Dr. Wulf Gordian Hauser Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year Austria

Firm Profile

Hauser Partners was established in 1987 and quickly became a leader in its chosen fields of specialisation. The firm presently has offices in Vienna and in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Hauser Partners

is an

independent, owner-managed law firm with a clear focus on an international practice. Hauser Partners focuses on international transactions. Almost all of its activities have some cross-border aspect. Hauser Partners assists foreign clients with their activities in Austria in various aspects of corporate and commercial law. Even more important are international projects, where Hauser Partners advises clients in transactions in many countries, articular in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Hauser Partners is a boutique for highly specialised services where experience and an understanding of the business needs of the client provide the firm with a cutting edge for the benefit of the client.

Client comments include: "Reliable and fast turnaround!"

"The lawyers are diligent, committed and discrete.”

“Creative, experienced."

"Excellent in judging takeover situations and interpreting the law."

Clients have also described Wulf Gordian Hauser as negotiator."

Areas of Expertise • Mergers & Acquisitions

• International Commercial Arbitration • Takeover and Capital Markets Law • Corporate Finance • Corporate & Commercial.

20 "An extremely clever confident and highly About Wulf Gordian Hauser

Dr. Wulf Gordian Hauser started the firm of Hauser Partners in 1987. He is a graduate of Georgetown University

Law Center (LLM international and

comparative law, 1983, Fulbright scholar) and holds a Dr jur from the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna (1974). He has also studied business administration at the

Notable Legal Work

HAUSER PARTNERS has long-time experience in M & A transactions, from the structuring of transactions, strategic advice, legal due diligence and drafting the transaction documentation to rendering advice in all matters relating to the execution of the deal.

HAUSER PARTNERS regularly drafts contracts and renders advice in complex legal matters in connection with M & A transactions, including corporate law, merger control law, employment

law, real estate law, administrative law and others.

Recent transactions include: • Advising the Mondi Group in the acquisition of two corrugated packaging plants and one recycling paper mill from Duropack in Ansbach, Germany and Bupak, Czech Republic.

• Advising a joint venture partner and drafting the joint venture agreements for a major hydroelectric pump reservoir station in Austria.

• Advising an overseas investor in the acquisition of a substantial package of shares in an Austrian listed company.

• Representing the Austrian party in the setting up of a major production Joint Venture in Erbil, Iraq.

• Representing Erste Group Bank AG in a further capital

contributions of the shares in BCR. increase through

• Representing Erste Group Bank AG in negotiations with

the minority

shareholders of Banca Comerciala Romana S.A. (BCR) and the capital increase of Erste Group Bank AG through contributions of the shares of these minority shareholders.

• Representing the Mondi Group in the divestiture of 100% of the shares in Unterland Flexibles GmbH, a flexible packaging plant near Innsbruck, Austria to Sun European Partners.

• Representing Holzindustrie Schweighofer in the acquisition of M-Real Hallein GmbH, a pulp mill near Salzburg, Austria.

• Representing a purchaser in the auction of a German saw milling group.

• Representing a bidder in the auction of a leading Central European packaging manufacturer.

Contact

HAUSER PARTNERS Rechtsanwälte GmbH Seilerstätte 18 – 20, A-1010 Wien

Tel. +43-1-512 29 00-0 Fax. +43-1-513 77 42 Email: hauser@hauserpartners.com

Dr. Wulf Gordian Hauser, LL.M. - Senior Partner Email: hauser@hauserpartners.com

Mag. Peter Blaschke - Partner Email: blaschke@hauserpartners.com

Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2013

Business University Vienna (1977). He is qualified to practice in New York (1983), Washington DC (1984), Austria (1982, with admission in 1977 as Rechtsanwaltsanwärter), Liechtenstein (1999) and as a Euro-Lawyer in the Slovak Republic (2004).

Dr Wulf Gordian Hauser is a member of the Austrian Takeover Commission since 2005.

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