Michael Kienzl

Michael Kienzl was a member of the corporate/M&A team of an international commercial law firm for many years and has been in charge of numerous cross-border transactions.

He has experience in a wide range of industries, including financial institutions, private equity, venture capital and TMT.

In recent years, Michael Kienzl has been increasingly involved in reorganization and restructuring cases, primarily representing banks.

Prior to practicing law, Michael Kienzl built a 15-year career in the financial sector as an investment banker and financial engineer. He gained experience at several international investment banks in product development and trading, most recently as a director of a Luxembourg SICAV-FIS. Previously listed at the US stock exchanges, he has extensive knowledge of capital market products and has also founded, managed and successfully sold an international commercial real estate holding company.

• Advising France-based Aramis Group on the acquisition of all shares in Onlinecars GmbH including carve-out of parts of the company and restructuring.
• Advising Germany-based CMP Capital Management Partners GmbH on its investment in the Pitter Group, including the subsequent restructuring of the entire group.
• Advising the Skoda Group on the acquisition of the assets of the insolvent Molinari Rail GmbH Austria.
• Advising Erste Group on the sale of a shopping center in Slovenia. As part of a complex share deal.
• Advising two international VC investors on their Series A investment in Behavioral Finance Technologies GmbH.

*Some of these references occurred prior to Michael Kienzl´s association with SAXINGER.