Strasser Haindl Meyer Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Based in Vienna, Strasser Haindl Meyer provides national and international clients with support in all areas of business and corporate life.

The firm's areas of expertise are corporate, dispute resolution, real estate and insurance law. Strasser Haindl Meyer has highly trained professionals specifically dedicated to its areas of expertise. Thus, the firm can assure to achieve the best possible solution for clients even in complex commercial law matters.

In real estate and construction matters, Strasser Haindl Meyer offers both companies and entrepreneurs as well as private clients accurate and efficient support in the implementation of their projects. The firm provides comprehensive advice to clients, especially in complex transactions. Strasser Haindl Meyer advises on construction projects and in real estate and construction disputes.

In insurance law, Strasser Haindl Meyer is Austria's first address for national and international insurers. Its experts are known for their comprehensive knowledge of the market and their forward-looking and forward-looking advice. In addition to insurance litigation, the highly sought-after insurance practice covers the entire spectrum of related services, including regulatory law, underwriting and product development.

Main Areas of Practice

DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

2 partners, 1 lawyer, 4 associates

Professional management and strategic foresight are particularly important in situations of conflict. This is where the dispute management from Strasser Haindl Meyer’s expertise seamlessly connects to clients' conflict management. Strasser Haindl Meyer manage this interface by conducting a thorough initial analysis of the substantive and procedural risks for the client’s legal standpoint and interests. The clients from the insurance, banking and financial services industries, manufacturing industries and from small- and medium-sized companies also very much appreciate the ongoing procedural risk- and cost/benefit-analyses which Strasser Haindl Meyer conduct parallel to the dispute.

Strasser Haindl Meyer provide advice to and represent clients in all industries, for example in shareholder disputes, post-M&A litigation and on all day-to-day questions of liability under corporate law, IP litigation, D&O matters and mass proceedings.

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION 

1 partner, 1 lawyer, 2 associates

Strasser Haindl Meyer offer comprehensive legal advice on all aspects of this key competence: real estate. The team of real estate specialists, with their broad experience, are ready to advise on all aspects of real estate law, e.g. real estate transactions (share or asset deals, forward purchases, forward funding etc.), real estate development, tenancy law or real estate-related disputes.

The firm's focus is always on the clients and their interests and objectives – and how these can be achieved together. The firm takes care of their legal concerns and partners clients through the full duration of their (future) real estate investment as well as their exit.

INSURANCE 

2 partners, 1 lawyer, 5 associates

Strasser Haindl Meyer are a full-service provider and partner to the insurance industry for all aspects of insurance contract law and insurance supervisory law. Both national and international insurance companies benefit from the niche competences: from designing products for the various insurance sectors and drafting specific and general insurance terms (general insurance terms, wording), to the evaluation of questions of liability and coverage, representing insured parties in liability disputes (at the request of the insurer) and mounting a defence as part of coverage disputes. Strasser Haindl Meyer boast an outstanding core competence in claims monitoring for large insurance claims.

Strasser Haindl Meyer support their clients extrajudicial and before courts or authorities. The firm is also counselling in arbitration and mediation proceedings. In this context, Strasser Haindl Meyer acts both as a monitoring or coverage counsel as well as defence counsel appointed by the insurer.

The firm regularly advises clients from the insurance- and reinsurance sector on questions of insurance supervisory law and how to comply with regulatory requirements. This could be the case when breaking into new markets and business areas, or if changes are made to the Austrian or European legal frameworks - as was recently the case with the EU Insurance Distribution Directive (EU) 2016/97 (“IDD”).

The clients also leverage the know-how in relation to the supervision of the insurance industry by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). It is important to keep the regulatory framework in mind when designing products and distribution channels – and Strasser Haindl Meyer has the industry-specific knowledge the client need.

CORPORATE & M&A 

2 partners, 1 lawyer

Strasser Haindl Meyer are clients' trusted partner in all phases of the company lifecycle and provide the clients with forward-looking and legally watertight solutions. The range of advice which Strasser Haindl Meyer can give takes in consulting on (and the implementation of) basic strategic decisions, as well as comprehensive management of day-to-day business operations.

Strasser Haindl Meyer has years of experience in establishing and acquiring companies, group restructurings, company disposals and corporate conversions. Strasser Haindl Meyer can also advise and help the clients with daily business operations, the implementation of corporate standards (corporate housekeeping) and with the negotiation of agreements with suppliers, customers and distribution partners.

Offices

AUSTRIA 

Schwarzenbergplatz 5, 1030 Vienna

Tel: +43 1 36 16 001 Fax: +43 1 36 16 001 - 40

Email: [email protected]