We advise and represent companies and individuals in all areas of national and international business law.

 

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Competences
  • Our core competences include comprehensive regular as well as project-related consultancy and representation in all phases of business development, from formation and restructuring of businesses up to complex transactions. Due to many years of national and international experience we find tailor-made solutions for all business and corporate law issues.

  • In business transactions, contracts are the basis for successful business development. Our law firm provides comprehensive advice in all contractual matters. We assist in preparing, reviewing and negotiating contracts as well as in enforcing contractual claims. The added value of a clear and individual contract design that ensures legal certainty serves as an optimisation of the economic position as well as an elimination of potential sources of dispute.

  • We focus on the areas of securities supervision law, gaming and betting law as well as on the law on administrative offences. We support enterprises doing business in these industries in evaluating and adapting current business models and in developing new concepts. To protect fundamental rights and human rights we represent clients before national authorities and (supreme) courts up to the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.

  • Due to the number of different players and fields of law concerned eSports are a complex cross-sectional subject. Professional players, amateurs, associations, organisations, event organisers and publishers are all active within a legal framework that extends from youth protection, employment and tax law, legislation concerning leisure activities and events and IP law to laws on gaming and betting. Our team combines background and industry knowledge with extensive expertise in a special way so that we are able to provide our clients with comprehensive legal advice and consultancy as a one-stop-shop.

  • Gaming and betting law is an extremely heterogeneous and in some cases highly fragmented area of law. In this highly regulated area of law, we advise national and international market participants from the B2B and B2C sectors.

    Thanks to our detailed knowledge of the industry and many years of experience, we can offer a comprehensive range of services in this area. This ranges from the analysis and optimisation of existing structures to advice on licensing issues and representation before authorities and courts, through to the enforcement of and defence against civil law claims.

  • Our goal is to promptly and efficiently assert and collect claims using all legally available means to keep the negative impact on the creditor as low as possible.

  • The GDPR brings with it stricter data protection regulations and a multitude of obligations. Our law firm supports companies throughout Europe in setting up internal data protection management systems and advises on efficient compliance measures, taking into account the respective industry-specific requirements.

  • The success of the resolution of any conflict depends to a large extent on the preparation and the accompanying processing of the facts of the case. Successful litigation or out-of-court dispute resolution therefore involves a large number of success-determining advisory services. We advise and represent clients in all types of contentious proceedings, specialising in commercial law matters.

Team

Attorneys

Dr. Christian Rapani

Attorney at Law

 

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Mag. Julia Kotanko

Legal Associate

 

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Mag. Andreas Grussl

Mag. Andreas Grussl

Legal Associate

 

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Mag. Wernfried Gamweger

Mag. Wernfried Gamweger

Legal Associate

 

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Research assistants

Mechthild Wochesländer

Mechthild Wochesländer

Mathias Tichatschek

Mathias Tichatschek

Counsel

Marlies “Maestra” Brunnhofer, MSc

eSports Counsel

 

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Backoffice

Carina Naterer

Danica Živković

Danica Živković