Practice Areas:
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Banking
Financial services
Insurance
Food and beverage
Automotive
Languages:
German
English
Biography
- Founding Partner of GRAF ISOLA, 1994
- Associate with Austrian law firms, 1990 - 1994
- Internship at ArentFox, Washington DC, 1991
- Assistant at the University of Vienna (Institute of Civil Law), 1988 – 1989
- ILO Client Choice Award Winner 2014 & 2016
Ferdinand Graf heads the M&A, competition and cartel law practice groups. He often handles cross-border transactions.
Recent transactional highlights
- Advise Hubert Burda Media in connection with the acquisition of the Austrian netodoktor.at enterprise;
- Advise Cherry GmbH in connection with the acquisition of the Austrian Theobroma;
- Advise LUKOIL in connection with the divesture of two African enterprises;
- Advise the Danish VKR Holding in connection with the sale of an interest in an Austrian solar power enterprise.
Practice areas
- Banking
- Competition
- Financial restructuring
- M&A
- Private equity
Sector specialisations
- Automotive
- Banking
- Financial services
- Food and beverage
- Oil and gas
Association memberships
- Austrian Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- International Bar Association
- Center for International Studies, Salzburg
- Association of Austrian der Fulbright students, Vienna
Academic qualifications
- NYU School of Law (LL.M. in Corporate Law), 1991
- University of Vienna, (Dr.iur.), 1990
- University of Vienna (Mag.iur.), 1989