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Corporate & Commercial

Corporate law and advice on commercial and regulatory law issues are a focus of us. We support national as well as international companies and groups of companies in structuring under company and contract law. We find solutions for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property and for data protection as well as the successful implementation of joint ventures, reorganisations and national or cross-border M&A and private equity transactions.

  • Financing rounds

  • Start-up and venture capital advice

  • Drafting articles of association and partnership agreements

  • Ongoing corporate advice for companies and corporate groups

  • Advice to management boards, directors and supervisory boards

  • Corporate governance advice

  • Capital measures

  • Capital maintenance law

  • Standardised corporate services, e.g. appointment of directors, granting of procuration

  • Syndicate, shareholder and voting agreements

  • Restructuring measures (contributions, demergers, mergers, conversions, accretions, domestic and cross-border reorganisations, tax-driven reorganisations)

  • Preparation and support for general and annual meetings

  • Business-related contract law

  • Distribution law (dealers, commercial agents, commission agents, franchising)

  • Data protection law

  • Intellectual property (trademarks, designs, patents and copyright)

  • Employment law

  • Competition law

  • Unfair competition law

  • IT, telecoms, e-commerce

  • Financing

  • Workout of financing projects

  • Protection and enforcement of trademarks and designs, including brand strategy advice, trademark and conflict searches, trademark and design registrations, management of trademark portfolios, opposition proceedings for Austrian and EU trademarks, litigation in trademark and design infringement cases

  • Unfair competition law (UWG)

  • Copyright and patent law

  • Licence agreements

  • Domain law

  • Product piracy and border seizure proceedings

  • Due diligence

  • Acquisition, disposal and mergers of companies, businesses and business units

  • Joint ventures and cooperation agreements

  • Private equity

  • Establishment of foundations

  • Board membership in foundations

  • Succession planning

How we support you

Company acquisition or sale

Share deal, asset deal, carve-out. We structure the transaction and guide you from due diligence to closing.

Company formation & financing

From incorporation through financing rounds to venture capital — we build the corporate structure that fits your project.

Restructuring & reorganisation

Merger, demerger, conversion, cross-border reorganisation. We implement what makes sense from a tax and corporate law perspective.

Intellectual property protection

Trademark registration, patent strategy, licence agreements, domain disputes. We protect what defines your business.

Ongoing corporate advice

Shareholder agreements, general meetings, appointment of directors, corporate governance. We are your ongoing legal partner.

Contracts & distribution law

Commercial agents, franchising, distribution agreements, standard terms. We secure your business relationships legally.

Your contacts for Corporate & Commercial

Every matter starts with a conversation.
We listen before we advise.

T +43 1 532 12 10

office@brauneis.law

Selected Corporate & Commercial matters

  • Advising on a cross-border restructuring for a listed industrial group

  • Advising a private equity investor on the acquisition of an Austrian corporate group

  • Building and managing an EU-wide trademark portfolio for an international technology group

  • Structuring a joint venture between an Austrian and an Asian industrial company

Other competences