News | Vienna

10
Apr.

For the second year in a row, Specht Böhm joined up with Austria’s most prestigious law firms to welcome attendees to the Success Fair at the University of Vienna Law School. The fair took place on Wednesday, 19 March 2014 and offered us the opportunity to connect with Vienna’s top law students and professional newcomers. Our team answered questions and ...

26
März

Partner Erhard Böhm was one of the speakers at the roadshow for the presentation of the new 2013 Rules of Arbitration of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (“Vienna Rules”; “VIAC”). The roadshow took place on 23 January 2014 in Bucharest. It was jointly organized by VIAC and the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and ...

16
Jan.

The Nordic IT service company, Tieto and the turnkey solutions and services company for communication networks, Siemens Convergence Creators GmbH, have announced their agreement for Tieto to acquire Siemens Convergence Creators’ telecom R&D. Specht Böhm Rechtsanwalt GmbH represented Tieto in the transaction that will involve the transfer of 220 employees to Tieto’s subsidiaries in four countries and five locations including ...

15
Jan.

On Wednesday, 19 March 2014, from 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, Specht Böhm will participate in the 22nd Success Messe to take place at Juridicum at the University of Vienna Law School. By attending the career fair for law students and graduates, we hope to connect with upcoming talent and use the opportunity to talk to you about us, our ...

17
Okt.

Today’s WirtschaftsBlatt reported the Ring Holding majority takeover of Slovenian paint producer, Helios. Helios' worth is estimated at 250 million Euros. Specht Böhm Rechtsanwalt GmbH conducted the legal due diligence of the Russian subsidiaries in this transaction.  Ring Holding hopes that the takeover will lead the way to entry into the Russian, Ukrainian, Poland and Serbian markets.  Read more in German ...

05
Juli

On July 2, Specht Böhm's Vienna office hosted a delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Justice as part of a study visit organized by the “German Foundation for international legal cooperation” (IRZ) in the framework of the EU project "Improved Court Expert System in Turkey".  Mr. Yüksel Hiz, the Deputy Undersecretary of the Turkish Ministry of Justice headed the delegation composed of aVppr. 15 high ...

28
Mai

Specht Böhm hosted meetings in Vienna from May 13 – 17 with Mr. Pansak Vinyaratn, chief policy and economic advisor to the Prime Minister of Thailand. Clients were given the opportunity to talk with Mr. Pansak and discuss business plans involving ASEAN. During his visit, Mr. Pansak discussed the changing global economy and the need for ASEAN to create internal ...

18
Apr.

Specht Böhm would like to thank all the students who stopped by our stand during the Success Messe 2013. For us, Success 2013 marked our first participation in this event and after meeting so many talented, motivated law students, we are confident will be participating in the years to come. Melanie Perchtold: “I greatly enjoyed the opportunity to meet with Vienna’s ...

17
Apr.

SPECHT BÖHM Turkish attorney, Ceyda Akbal Schwimann, writes about changes to the Turkish Commercial Code regarding group companies in the April edition of the Austrian legal journal Eastlex. On 1 July 2012, Turkey introduced a new Commercial Code along with a new Code of Obligations. One of the most important changes introduced by the new Turkish Commercial Code concerns the ...

12
März

On Tuesday, 19 March 2013, Specht Böhm partner, Leopold Specht, will introduce and moderate a Interdisciplinary Association for Comparative and Private International Law (IGKK “Interdisziplinäre Gesellschaft für Komparatistik und Kollisionsrecht") lecture on the Russian Civil Code co-sponsored by Specht Böhm and the University of Vienna. In “Problems in the Modernization of current Russian Civil Code“ Professor Evgeny ...