Schoenherr advised Enterprise Investors on its investment in 18GYM, one of Romania's leading fitness chains. The transaction underscores Enterprise Investors' commitment to backing high-growth businesses in the region and marks a strategic move into Romania's rapidly expanding fitness and wellness sector.

Schoenherr advised Vision Decision GmbH on the acquisition of YOUR OFFICE. With this transaction, Vision Decision strategically strengthens its presence in the shared office, coworking and flexible workspace sector, building on its existing network of multiple locations across Vienna and Slovenia.

Schoenherr advised GROPYUS, the Vienna-headquartered technology-based construction company, on its latest EUR 100m financing round, bringing the company's total received investments to around EUR 400m since its founding in 2019. According to public information, this is the largest venture capital financing round in Austria in 2026 to date and marks GROPYUS' third successive EUR 100m round.

Against the backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions, the EU's defence-industrial push, and accelerated rearmament and resilience programmes, Austria's innovation ecosystem is moving closer to defence and dual-use technologies. Deep-tech start-ups working on sensors, secure comms, drones, AI/ML, space-enabling tech or advanced manufacturing are now attracting investors who, five years ago, would have ruled out anything smelling of "defence".

Welcome to our monthly CEE White Collar Crime Law update. With this newsletter, we aim to provide a concise and up-to-date overview of recent case law and other trends and developments in the field of white collar crime law in the CEE region

Keeping track of what is allowed when it comes to green claims, labels and images has become increasingly difficult for advertisers in recent years. While EU lawmakers have invested considerable effort in their fight against "greenwashing", i.e. misleading environmental advertising, the results have left room for confusion.

Within the framework of the "Coordinated Enforcement Framework", the data protection authorities of the EU Member States, together with the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), set the authorities' annual audit priorities. In recent years, audits have focused on the use of cloud services by public bodies, the implementation of the right of access, and, last year, the right to erasure at hundreds of companies.[1] These audits have directly led to numerous administrative penalty proceedings were initiated ex officio, often resulting in fines. Both SMEs and large companies have been audited.

In its judgment of 10 September 2025 (Case T-288/24, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe), the General Court delivered an important ruling on the registrability of short musical jingles as sound marks. This decision has significant practical implications for companies seeking to establish a recognisable acoustic brand identity.