LANSKY, GANZGER + partner

With more than 100 lawyers and employees from 20 countries, LANSKY, GANZGER + Partner (LGP) is one of the largest internationally oriented law firms in Central Europe. Our law firm with offices in Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Nur-Sultan (Astana, Kazakhstan) and Skopje (North Macedonia) has many years of profound experience and offers its clients individual, strategic and pragmatic all-in-one solutions. LGP works closely with external specialists in order to achieve a solution-based approach that covers all industries, subjects and systems. For international cases, a dense network and Andersen Global's cooperation partners are available in more than 100 countries. Completely bilingual Country Desk teams for the markets of Africa, Azerbaijan, China, Germany, Italy, Russia / CIS, Turkey and the Western Balkans / SEE support clients in their international activities with economic, legal, political and country-specific expertise. Lateral thinking isn't a cliché, but an attitude we practice. This is, because successful legal representation is more than referring to paragraphs of the law.

Info Magazine LGP NEWS 01/2021

Individual freedom vs. state regulation Stephan Schulmeister: I’d like to start with a few general thoughts on the relationship between the public sphere and the private sphere, the state and the market and how the legal system helps to shape these relationships. In economic life, there ...

Putting the 2019 EU Banking Package into practice The 2019 EU Banking Package represents an important step towards completing the reforms of the regulatory framework that were set in motion in the wake of the global financial crisis of 2007/2008. New EU regulations and EU directives have led to extensive...

New licensing requirement With entry into force of the amendment to the Banking Act, which transposes the Capital Requirements Directive V (‘CRD V’) into Austrian law, the direct licensing and supervision of certain parent companies of credit institutions (‘financial holding compa...

Fundamental right to disconnect after working hours Lawyer and Managing Partner Dr Julia Andras discussed this exciting question in an interview with university professor and labour rights expert Dr Martin Gruber-Risak . In a recent article on standard.at, there was talk of a ‘European fu...

Supply chain laws Consumers are increasingly questioning whether products were made using child labour and forced labour (known as modern slavery). Environmental disasters and the threat of pandemics, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, have shown us that legal regulati...

New compliance requirements The coronavirus pandemic has made many companies and consumers more aware of sustainable and ethical business practices. To fend off global competition for markets and investors, companies would be well advised to optimise their entire value chain in...

MiCAR In September 2020, the European Commission published a draft regulation entitled ‘On Markets in Crypto-Assets’ (‘MiCAR’), which provides for pan-European regulation of issuances of stablecoins and utility tokens and the provision of crypto-related service...

Investments in Infrastructure in North Macedonia In the Western Balkans region, there is a massive investment backlog in trans-European transport infrastructure and cross-border energy projects. Increased EU funding now also offers good opportunities for construction companies and investors in major pub...

Compulsory vaccinations at the workplace? The coronavirus pandemic has changed our working lives to a significant extent. While some people spend more time working from home, many companies have switched to shift work or registered a large part of their workforce for short-time working arrangemen...

The new Working-from-Home Act The COVID pandemic has made working from home more important than ever before in Austria. Since the beginning of the crisis, more than 20 percent of employees have started working from home full-time, with another 20 per cent working part-time. The federa...

Interest barriers: A new weapon against tax avoidance As part of the Covid 19 Tax Measures Act, a new regulation was adopted regarding the tax deductibility of interest. This so-called “interest barrier” is regulated in Section 12a of the Corporate Income Tax Act (KStG) and applies for the first time to fina...

Restructuring procedures as a way out of the crisis Since 16 July 2019, it has been clear that the main parts of the EU Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency (Directive (EU) 2019/1023) need to be transposed into national law by 17 July 2021. Now, a ministerial draft of an implementation law is availabl...

Innovation funding in Austria The venture fund “IST cube”, launched in 2018 by the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST), in- vests primarily in life science and tech start-ups from the academic field. Markus Wanko , the founder and Managing Partner of IST cube, prov...

Renewable Energy Expansion Act Increasing annual electricity generation from renewable sources by 27 TWh by 2030, ensuring security of supply and increasing the share of renewables in district heating: the Federal Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovati...

Dangerous change of faith The European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled that Switzerland would be violating Art. 3 ECHR by repatriating an Afghan refugee who had converted from Islam to Christianity. This is because the toler- ance of many states is limited only to their ow...

Alexander Egger – Our Man in Luxembourg For a good 10 years, Lansky, Ganzger + partner has successfully represented clients before the two Union Courts, namely, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the General Court. DrDr Alexander Egger plays a key role in this, he...

North Macedonia to become more climate-friendly This emerging country in the Western Balkans wants to push climate-friendly investments in renewable energy projects. The goal is a green (re)construction program that envisions a more environmentally conscious and sustainable future in terms of hydro, so...

Temporary Protection for entrepreneurs The Slovak legislator has adopted a legal instrument for the temporary protection of entrepreneurs in financial difficulties, which has been in force since the beginning of this year. The main purpose is to protect entrepreneurs from creditors and to crea...

„First aid ++“ – New financial aid for Slovak businesses As the state of emergency in Slovakia due to the Covid 19 pandemic is still ongoing, higher state financial aid for employers and self-employed persons now contributes even more efficiently to supporting and maintaining employment. The Corona crisis...

LGP Corona FAQ at trend.at Since the coronavirus crisis began a year ago, lawyers of Lansky, Ganzger + partner have been keeping readers of “ trend ” magazine up-to-date with the latest legal provisions and regulations issued to com- bat the crisis and keep it under control – and t...

Hier finden Sie aktuelle Fragen und Antworten rund um das Thema Coronavirus aus rechtlicher Sicht. Alle Beiträge werden laufend nach neuen Erkenntnissen aktualisiert.

Update: Coronavirus Stand: 31.03.2021 Mit der am 30.3.2021 kundgemachten 6. Novelle zur 4. COVID-19 Schutzmaßnahmenverordnung („ 4. COVID-19-SchuMaV “; BGBl II Nr. 139/2021) werden einerseits die nächtlichen Ausgangsbeschränkungen sowie die restlichen bereits bekannten Besti...

Update: Coronavirus Stand: 31.03.2021 Aufgrund der aktuell hohen Infektionszahlen, hat der Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz (BMSGPK) mit Novellierung der COVID-19-Einreiseverordnung („ COVID-19-EinreiseV “; BGBl II Nr. 133/...

Update: Coronavirus Stand: 15.03.2021 Mit der mittlerweile 4. Novelle zur 4. COVID-19-Schutzmaßnahmenverordnung („ 4. COVID-19-SchuMaV “; BGBl II Nr. 111/2021) werden die Schutzmaßnahmen ein weiteres Mal verlängert und ganz partiell aufgelockert. Eine größere „Öffnung“ erfol...

Update: Coronavirus Stand: 22.02.2021 Mitte Februar 2021 kündigte Arbeitsminister Kocher die Verlängerung der Corona-Kurzarbeit um weitere drei Monate bis Ende Juni 2021, an. Alle Betriebe, die das Modell anwenden, können jederzeit Besuch der Finanzpolizei bekommen, die im R...

Update: Coronavirus Stand: 17.02.2021 Die Maßnahmen der 4. COVID-19 Schutzmaßnahmenverordnung („ 4. COVID-19-SchuMaV “; BGBl II Nr. 58/2021) werden für weitere 10 Tage somit bis zum 27.2.2021 aufrechterhalten. Mit der am 17.2.2021 kundgemachten 1. Novelle zur 4. COVID-19-Sch...

Update: Coronavirus Stand: 15.02.2021 Nach dem nun mittlerweile 3. „harten“ Lockdown folgten mit der am 5. Februar 2021 mit BGBl II 58/2021 kundgemachten 4. COVID-19-Schutzmaßnahmenverordnung wieder leichte Öffnungsschritte – will heißen, der Handel durfte in beschränktem Ma...

Update: Coronavirus Stand: 12.02.2021 Zum Zweck der Durchführung des Impfplans hat der Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz (BMSGPK) bereits am 27.1.2021 die Verordnung betreffend die Durchführung der Impfung gegen SARS-CoV-2 im niedergelasse...

Update: Coronavirus Stand: 12.02.2021 Vor dem Hintergrund, dass in Tirol zahlreiche Fälle von COVID-19-Mutationen – insbesondere der südafrikanischen Variante – aufgetreten sind, hat der Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz (BMSGPK) am 10.2.2...

Update: Coronavirus Stand: 08.02.2021 Aufgrund der Maßnahmen der COVID-19-Notmaßnahmenverordnung (insbesondere aufgrund des ganztägigen Lockdowns sowie der Schließung des Handels, der Gastronomie und der Hotellerie) konnten die Infektionszahlen soweit stabilisiert werden, da...

Update: Coronavirus Stand: 05.02.2021 Um zu verhindern, dass die Infektionszahlen aufgrund der ab dem 8.2.2021 geplanten (teilweisen) Lockerung der Maßnahmen wieder übermäßig steigen, hat der Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz (BMSGPK) durc...

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DDr. Elisabeth Steiner
ATTORNEY AT LAW | MEMBER OF THE LGP SENIOR EXPERT COUNCIL | FORMER JUDGE AT THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (2001-2015)
RAK Wien

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