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The Legal 500: fwp once more achieves remarkable rankings

04/16/2020

Vienna, April 2020. Thanks to the outstanding performance, fwp was once again honoured as a top-ranking law firm in nearly all legal categories in the renowned The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa Guides 2020. A total of twelve attorneys-at-law have been recommended as leading experts. Stefan Sallat was selected Rising Star.

Tier 1 in Insolvency and Corporate Recovery

The recently published ranking reflects the outstanding performance delivered by the law firm Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners (fwp). Once again, it is especially the categories Insolvency and Corporate Recovery, Banking and Finance, Administrative Law and Public Sector and Public Procurement that fwp was able to score in with its impressive expertise.

Furthermore, fwp remains unequalled in Insolvency and Corporate Recovery, a field in which it is ranked in tier 1 and heads the list of the best law firms.

Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners’ ‘highly experienced’ team is particularly recommended for providing ‘comprehensive advice and services in restructuring and workout cases’. The practice advised the Steinhoff Group on issues arising out of short- and long-term restructuring, including management changes, as well as sale processes in Austria and abroad. Joint practice heads Markus Fellner and Florian Kranebitter ‘deliver great service in a timely fashion’ and their ‘extraordinary negotiation skills provide a valuable benefit for their clients’, who include credit institutions and corporates. Attorney Stefan Sallat is another key name to note“, this is how Legal 500 refers to its recommendation.

fwp is likewise among the leading law firms on the Austrian market where Commercial, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation, Employment, EU and Competition, Public Procurement and Real Estate are concerned.

Leading lawyers

Also in 2020, Markus Fellner’s comprehensive expertise enchants the Legal 500 team and once again gains him the title of Leading lawyer in Banking & Finance as well as in Insolvency and Corporate Recovery. Michael Hecht was once again awarded the status of Leading Lawyer in the category Administrative Law and Public Sector.

Rising Stars

fwp’s long-time attorney-at-law Stefan Sallat has also proven his extraordinary expertise and, for the first time, was distinguished as Rising Star.

In addition, the Legal 500 also recommends the following fwp lawyers in their respective fields of specialisation:

  • Administrative Law and Public Sector – Clemens Gabriel
  • Banking & Finance – Florian Kranebitter, Gregor Schett, Elisabeth Fischer-Schwarz
  • Commercial, Corporate/M&A – Markus Fellner, Paul Luiki, Florian Kranebitter and Lukas Flener
  • Dispute Resolution – Commercial Litigation – Markus Fellner and Gregor Schett
  • EU and Competition – Markus Feller and Lukas Flener
  • Employment – Kurt Wratzfeld
  • Insolvency and Corporate Recovery – Florian Kranebitter, Stefan Sallat
  • Public Procurement – Michael Hecht and Rudolf Christian Pekar
  • Real Estate – Michael Hecht und Markus Kajaba

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