Schoenherr advised the Joint Lead Managers, Danske Bank, Erste Group, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Raiffeisen Bank International, UBS Investment Bank and UniCredit, on the successful issuance of EUR 500m 3.625 % Fixed-to-Floating Callable Green Preferred Senior Notes by VOLKSBANK WIEN AG.

Schoenherr advised ClimateTech start-up EcoNetix on its latest seed extension financing round, which increased the total seed funding volume to EUR 4.5m.

Schoenherr is delighted to announce that Attila K Csongrady and Peter Redo, widely recognised as one of the most respected English law debt finance teams in the CEE market, have now joined the firm as partner and counsel, respectively, effective 1 September 2025.

The Austrian federal government plans to build up 1 GW of electrolysis capacity for the production of renewable hydrogen by 2030. Renewable hydrogen is to be produced in Austria and made available to industrial customers. The necessary support framework is provided by the EAG Investment Grants Regulation for Hydrogen, which promotes investments in electrolysis plants. In addition, the Hydrogen Regulation (WstVO) sets out requirements for compliance with the sustainability criteria and criteria for greenhouse gas savings for renewable hydrogen (RFNBO criteria) enshrined in Union law. Both draft regulations are currently under review.

The European Arrest Warrant is a key instrument of judicial cooperation in criminal matters within the European Union. It enables the arrest of a person in one Member State and their surrender to the Member State issuing the warrant, either for the purpose of conducting criminal prosecution or enforcing a custodial sentence already imposed in that state. All Member States are required to execute any European Arrest Warrant.

Counterfeiting is an increasingly prevalent phenomenon within the EU, to the detriment of both its citizens and holders of intellectual property rights. To put this into perspective, counterfeit and pirated goods within Member States have an estimated value of up to EUR 119bln, representing up to 5.8 % of all imports.