We advise company managements and company owners on general questions of corporate and company law, as well as specific and complex matters. Our team is managed by partners who bring to the table the broad range of expertise they have built up in over 20 years of professional experience, and who understand precisely what their clients expect: We offer incisive analytical and conceptual skills, thorough knowledge of how businesses work, familiarity with a broad range of sectors and business management experience. Our clients choose us because we stand for solid, binding and cost-aware solutions that have a strong hands-on quality. We apply professional project management approaches when we take on larger projects.
trend. Anwaltsranking 2024
FSM is once again among Austria's top 10 law firms in corporate law
trend. Anwaltsranking 2023
FSM is among Austria's top 10 law firms in corporate law
JUVE Ranking 2022/23
Our corporate and commercial law team again in JUVE ranking
JUVE Top Employers 2022
FSM in JUVE top 20 employers ranking
JUVE Ranking 2021
FSM corporate and commercial law team again in JUVE ranking
JUVE Top Employers 2021
FSM in JUVE top 20 employers ranking
We support clients through every stage of a deal, focusing in particular on acquisitions, mergers and sales, including advice for carrying out due diligence. As we look at every M&A transaction from the legal, strategic and tactical perspective, we are able to offer optimised, tailor-made solutions in each individual case. We also frequently represent our clients in the merger registration process.
We can advise you on any kind of reorganisation or restructuring – be it in connection with specific measures you are planning to take, or if you would like to assess your business or company for any necessary optimisation. In the case of contentious general and shareholders' meetings, we can mediate between the shareholders. We offer solutions for family businesses as well as international corporations. Working together with long-trusted partners, we can also ensure that you achieve the ideal result from a taxation point of view.
We advise our clients on matters of individual labour law – concerning the relationship between employer and employee (for example employment contracts) – as well as collective labour law, including drawing up works agreements, or reviews in relation to collective agreements. In contentious labor law matters, we represent our clients in the enforcement of claims in court as well as in the defense against claims.
We advise manufacturers and suppliers, sales agents, contract negotiators, franchisors and franchisees on an ongoing basis in connection with national and international commercial contracts regarding joint venture formations and other cooperations. In addition, we can advise on all questions relating to Investment construction law.
If a solution cannot be reached by mutual agreement, we are also there for your company in the event of a legal dispute. We represent with passion in all corporate and distribution law disputes. Nevertheless, we are aware of the fact that a dispute is not an end in itself, but has to bring an economic added value. True to our motto "We want your disputes", we focus on your overall economic success and get the best for your company with individually tailored strategies. Your advantage: You know that the case is in the best hands and can devote yourself to your core business again.
Ideally, companies anticipate reorganisation or restructuring measures in order to prevent crisis situations from arising in the first place. In fact, the signs of an impending crisis are often overlooked, misjudged or negligently ignored by the management. We can advise and assist in the challenging process of corporate reorganisation and restructuring for all parties involved in all project phases before the onset of the crisis, during the crisis with the aim of avoiding the obligation to file for insolvency and also after the onset of the material insolvency with the focus on the continuation of companies that are capable of being restructured.
Ideally, companies anticipate reorganisation or restructuring measures in order to prevent crisis situations from arising in the first place. In fact, the signs of an impending crisis are often overlooked, misjudged or negligently ignored by the management. We can advise and assist in the challenging process of corporate reorganisation and restructuring for all parties involved in all project phases before the onset of the crisis, during the crisis with the aim of avoiding the obligation to file for insolvency and also after the onset of the material insolvency with the focus on the continuation of companies that are capable of being restructured. Once the crisis has occurred, depending on the circumstances, various frameworks and diverse reorganisation instruments are available to secure the company's continued existence in the long term, in particular judicial reorganisation proceedings and judicial restructuring proceedings, but above all also out-of-court reorganisation, in which insolvency is secured through bilateral agreements with creditors without the involvement of the court. In the event of impracticability or failure of an out-of-court restructuring, a well-prepared insolvency managed by a lawyer within the framework of judicial restructuring proceedings can pave the way for a successful continuation of the business. We are very familiar with the dynamics that arise, in particular, in family businesses that are in danger of going out of business. FSM's corporate and company law team also advises and assists in the formal liquidation of legal entities outside of reorganisations and insolvencies.
We are able to combine our expertise in company law and in case management, so that in cases of company law disputes we can intervene in contentious company general meetings with out-of-court measures, or assert your interests in court.
When providing compliance advice, we identify legal risks, determine the specific actions needed and recommend organisational measures that will counter the risks present. We are always happy to take on compliance and corporate governance projects that ensure the implementation of the desired standards.
Unsere sportrechtliche Beratung zeichnet sich durch eine ganzheitliche Herangehens- weise in allen Bereichen des Profi- und Amateursports aus. Mit fundiertem Fach- wissen, tiefgreifender Erfahrung und viel Leidenschaft sorgen wir für Rechtssicherheit und eine erfolgreiche sportliche Zukunft.
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Wir arbeiten in der insolvenzrechtlichen Beratung ständig mit unserem Kooperationspartner Dörk Pätzold, der sowohl in Österreich als auch in Deutschland als Rechtsanwalt zugelassen ist, zusammen. Dörk begleitete FSM einige Jahre als Partner und eröffnete inzwischen seine eigene Kanzlei am Standort von FSM in Wien. Dörk ist Wirtschaftsanwalt und berät und vertritt Mandant:innen zum Schutz ihrer geschäftlichen Interessen in den Bereichen Corporate und Commercial, mit besonderer Erfahrung in den Branchen Informationstechnologie, Handel, Finanzierungen (Leasing) und Verpackungen sowie bei familiengeführten Unternehmen einschließlich Unternehmensnachfolge.
