Our team combines 20 years of experience in advising founders and investors at all growth stages.
Setting you up for success
Our job is to lay the basis for successful entreneurship.
Answers come first
We get paid for clear, actionable advice, not for writing 20 page-memos.
Understand the deal
Strong business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking are the basis of our work.
Know the law
We’ve been university lecturers on corporate law for more than 10 years. ’nuff said.
Fixed fees
Lawyers who know what they’re doing can quote a fixed price. We certainly can.
Interested? Meet our team!
We’re not an army, we’re a squad …
Go, efficiency! Meet our small and highly effective team!
Venture Capital
We have been leaders in venture capital since 2009.
We have been leaders in venture capital since 2009.
- We have negotiated and closed more than 300 equity and debt financings.
- We have represented more than 450 startups, VC funds and business angels over the years.
- We have served as lead counsel on the sale of some of the hottest startups in the market.
- We have unique expertise advising software businesses.
Private Equity
Advising buy- & sell-side since 2006.
Advising buy- & sell-side since 2006.
We cover for investors, portfolio companies & management at all stages of the investment cycle.
- We can help with initial investments, refinancings and exits
- We pride ourselves in excellent technical skills, yet a pragmatic & commercial approach
- Even outside Austria, we act as deal counsel coordinating local advisors to our clients
Cross-Border Deals
We’re not just English-
speaking lawyers.
We’re not just English-
speaking lawyers.
Our team is uniquely qualified to help with international transactions.
- We trained as lawyers in the US, UK and Germany.
- Our team features bar admissions in Austria, New York and England & Wales
- We are deeply experienced in managing road bumps in cross-border deals
- We excel at ‘translating’ solutions to parties from different jurisdictions.
Shareholder Disputes
Disputes are never the end of the road – but the door to a better future.
Disputes are never the end of the road – but the door to a better future.
We have successfully litigated and brokered agreements for investors and founders across Austria and Europe.
- As university lecturers of corporate law since 2011, we know all the tools we can leverage for our clients
- As dealmakers, we prioritize long-term, value-creating agreements over prolonged, money-wasting disputes
We really do walk the walk.
Here are a few things we consider best practice when working on deals.
- Working 100% paperless from drafting the term sheet to circulating the closing set.
- Going beyond boilerplate language at the term sheet-level and really dealing with crucial items early on
- Taking ownership of the cap table, because this is where we create value in structuring the deal
- Controlling the drafts – you will have such a better experience, if we do the drafting. Trust us!
- Avoiding 4 hour-long, open-ended conferences with opposing counsel, in favor of agenda-based calls
- Helping with messaging, even on commercial terms, to facilitate a smooth and constructive conversation
Business moves fast. We do, too.
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