DORDA
Legal Services | Austria
www.dorda.at
tel: +43-1-533 47 95-0 | fax: +43-1-533 47 97
Universitaetsring 10 | Vienna | 1010 | Austria
Main Contacts
Axel AnderlManaging Partner
Martin BrodeyManaging Partner
Francine BrogyanyiManaging Partner
Offices
Vienna, Austria
- Thursday, April 22, 2021 | The First-Ever Legal Framework on AI: EU Commission Proposes a New Regulation
- Thursday, February 25, 2021 | Bankruptcy Avoidance - But How? An Important Step in Facilitating the Preventive Restructuring of Companies
DORDA is a leading business law firm in Austria with a team of about 90 lawyers. We see ourselves as a full-service law firm and advise clients in all related areas of law. This holistic approach goes far beyond legal advice alone. We offer tailor-made solutions, regardless of the complexity of the problem – and concise, clear risk assessments and proposals for action.
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Partners
Axel AnderlManaging Partner
Thomas AngermairPartner
Stefan ArtnerPartner
Magdalena BrandstetterPartner
Martin BrodeyManaging Partner
Christoph BrogyanyiPartner
Francine BrogyanyiManaging Partner
Paul DoraltPartner
Christian DordaArbitrator
Elmar DrabekPartner
Felix HorlsbergerPartner
Georg JuengerCounsel
Juergen KittelPartner
Florian KremslehnerPartner
Heinrich KuehnertPartner
Andreas W MayrPartner
Bernhard MuellerPartner
Veit OehlbergerPartner
Gunnar PicklCounsel
Bernhard RiederPartner
Christian RitschkaPartner
Stephan SteinhoferPartner
Nino TlapakPartner
Tibor VargaPartner
Andreas ZahradnikPartner
Associates
Patricia Backhausen, MScAttorney
Julia Berent, LLB.oec. LL.M.Attorney
Clemens Burian, LL.M., BScAttorney
Alexandra CiarnauAttorney
Philip ExenbergerAttorney
Daniela FirulovicAttorney
Julia Haumer-MörzingerAttorney
Bernhard HeinzlAttorney
Benedikt KesslerAttorney
Lisa KulmerAttorney
Cattina Maria Leitner, LL.M.Attorney
Elena ManachimovaAttorney
Magdalena NitscheAttorney
Elisabeth Reiner, LL.M.Attorney
Christian SchoellerAttorney
Andreas SelingAttorney
Of Counsel
Martina PutschekOf Counsel
Other
Alexander KarlAttorney
Jacqueline ReichPR/Marketing
The First-Ever Legal Framework on AI: EU Commission Proposes a New Regulation
DORDA, April 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) will shape our digital future. Self-driving cars, smart cities, digital factories, and more precise medical diagnoses - the opportunities of AI are endless. However, its use also triggers significant risks. Algorithms or deep learning tools which are not accurate might severely affect people. In specific cases, it might even raise complex ethical questions, for example when it comes to decisions about life or death. The EU legislator realized the chances, but also the risks of AI at a very early stage. It thus aims to implement a legal framework for trustworthy and safe AI, while strengthening AI uptakes, investments, and innovations across the EU...
Bankruptcy Avoidance - But How? An Important Step in Facilitating the Preventive Restructuring of Companies
DORDA, February 2021
Good news in times of crisis: The eagerly awaited draft of the Restructuring and Insolvency Directive Implementation Act (RIRL-UG) was published yesterday. The law with which Directive (EU) 2019/1023 (Restructuring Directive) is implemented in Austria is to come into force on July 17, 2021 (at the end of the implementation period). The review phase will run until April 6, 2021...
DORDA Advises Guidepost in $35M Funding Round in Tractive
DORDA, June 2021
Guidepost invests in Austrian market leader for pet GPS trackers with the support of DORDA's Digital Industries Group. DORDA, led by Christian Ritschka (Partner, M&A), together with Kirkland & Ellis, advised the Boston-based growth equity fund Guidepost as lead investor in the acquisition of an interest in Austrian tractive GmbH. With a total investment of $35 million, this is one of the largest investment rounds in the Austrian startup market in the last months. Tractive was founded in 2012 in Austria with the goal of preventing pets from getting lost. The company specializes in the development of GPS trackers for cats and dogs...
DORDA Advises DIF Capital Partners on the Sale of its Stake in a PPP-Project with Two Hospitals in Vienna
DORDA, May 2021
The deal involved in total the sale of six European PPP-projects to UK and European infrastructure fund manager Equitix. Tibor Varga, Martin Brodey and Patricia Backhausen advised DIF on the sale of the Austrian PPP-project. DIF Capital Partners (DIF) sold its stake in a portfolio of six European PPP assets to Equitix. The portfolio consisted of shareholdings in a number of critical infrastructure projects that DIF invested into as primary transactions: A1/A6 Road, IJmond Sea Lock and N18 Road in the Netherlands, A7 Nord Road and Netz West Rolling Stock in Germany, as well as the radio-oncology centres at two hospitals in Vienna (Krankenhaus Hietzing and Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Ost)...
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