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insurance
Schoenherr's insurance team provides legal advice on transactions, distribution structures, product design, and regulatory and tax matters in the insurance industry.
"The lawyers are very thoughtful and considerate, and provide solutions."
Schoenherr’s insurance practice group advises many of Austria's and Europe's leading insurers on transactions in the insurance sector, as well as on distribution structures, product design, and all related regulatory and tax matters for life, non-life, and reinsurance business. We provide detailed legal analysis of all applicable insurance laws and regulations, especially regarding life, D&O and property insurance. We also advise the Austrian Insurers' Association and provide assistance with Austrian insurance legislation.
our services
- anti-corruption (compliance programmes, guidelines, monitoring systems, etc)
- all aspects of life insurance (including product design)
- bancassurance
- distribution and cooperation agreements
- general terms and conditions
- warranty insurance in m&a transactions
- regulatory and compliance
- tax, including FATCA
- insurance m&a and insurance restructuring (including cross border mergers and outsourcing)
- insurance-related litigation
- portfolio transfers
legal areas
- administrative & public law
- arbitration
- capital markets
- commercial contracts
- eu & competition
- compliance & internal investigations
- corporate & reorganisations
- data protection
- insolvency & restructuring
- financial institutions and insurance
- ip & unfair commercial practices
- it & technology law
- labour & employment
- litigation
- m&a
- public procurement & ppp
- white collar crime & criminal defence
news
press release
CEE: Schoenherr advises VIG on IFC investment in Ukrainian insurance companies
Schoenherr advised Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) on the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) equity investment in two Ukrainian non-life insurance companies of VIG, USG and Kniazha. This landmark transaction will mark a significant milestone for Ukraine's insurance sector, as subject to regulatory approval, IFC will acquire an approximately 20 % stake in each company to support the expansion of their product portfolios and the acceleration of the digitalisation strategies, with VIG intending to play an active role in the country's reconstruction after the end of the war.
publication
to the point: financial regulation | 11/2025
Welcome to our to the point newsletter. Every month, we are looking back at the most relevant developments in the area of financial regulation in the CEE region.
publication
07 November 2025
K.Tupá M.Svoboda K.Hlavinková W.Kapica G.Pázsitka N.Ordody-Nagy V.Veres
to the point: financial regulation | 10/2025
Welcome to our to the point newsletter. Every month, we are looking back at the most relevant developments in the area of financial regulation in the CEE region.
class action info corner
The new class action rules are coming and will have quite an impact. In many CEE jurisdictions, the possibility to request compensation in a class action will be new and will materially change the litigation landscape. Our info corner gives you an overview of how CEE countries intend to implement the Directive.
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