Public Law: General
Europe Guide 2024 : Austria
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About
Provided by Wolf Theiss
Public Law
Businesses are facing ever increasing economic regulatory requirements at European and local levels and often require sector-specific compliance advice. Our regulatory team advises clients across the CEE/ SEE region on the varying and complex regulatory frameworks affecting their businesses and helps them prepare for future sector-specific compliance requirements.
Our team members have specialized expertise in a variety of sectors, including life sciences & healthcare, banking, data protection, insurance, waste management, gambling, infrastructure, telecoms, energy and utilities. Clients benefit from the team’s regional and industry-specific expertise and local regulatory knowledge which help them meet their specific compliance requirements.
Public Procurement
Our team assists both public and private contracting parties to ensure compliance with procurement rules while minimizing risks. We are frequently retained by public bodies and utilities operators to prepare and carry out tender procedures. We also advise private bidders by ensuring the compliance of their bid, negotiating with contracting authorities, and challenging unfair tender provisions and award decisions.
Our services include: advising contracting authorities as full service provider, strategic tender planning, drafting tender documents, acting as awarding entity, maintaining comprehensive and audit-proof documentation, tender review proceedings, advising bidders in tender procedures and compliance.
Chambers Review
Wolf Theiss houses an excellent public law department with expertise across procurement, planning and environmental as well as constitutional and administrative law. The team is renowned for its strength in large-scale nationwide procurements and tender procedures, especially in relation to the transportation, infrastructure and healthcare sectors. Tender framework agreements and review proceedings are also handled by the firm. Furthermore, Wolf Theiss offers strength in energy, telecommunications and gambling regulations with a particular skill set in mandates across CEE. Similarly, the firm advises on constitutional and administrative proceedings and handles FDI restrictions. Clients further benefit from Wolf Theiss's strength in planning and environmental mandates including planning approval and permit procedures for construction and energy development projects. EIAs and mining and nature conservation law also fall within the firm's comprehensive offering.
Work Highlights
- Wolf Theiss lawyers advised the Vienna Hospital Association on a range of matters, including advice on tender proceedings for medical equipment.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team's knowledge of the required legal matters is impressive. They also always manage to never lose the overall view beyond the specific procedure."
"The team are very solution-oriented and competent."
"It is a perfect collaboration. The team's strengths are the quality of their knowledge of the content, the fact they are always on time and their international reach."
"Wolf Theiss is a huge firm but they are also very precise and do good work. They are very good with details and can deal with our specific problems very well. We have very specific concerns that require great deals of knowledge and specialisation."
"The entire team works highly efficiently and quickly to solve legal issues. The creative ideas never cease to amaze me."
"The team's knowledge of the required legal matters is impressive. They also always manage to never lose the overall view beyond the specific procedure."
"The team are very solution-oriented and competent."
"It is a perfect collaboration. The team's strengths are the quality of their knowledge of the content, the fact they are always on time and their international reach."
"Wolf Theiss is a huge firm but they are also very precise and do good work. They are very good with details and can deal with our specific problems very well. We have very specific concerns that require great deals of knowledge and specialisation."
"The entire team works highly efficiently and quickly to solve legal issues. The creative ideas never cease to amaze me."
Notable Practitioners
Manfred Essletzbichler is an excellent practitioner and is widely appreciated by contracting authorities and large private companies for his strength in complex procurement proceedings and tender procedures often in relation to energy, transport and construction projects.
"Manfred Essletzbichler is very pragmatic and client-oriented. I use him when I need a big problem solved. He knows our business well and is very precise."
"He is very competent and service-oriented. Customer orientation is his top priority and he is a great public procurement lawyer."
"I feel very comfortable in his care."
Kurt Retter is well placed to advise on a plethora of public law mandates ranging from administrative proceedings to energy and telecommunications regulation and FDI restrictions.
"Kurt Retter impresses in particular with his above-average knowledge of the required legal matters. His ability to grasp even complex issues quickly helps enormously in the proceedings."
Sebastian Oberzaucher often assists contracting authorities with procurement mandates including large tender framework agreements across the healthcare, transport and infrastructure sectors.
Ranked Lawyers at
Wolf Theiss
Austria
Members
Provided by Wolf Theiss
Dominik Engel
Dominik König
Harald Strahberger
Ingrid Makarius
Johann Hwezda
Klara Fuchs
Philipp J. Marboe
Silvia Feßl
Wolfgang Lauchner
Clients
Provided by Wolf Theiss
Albertina
Belvedere
City of Vienna
Government of Lower Austria
IT-Services der Sozialversicherung GmbH
KELAG
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp.
NÖ Landesgesundheitsagentur
ORF - Austrian Public Broadcasting Company
PORR
VGH Insurance
Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (VOR)
Vienna International Airport
Wiener Gesundheitsverbund (Vienna Hospital Association)
Wiener Wohnen Kundenservice
ÖBB - Austrian Railways
ÖSTU-Stettin Hoch- und Tiefbau Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Industries
Provided by Wolf Theiss
Aerospace & Defence
Art & Culture
Banks
Construction & Materials
Consumer Product Manufacturing
Energy
Financial Services
Food & Beverage Producers
Government
Healthcare
Industrial Engineering
Insurance
Media
Mining & Metals
Pharmaceuticals
Private Clients
Real Estate
Retail
Software & Computer Services
Technology, Hardware & Electronics
Telecommunications
Transportation
Travel & Leisure
Utilities