Tying together expertise from across the firm’s tax, corporate and M&A, financing, employment, regulatory, real estate, and IP teams, Binder Grösswang‘s private client practice offers entrepreneurs, their families and foundations comprehensive advice on cross-border estate planning, international tax structuring, succession planning and international relocation, as well as assisting with litigation. The core team is led by Andreas Hable, who specialises in international estate and tax planning, and Thomas Schirmer, who focuses on M&A and real estate transactions. Christian Zwick offers further support on M&A, while Mona Holzgruber is the primary contact for change of residency, citizenship and immigration issues. Investments expert Bernd Schneiderbauer left the firm in February 2023.

Staying true to its exceptional market reputation, bpv Hügel‘s private client and wealth management practice integrates a full-service tax advice component in assisting HNWIs, family-owned enterprises, and foundations with matters of succession planning, asset structuring and estate planning, reorganisations, and the drafting of wills and marital agreements. Practice head Florian Plattner‘s focus on private foundations goes hand-in-hand with his experience in business succession, and private and art investments. Gerald Schachner leads the firm’s tax team and is instrumental in advising HNWIs and foundations on all elements of corporate tax law, including tax restructuring and tax controversy.

Schindler Attorneys counts among its client portfolio HNWI, families, family offices, family-owned businesses and private foundations, who regularly retain the team for advice on questions of corporate, tax and real estate law, as well as art, family, inheritance and private foundation law. Cross-border interactions with Germany are aided by several team members being admitted there, and the firm also has experience in the CEE/SEE, UK and Brazilian markets. Leadership is split between founding partner and tax expert Clemens Schindler, inheritance, family and corporate law specialist Philipp Hoyos, and Martin Picherer, who focuses on real estate and succession planning. Katharina Schindler, who was promoted to partner in May 2023, is sought after for her experience in art law.

The CEE/SEE region is the heartland of Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG, with both domestic and international HNWIs and their families seeking out the team for legal and tax-related services covering the range of cross-border estate planning, real estate investments, international planning, advice on family-owned businesses, immigration, marriage and divorce matters, and private and charitable foundations. Tax expert Niklas Schmidt boasts specialised knowledge of cryptocurrency and blockchain assets, and leads the team alongside real estate and wealth-management heavyweight Karl Binder. Eva Stadler supports on international tax law and tax planning. Carolin Ziegler  left the firm in June 2023.

With a strong basis in corporate law, Cerha Hempel guides UHNWI, funds and trusts in an array of matters related to foundations and businesses, estate and wealth management, and succession planning. In addition to heading the firm’s takeovers and antitrust team, Albert Birkner is firmly placed in the private client practice through numerous seats on the supervisory boards of major Austrian foundations. Head of the contentious business team Irene Welser brings to the table exceptional expertise in probate, succession, and estate disputes. Corporate lawyer Heinrich Foglar-Deinhardstein specialises in reorganisations, takeovers, and succession, while tax expert Benjamin Twardosz focuses on estate and tax planning, as well as advising on fiscal criminal law.

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH is well-known in the private client sphere for its services in aid of HNWIs, their families and businesses, private foundations, and trusts, who seek out the team for the spectrum of asset, inheritance and succession planning matters, including dispute settlement and corporate law elements. Johannes Reich-Rohrwig is the face of the team, with extensive experience in contentious trusts and probate law, encompassing expertise in private and corporate wealth succession, foundations, trusts, gifts, and wills. Arno Zimmermann assists with estate planning, inheritance, and dispute resolution, while Lukas Peissl acts for domestic and international HNWIs at the interface of wealth management and inheritance.

UHNW families and entrepreneurs rely on DORDA Rechtsanwälte GmbH for comprehensive legal and tax advice on international tax structuring and estate planning, relocation and immigration, as well as contentious family and inheritance disputes. Tax law expert Paul Doralt leads the team and focuses his practice on trust law and structured financing. Katharina Binder advises private trusts, foundations, and international corporations in matters of trust law, succession planning, restructurings, and cross-border tax issues. Stanislav Nekrasov also specialises in tax and fiscal criminal law.

Private foundations in particular benefit from the extensive experience of the team at GRAF ISOLA, which provides support on wealth management and restructuring, and also assists HNWIs with succession law and estate planning, inheritance claims, and related tax matters. Practice head Armenak Utudjian doubles up his well-known expertise in foundation law and succession planning with his duties as the President of the Austrian Bar Association, while head of the commercial and M&A team Ferdinand Graf supports on matters at the intersection of international trade and sanctions law.

A robust offering in family and probate law underpins SAXINGER Rechtsanwalts GmbH‘s private client team, which advises UHNWI and HNWI on post-marital claims involving shareholdings and assets, child custody issues, inheritance claims, as well as on corporate law questions of asset structuring, succession, and wealth management. The team is jointly led by Gerald Schmidsberger, who works on corporate succession, investments and trusts, and Birgit Leb, who is primarily engaged in contentious family and inheritance proceedings. Corporate and M&A-focused Bernhard Gonaus specialises in shareholder disputes and was promoted to partner in October 2023.

A strategic focus on advising domestic entrepreneurial families on asset structuring and management sees DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH frequently engaged in complex cross-border structures and succession planning. International HNWI with private foundations in Austria also seek out practice head Christoph Mager for assistance with multi-jurisdictional asset structuring and the execution of wills, while Elisabeth Stichmann is recognised for her extensive knowledge of foundations law. Dimitar Hristov supports on tax matters, particularly in relation to the CEE/SEE and Brazilian markets.

Carving out a niche in the CIS region, HSP Rechtsanwälte GmbH supports HNWI with real estate investments, corporate structuring and acquisition, tax planning and structuring, and fiscal penal law. Between them, practice heads Jörg Winkler and Nikolaus Becker assist clients with rights of domicile, asset management, and succession planning.

Drawing on the combined strength of the firm’s tax advisors, auditors, consultants and financial advisory and risk advisory experts, Jank Weiler Operenyi offers international family offices, foundations and HNWI a one-stop-shop for wealth and private asset management. Founding partner Maximilian Weiler heads the team, focusing on the structuring and execution of strategic investments, while Gabriele Etzl supports on real estate and real estate finance transactions in Austria and the wider CEE/SEE region.

Müller Partner Rechtsanwälte primarily acts as adviser to founders, beneficiaries and board members on the establishment and management of foundations, with additional competencies in testamentary dispositions and succession planning. Private foundations, corporate and estate law expert Katharina Müller heads the team alongside Martin Melzer, who supports clients in the development, organisation and implementation of charitable projects.

Interdisciplinary advice on corporate, foundation, succession and private law frames PwC Legal Austria-oehner & partner‘s practice which acts for UHNWI, private foundations and family businesses in their transitions to next generations, M&A transactions, and restructuring processes. Christian Öhner heads the team, harnessing extensive corporate experience in advising on restructurings, and financial and strategic investments. Michael Lind is retained by private foundations, trusts, and HNI in corporate transactions and joint ventures.