January 23, 2025: Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner (fwp) is strengthening its team not only at partner level, but also with the addition of another lawyer. With the appointment of Josef Peer as an equity partner, fwp is taking a strategically significant step to further expand its expertise at a leading level. Tomislav Maros joins the fwp.TEAM as a lawyer in the areas of banking law and financing as well as dispute resolution.

fwp continues to focus on sustainable growth and is systematically expanding its team at both partner and lawyer level. With the strategic step of appointing Josef Peer as an equity partner and the addition of Tomislav Maros as a lawyer, fwp is strengthening its leading position in legal advice and underpinning its claim to offer clients excellent and future-oriented solutions in all core areas of commercial law.

Josef Peer (36) has been an indispensable part of the fwp.TEAM for more than nine years. He began his career at fwp in 2015 as an associate and has consistently developed since then: after working as a lawyer, he has now taken his next big career step and joined the ranks of equity partners. His professional focus is on public commercial law, planning, construction and regional planning law as well as infrastructure and ESG. He regularly gives specialist lectures on these topics and is also an external lecturer at the Sigmund Freud Private University in Vienna. With his extensive experience and advice to numerous well-known clients, the Tyrolean-born lawyer is one of the outstanding experts in these areas of law and has built up an excellent reputation in the industry over the last few years.

“The appointment of Josef Peer as a partner is a significant step for our firm. With his commitment, expertise and excellent cooperation for more than 9 years now, he has not only contributed significantly to our success, but has also earned our trust and appreciation”, explains fwp partner Markus Fellner.

“It is a great pleasure for me to continue my long-standing career at fwp in the role of Partner. I look forward to continuing to help our clients and the firm achieve success in my new position,” said the new equity partner on the occasion of his career leap.

Tomislav Maros (41) expands the fwp team as a lawyer in the areas of banking law and financing as well as dispute resolution. Registered as a lawyer since 2022, he brings extensive professional expertise and will significantly support the further development of fwp's core competencies with his commitment. The addition of Tomislav Maros underlines fwp's commitment to providing advice at the highest level while continuously strengthening the firm's expertise.

“We are delighted to welcome Tomislav Maros, an outstanding expert, to our ranks. His specialization and experience will further strengthen our team and enable us to continue offering first-class and forward-looking solutions for our clients in all core areas of commercial law,” Markus Fellner continued about the addition to his team.