COVID-19 Update
Many corporations are facing substantial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The issues involve in particular employment and tenancy law, finance and contract law as well as insolvency. We continually…
Graf Isola advises Cherry on the acquisition of Theobroma Systems
The M&A team of Graf Isola advised German based Cherry GmbH on the acquisition of the Austrian Theobroma Systems Design and Consulting GmbH. Signing and Closing of the deal took place in October 2020.
Stefanie Swatek as speaker at Forum Finanz
The Federal Ministry of Finance organized an online information event on November 17, 2020 on the topic: " UBO Register Act (WiEReG) Compliance Packages - Creation, Reporting, Query, Use - Inform yourself about the new possibilities."
Competitive actions by employees through intermediaries: imputation of liability and restrictive covenants
Under Section 7 Austrian Employment Act, employees cannot, while employed and without their employer's consent, operate a commercial business or conclude commercial transactions in their employer's line of business.
The term “undertaking-company” of GDPR
In his most recent article Dominik Possert examines how the legal term "undertaking-company" is defined in the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR) and how it relates…
Marija Križanac as guest speaker at innovation.talk
Marija Križanac, co-head of our Data Protection Practice Group, was guest speaker at innovation.talk, a series of discussions organized by Club alpha with the support of Sanofi. She gave a…
Chambers ‘Employment 2020’ Global Practice Guide
Jakob Widner, head of the employment team of Graf Isola (f.k.a. Graf & Pitkowitz) and Axel Guttmann are the authors of the Chambers Global Practice Guide 2020 for Employment in Austria.
Supreme Court rules on compensation for illegal GPS tracking
In his recent article Jakob Widner discusses the decision of the Austrian Supreme Court, which clarifies the rules on compensation for illegal GPS tracking. ILO-Newsletter, dd. 16 September, 2020 About…
Marija Križanac has been appointed to a new Data expert group of the Jö Bonus Club
Marija Križanac has been appointed to a new expert group on Data Protection of the Jö Bonus Club. The Jö Bonus Club is an entity of Rewe Group and Austria’s…
Termination of a Trademark Licensing Agreement despite exclusion of the right of termination
Claudia Csáky analyses a recent decision of the Austrian Supreme Court (4 Ob 151/19 p) on the issue of termination of trademark licensing agreements. Find the article in the recent…
