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Markus Fellner, Paul Luiki, Roswitha Seekirchner, Peter Blaschke, Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners

The first half of 2021 provided the lowest number of company bankruptcies in over 40 years...

March 16 2021 Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, M&A transactions continued to take place in Austria, albeit at a somewhat slower pace, especially at the beginning of the year. According to the M&A Index 2020 published by EY Austria (Ernst & Young Global Limited), the number of transactions with Austrian participation fell from 328 to 275 in 2020 compared to 2019 (minus 16.2%). Transaction volumes, on the other hand, increased slightly by 4.1% from €12.1 billion (approxima...

Mifid II was passed in response to the global financial crisis a decade ago, with the aim to improve the integrity and transparency of financial markets and strengthen investor protection. Mifid II marked the peak stage of regulatory density of European capital markets law, and its numerous legal requirements framed a constitution for financial markets of sorts, built on the basic principle of the greater the transparency, the greater the investor protection. Initially, many of the directives c...