Our Team of PwC Legal Austria has grown and has some new members. Welcome to all of you, we are glad you are here. We would like to introduce you to three of our New Joiners: Karl Koller, new Partner and leader of the practice group Real Estate, Stefan Paulmayer and Evgeny Rodionov, both Senior […]
Today, I had the privilege to talk on an amazing panel at ESADE university in beautiful Barcelona on the topic „The Changing Role of General Counsel and Legal Service Providers“. http://www.esadealumni.net/ea/alumni_today/description_past_events?id_evento=344282. First, professor Mari Sako of Said Business School at the University of Oxford gave a fascinating keynote on the topic, including a social sciences‘ […]
Autorinnen: Mag. Daniela Steiner, Mag. Sofya Usmanova A multidisciplinary and international team assembled from the PwC/PwC Legal network provided Smyths Toys Superstores (“Smyths Toys”) based in Galway (Ireland) with comprehensive advice on the acquisition of Toys “R” Us operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (“Target Companies”). PwC Legal (with teams from Germany, Austria & Switzerland) […]
Co-authors: Dr. Lukas Röper; Mag. Philipp Tagwerker, M.A.; Mag. Michael Fischer At a glance: A new designation of securitisations as simple, transparent, standardised (“STS”) shall give assurance to investors that sufficient information on the underlying exposures is provided. A register with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will be set up, in which securitisations […]
The UBO Register Act (WiEReG), announced on 15 September 2017, imposes a registration obligation on Austrian corporate entities and other legal entities regarding their ultimate beneficial owners. As of 15 January 2018, all direct or indirect owners holding more than 25 % of the share capital have to be disclosed in the new register maintained […]
