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Alistair Gillespie

CERHA HEMPEL

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Position: Senior Associate
Rating:
  • Rising star
Bar Admissions:
Austria
Practice Areas:
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
German
English
French
Biography

Alistair joined our firm 9 years ago as a Junior Associate and has been promoted to a Senior Associate position in October 2020. He is part of the Takeovers and Antitrust team, led by Albert Birkner, which specialises in corporate and M&A transactions.

Alistair's areas of work include complex cross border corporate and M&A transactions. However, he has also developed particular expertise in the area of real estate. He has advised a number of large corporate clients in complex cross-border M&A transactions.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Allistair co-advised AMISOLA Immobilien AG ("AMISOLA"), a fully owned subsidiary of Karl Wlaschek Privatstiftung, one of the largest real estate investors, on the purchase of Saturn Tower Vermietungs GmbH Nfg. OG as well as the high-rise office building "Saturn Tower" itself from GENO Europa Fonds, a German real estate fund managed by Quadoro Investment GmbH.
  • Allistair co-advised Agri Europe Cyprus Limited in connection with the intended acquisition of shares in the listed Addiko Bank AG, entailing up to 29.99% voting rights through a private purchase and by launching a voluntary public partial tender offer, alongside addressing the competing public tender offer by Nova Ljubljanska Banka d.d.
  • Allistair and the team (Leading Partner: Albert Birkner) advised RHI Magnesita in connection with the acquisition of several Seven Refractories subsidiaries, spanning Europe, India and the US
Practice Areas
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate
  • Private Clients & Trusts
  • Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Real Estate & Construction
Academic qualifications
  • Vienna University of Economics and Business
    (BSc 2012, LL.M. 2015)
Association membership
  • Vienna Bar Association
Address:
Austria
Tel:+43 1 514 35 0 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.cerhahempel.com/