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Austria: Schoenherr advises Cerba HealthCare on acquisition of Lifebrain from Investindustrial
Austria: Schoenherr's Venture Capital team advises on multi-million venture capital deals in HY 1
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Austria: Schoenherr advises Cerba HealthCare on acquisition of Lifebrain from Investindustrial
Schoenherr advised French diagnostic centre group Cerba HealthCare on the acquisition of the Lifebrain Group from Investindustrial. Lifebrain owns and operates diagnostic laboratory centres throughout Italy and in Austria. The signing of the transaction took place on 18 July 2021 and closing is subject to regulatory clearances expected in Q4 2021.
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Austria: Schoenherr's Venture Capital team advises on multi-million venture capital deals in HY 1
Schoenherr's Venture Capital team advised on a significant number of multi-million Euro financing rounds in the first six months of 2021, in what is expected to be a record year for venture capital in Austria.
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Austria: Schoenherr advises Joint Lead Managers on issue of EUR 250m green mortgage covered bonds by Oberbank AG
Schoenherr advised the Joint Lead Managers Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, DekaBank, Erste Group and Raiffeisen Bank International on the successful green mortgage covered bank bond issue by Oberbank AG.
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