AUSTRIA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Markus Fellner, Stefan Sallat and Florian Henöckl Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH is one of Austria’s leading business law firms, both at national and international levels. Currently, Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner (fwp) employs approximately 70 lawyers and associates and 140 employees in to- tal. The firm successfully applies a dual consultancy approach: relying on both legal expertise and well- founded business know-how. Its major fields of spe- cialisation include banking & finance, corporate/M&A,
capital markets law, restructuring and insolvency, real estate and construction law, public business law, en- vironmental law & planning law, infrastructure and public procurement law, litigation and arbitration, as well as competition and antitrust law. As a member of the international law firm networks TerraLex and the Association of European Lawyers, fwp can rely on an international network spanning more than 110 countries.
Authors
Markus Fellner was admitted to the Austrian Bar in 1998 and has been a partner at Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner since 1999, now heading the firm’s banking and finance practice group. He specialises in banking and
Stefan Sallat was admitted to the Austrian Bar in 2016, and has been an attorney-at-law with Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner from 2017 to 2022 and from June 2025 onwards. From March 2022 until May 2025 he was General
finance, insolvency law and restructuring, corporate/ M&A, and dispute resolution. Markus has published a considerable number of articles and essays on topics related to these areas of expertise, including capital maintenance rules in Austria, M&A, and business restructuring and insolvency. He speaks German, English and Italian.
Secretary of an international bank located in Carinthia, Austria. He has particular experience and knowledge in the areas of banking and finance, and dispute resolution. Stefan speaks German and English.
Florian Henöckl is a senior attorney- at-law in the insolvency and restructuring group at Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner. He also specialises in banking and finance, as well as corporate/M&A. Florian was
admitted to the Austrian Bar in 2021 and recently published a multi-jurisdictional commentary on cross-border restructuring regimes.
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