Practice Areas

Six practice areas, shaped by more than two decades of work across Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the wider EU, The Middle East and the Far East. The boundaries between them are deliberately porous — most mandates draw on several at once. Each area below sets out the scope, the typical matters, and where the work tends to cross borders.

Corporate & Commercial

Mergers, acquisitions, capital structures, and the everyday law of running a company.

We advise founders, family-owned companies, and larger groups on the full life cycle of a business: formation, shareholder agreements, commercial contracts, financing, and M&A on both sides of the table. Many of our mandates sit at the junction of Austrian, Liechtenstein, and Swiss law — holding structures, intra-group reorganisations, cross-border sales — and we assemble the specialist team each matter requires. Where local counsel is needed elsewhere in the EU, we coordinate and remain the client’s single point of contact.

Real Estate & Assets

Property transactions and the structuring of real-estate and financial holdings.

Our real-estate work spans residential and commercial transactions, due diligence on acquisitions, lease arrangements, and the legal architecture that sits behind cross-border property portfolios — from Liechtenstein foundations and Austrian GmbHs to Swiss Holding companies. For private clients with assets spread across jurisdictions, we structure ownership for succession, tax residence, and the long view. Asset protection is not an off-the-shelf product; each structure is built to the client’s actual position and the regulatory realities of each relevant state.

Dispute Resolution

Litigation, arbitration, family law and traffic law — courtroom and out-of-court.

We represent clients in civil litigation before Austrian courts, in commercial arbitration, and in family law — including matters where corporate and personal liability intersect. Our work also extends to traffic law and administrative proceedings. Most disputes are resolved before trial; when they are not, we prepare them as if they will be. Where judgments need to be enforced across borders, or where parallel proceedings run in multiple jurisdictions, we coordinate with counsel in the relevant forum from the outset.

Criminal Law

Individual criminal law and corporate liability.

We represent individuals and companies at every stage of a criminal matter: police investigation, prosecutorial proceedings, pre-trial hearings, and trial before criminal courts. Our work includes white-collar defence — fraud, embezzlement, money-laundering, and the personal liability exposure that arises from corporate misconduct — as well as general criminal defence where the facts or the stakes require careful forensic preparation. Cross-border matters, where proceedings intersect with foreign investigations or mutual legal assistance requests, are a recurring part of the practice. We engage early, when the shape of a case can still be influenced, and remain with the client for as long as the proceedings run.

International & Cross-Border

A global referral network — with particular depth in the wider EU, the Middle East and the Far East.

Through established cooperation agreements with law firms across three continents, we connect clients to qualified local counsel wherever their matter leads — without losing the single point of contact that makes complex mandates manageable. For inbound clients investing or structuring in Europe, we combine deep knowledge of Austrian, Liechtenstein, and Swiss Law with an understanding of the legal and commercial cultures they are coming from. For European clients expanding internationally, we coordinate the full picture across jurisdictions, time zones, and regulatory regimes. Jurisdictional complexity is not an obstacle — it is where this practice is most at home.

Modern Sectors

Cryptoassets, IT contracts, and data protection (GDPR / DSGVO).

We advise on the legal frameworks around digital assets — token issuance, custody, exchange relationships, and the Liechtenstein TVTG regime — as well as on the IT and software contracts that sit behind modern operations: licensing, SaaS, service-level agreements, IP assignment. Data-protection work is built into most of this: GDPR / DSGVO compliance, data-processing agreements, response to authority requests, and the less-comfortable conversations after an incident. These are not separate specialisms in a client’s eyes; they are what “doing business online” now requires.

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If your matter touches more than one of these areas — as most do — that is exactly the kind of work the practice was built for. Tell us briefly what it is about and we will respond within one business day.