Selected references

  • Support in the course of licensing and establishment procedures, e.g. of an online bank as well as of Austrian subsidiaries of international credit institutions, various investment firms and Investmentmanagement companies.
  • Representation of Austrian credit institutions in the course of procedures resulting from regulatory offences in the area of the Banking Act, the Stock Exchange Act, the Securities Supervisory Act and Investment Fund Act before the respective regulatory and criminal authorities.
  • Advice of international issuers of payment cards in the course of their market entry in Austria.
  • Legal opinions for Austrian Investment management companies, credit institutions and alternative investmentfund managers.
  • Permanent advice of various Austrian private banks in the course of the establishment of internal guidelines in the area of the prevention of money laundering of compliance as well as outsourcing.
  • Support of an Austrian private bank in the course of establishment of a remuneration-policy as well as a fit&proper-policy and relating to internal governance procedures.
  • Advising of numerous foreign credit institutions, investment management companies, investment firms and alternative investmentfund managers with regard to their business activities in Austria.
  • Full Service support of numerous investment firms and credit institutions in the course of on-sitet inspections of regulatory authorities and follow-up work as well as statements vis a vis the regulatory authorities.
  • Advice of an international industrial group in the course of the establishment of a cash-pool company in Austria.
  • Short Term Expert in the course of an EU-project for a compliance training in Moscow.