Graf Isola (f.k.a. Graf & Pitkowitz) is delighted about the continous excellent ranking of our lawyers in the Best Lawyers Ranking edition of the German Handelsblatt. The best lawyers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland per practice area were ranked according to a Peer-to-Peer survey conducted by Handelsblatt. Graf Isola once again was named in 9 different areas in the category „Best Lawyers“.

Jakob Widner recently discussed the Supreme Court’s decision on gender-based differences in hairstyles at employer’s request (OGH 9 ObA 4/19g), which the Court held to be discriminatory.

Claudia Csáky and Isabella Wiener recently analysed a decision of the Supreme Court (OGH 4Ob213/18d), whether the infringer of a registered community design has to hand over the entire net profit or just a share of profit earned due to its use of an infringed design.

„[Graf Isola's] insolvency and restructuring team covers a wide array of insolvency work, from restructurings, insolvencies and reorganisations to distressed M&A. When not advising debtors, creditors, investors, family-owned businesses, managing directors and board members, co-heads Alexander Isola and Stefan Weileder are routinely appointed as insolvency administrators.“

In the recent ILO newsletter Alexander Isola and Fran Gebauer analysed the impact of restructuring plans on non-participating creditors.

Graf Isola (f.k.a. Graf & Pitkowitz) has been awarded top positions in this year’s edition of the prestigious international client guide "The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2019".

Our Insolvency & Restructuring team under Alexander Isola and Stefan Weileder has once again been ranked in top position Tier 1.

In total 8 of our practice groups have been highly ranked in their fields.

Claudia Csáky recently analysed the decision of the General Court of the European Union of December 6, 2018, T-638/16 – Deichmann SE (Deichmann) v. EUIPO, intervener Vans Inc. (Vans) in INTA Bulletin.

Claudia Csáky recently analysed the decision of the General Court of the European Union of October 15, 2018, T-164/17 – Pink Lady in INTA Bulletin.  INTA Bulletin, dd 15 March,…