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Christoph Nauer

bpv Hügel

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Austria
Practice Areas:
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Banking
Financial services
Languages:
German
English
Biography

With bpv Huegel since 2009. Prior with Cheyne Capital, London (leading Europe alternative investment fund manager). Focus: M&A, mergers/spin-offs, takeover situations, ECM (equity/equity-linked), banking regulatory. He represented international/Austrian blue chips across various industries.

Recent transactional highlights
  • €390mn strategic acquisition in listed S IMMO by IMMOFINANZ
  • R-IT on its sale of global operating COMPAREX to KKR backed SoftwareONE
  • €760mn sale by IMMOFINANZ of an stake in listed CAI-stake to Starwood Capital
  • RZB on its merger with listed RBI (highest profile banking sector transaction in Austria/CEE in 2017)
  • €1.6bn Spin-off of BUWOG (first from an ATX company)
Practice areas
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Financial services regulatory
  • M&A
  • Private equity
Sector specialisation
  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Industrials
  • Real estate
Association memberships
  • IBA  
Academic qualifications
  • LL.M. International Tax Law, University of Vienna Economics and Business (2006)
  • Dr.iur, Mag.iur, University of Vienna (2002, 1998)
Address:
Vienna
Tel:+432236893377 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.bpv-huegel.com