financial restructuring
• Financial services regulatory
• Hedge funds
• Investment funds
• M&A
• PPP/PFI
• Private equity
• Private equity funds
• Project bonds
• Project development
• Project finance
• Real estate finance
• Real estate funds
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Securitisation
• Start-ups
• Structured finance/securitisation
• Trade finance
• Venture capital

Banking and Finance:
Andreas Zahradnik
andreas.zahradnik@dorda.at
Tibor Varga
tibor.varga@dorda.at

Capital Markets:
Andreas W. Mayr
andreas.mayr@dorda.at
Christoph Brogyányi
christoph.brogyanyi@dorda.at

Central and Eastern Europe:
Martin Brodey
martin.brodey@dorda.at
Stefan Artner
stefan.artner@dorda.at

Competition and Antitrust:
Heinrich Kühnert
heinrich.kuehnert@dorda.at

Corporate and Commercial:
Christoph Brogyányi
christoph.brogyanyi@dorda.at
Bernhard Rieder
bernhard.rieder@dorda.at

M&A and Privatisation:
Martin Brodey
martin.brodey@dorda.at
Andreas W. Mayr
andreas.mayr@dorda.at
Jürgen Kittel
juergen.kittel@dorda.at
Christian Ritschka
christian.ritschka@dorda.at

Private Equity:
Andreas Zahradnik
andreas.zahradnik@dorda.at
Andreas W. Mayr
andreas.mayr@dorda.at
Christian Ritschka
christian.ritschka@dorda.at

Project Finance:
Tibor Varga
tibor.varga@dorda.at
Andreas Zahradnik
andreas.zahradnik@dorda.at

Public Law:
Bernhard Müller
bernhard.mueller@dorda.at

Restructuring and Insolvency:
Felix Hörlsberger
felix.hoerlsberger@dorda.at
Andreas Zahradnik
andreas.zahradnik@dorda.at
Tibor Varga
tibor.varga@dorda.at
Christian Ritschka
christian.ritschka@dorda.at

Telecoms, Energy and Liberalised Markets:
Bernhard Müller
bernhard.mueller@dorda.at
Heinrich Kühnert
heinrich.kuehnert@dorda.at

Recent transactional highlights:

• TTTech Auto AG regarding a capital increase including an investment by Aptiv as new shareholder and an investment by Audi as current shareholder. The total investment volume in this transaction was a significant amount of EUR 250 million.
• Sazka Group and Allwyn Entertainment Finance (UK) plc on the issue of total EUR 600 million of senior secured notes and floating rate notes
• DigitalBridge Group, Inc. in one of the largest digital infrastructure deals in which DigitalBridge together with Brookfield Infrastructure have reached an agreement to acquire a 51% ownership stake in GD Towers for EUR 17.5 billion.

• Agriculture

• Automotive
• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Consumer goods and services
• Data/Outsourcing
• Energy
• Financial services
• Gaming
• Government and public policy
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Insurance
• Media
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas
• Pharma and life sciences
• Real estate
• Social infrastructure
• Tech and telecoms
• Tourism
• Transport
• Utilities