I have never had a lawyer that is more proactive and follows the customer's business and industry than Florian Kranebitter. He identifies potential problems independently and often before we as customers have identified the problems.
Florian Kranebitter
Partner
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Core areas of competence
- Corporate, M&A and Transactions
- Banking & Finance
- Antitrust and Competition Law
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- ESG & Sustainability
- IP & IT
Sectors
- Banks & Financial Institutions
- Innovation, Technology & Digital Business
- Energy
- Family Offices & Wealth Management
- Media Sports Entertainment
- Start-ups
- New Mobility & Automotive
Languages
- German
- English
- French
Publications
ICLG: Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2025: Austrian Chapter January 2025
ESG is key factor in M&A, Börsianer October 2021
Directories
ICLG: Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2024 - Austria January 2024
Chambers and Partners: Private Equity 2023 Austria October 2023
Chambers and Partners: Acquisition Finance 2023 Austria June 2023
Chambers and Partners: Fintech 2023 Austria April 2023
Chambers Securitisation 2023 (Q&A): Austria February 2023
ICLG: Lending & Secured Finance 2022 - Austria April 2022
Chambers Banking Regulation 2022: Austria January 2022
Chambers Securitisation 2022 (Q&A): Austria January 2022
Lending & Secured Finance 2021 - Austria April 2021
Chambers Securitisation 2021 (Q&A): Austria, co-author January 2021
The Chambers and Partners Global Securitisation Practice Guide 2020, Austrian Chapter, co-author February 2020
ICLG: Lending & Secured Finance 2020, Austrian Chapter, February 2020, co-author February 2020
The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review, Edition 6, Austrian Chapter, (co-author) December 2019
The Chambers and Partners Global Insolvency Guide 2019, 2nd edition, Austrian Chapter, co-author November 2019
ICLG: Lending & Secured Finance 2019, Austrian Chapter, co-author February 2019
The Chambers and Partners Securitisation 2019 Global Practice Guide, Austrian Chapter, co-author January 2019
The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review, Edition 5, Austrian Chapter, co-author January 2019
The Chambers and Partners Global Insolvency Guide 2018, Austrian Chapter, co-author November 2018
Business Restructuring & Insolvency Report: Restructuring and Insolvency in Austria, co-author May 2018
The Chambers and Partners Banking & Finance 2018 Global Practice, Austrian Chapter, co-author March 2018
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Recovery & Insolvency 2014, Austrian Chapter, co-author February 2014
News & Insights
News 11/06/2024
fwp advises the State of Lower Austria on the successful issue of a sustainable EUR 500 million bond
News 02/15/2024
Blog 01/10/2024
Blog 01/09/2024
ICLG: Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2024 - Austria
Blog 10/11/2023
News 09/26/2023
Blog 06/30/2023
Blog 06/23/2023
Blog 06/12/2023
Blog 03/16/2023
Whistleblowing & Sustainability - help to unearth not only truths but also ideas to light
News 02/17/2023
Blog 02/02/2023
Blog 10/27/2022
Quo vadis Art 8 Taxonomy Regulation? – the EU provides signposts
Blog 04/15/2022
Blog 04/07/2022
Blog 04/07/2022
Blog 03/02/2022
Ukraine Crisis – time to proactively review business relationships also from a legal standpoint
Blog 02/04/2022
Blog 01/19/2022
Blog 01/18/2022
Blog 01/10/2022
News 11/12/2021
Blog 10/12/2021
Blog 09/20/2021
Blog 07/06/2021
Finance Update: Guidelines on the application of the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles detailed
Blog 06/15/2021
News 05/27/2021
Blog 04/09/2021
Blog 04/02/2021
Blog 03/24/2021
Blog 02/24/2021
Draft of the new Restructuring Act (“Restrukturierungsordnung”) - what can we expect?
Blog 02/02/2021
Blog 12/30/2020
News 12/21/2020
fwp insolvency & restructuring expertise in LAW and PRACTICE AUSTRIA, Chambers GLOBAL PRACTICE GUIDE
Blog 11/23/2020
Blog 11/18/2020
Blog 11/09/2020
Blog 08/13/2020
Investment Control Act: New Rules for foreign Direct Investments in Austrian 07/29/2020
Investment Control Act: New Rules for foreign Direct Investments in Austrian
Blog 05/27/2020
News 04/07/2020
Blog 04/06/2020
Blog 04/06/2020
COVID-19: Finance Update: Best Practice Finance / LMA Financing
Blog 03/26/2020
Blog 10/06/2019
Rankings
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Chambers Global
2024
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Chambers Europe
2024
IFLR1000
2022
The Legal 500 - Banking & Finance; Insolvency & Corporate Recovery; Commercial, Corporate and M&A;
2024
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Börsianer: The best minds in the financial industry
2022
Professional background
- Partner with Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners since 2006
- Head of legal of a renowned credit institution, Vienna (2008)
- Admitted to the Austrian bar since 2004
- Associate and Attorney at Law with highly reputed Austrian law firms (2000-2006)
- Previously, private sector businesses
Education
- LL.M, University of California, 2004
- Dr. iur., University of Vienna, 2003
- Mag. iur., University of Vienna, 1998