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Provided by Georg H Diwok
Banking & Finance
Financial Institutions
Financial Services Regulatory
Investigations, Compliance & Ethics
Loans & Credit Facilities
Real Estate Development, Planning & Land Use
Restructuring & Insolvency
Securitization & Structured Finance
Technology Transactions
Georg Diwok heads the Banking & Finance Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG in Vienna. He previously worked as a law clerk at Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber and was a partner at Lattenmayer, Luks & Partner. He started his career as an assistant at Vienna law school.
Georg focuses his practice on direct national and cross-border lending, restructuring as well as financial disputes. Georg's particular focus is on real estate finance. He advises banks and business enterprises on licensing issues and represents clients in banking regulatory matters.
Representative Legal Matters
> Advised an Austrian listed bank on collateral structures in the wider CEE region.
> Advised on asset and portfolio structuring for securitization purposes in the automotive and consumer lending areas.
> Advised an EU licensed bank on exit strategies from Romania.
> Represented start-ups on crypto currency issues and related AML risk towards the Austrian regulator FMA.
> Advises on payment services related matters such as represented a US listed company on its mobile payment services rollout in Austria.
> Represented a Swiss bank in selling its private clients business to an Austrian financial institution.
> Represented clients in Austrian private foundation laws related disputes.
Austrian Banking Law Society - Member
Vienna Bar Association - Member
Provided by Chambers
Georg Diwok is a respected banking and finance regulatory lawyer who also heads the firm's practice group. He is visible in various matters ranging from insurance regulation and ownership control matters to compliance and contentious regulatory mandates.
Provided by Chambers
"Georg has great client service, and a level of sophistication and commercial awareness that far exceed our expectations."
"The quality of his work is very good and he handles everything in a timely and satisfactory manner."
"Georg has great client service, and a level of sophistication and commercial awareness that far exceed our expectations."
"The quality of his work is very good and he handles everything in a timely and satisfactory manner."
