Christoph Mager

Christoph’s experience includes advising:

• Andreas Wiedrich in selling all his shares in KML Linear Motion Technology to Aalberts, a listed global company in the semi-conductor industry
• The US agricultural machinery manufacturer John Deere in relation with the acquisition of stakes in the US shareholders of Kreisel Electric GmbH & Co KG, an Austrian leading innovator focused on the development of liquid-cooled electric battery modules and packs for high-performance and off-highway applications
• The global chip manufacturer Qualcomm in relation with the acquisition of Salzburg-based augmented reality developer Wikitude GmbH by its 100% subsidiary QGT International, including obtaining foreign direct investment approval in Austria and the EU
• The Heidelberger group in connection with time-critical restructurings and related corporate law issues
• Graphic Packaging, a leading provider of sustainable, fibre-based consumer packaging solutions, on its acquisition of AR Packaging, Europe's second largest manufacturer of fibre-based consumer packaging
• The Knorr-Bremse Group in connection with complex M&A transactions and restructurings and related corporate and commercial law issues
• The Austrian biotech company Panoptes Pharma as the target on its 100% acquisition by US pharmaceutical specialist EyeGate Pharmaceuticals
• GG Group (Gebauer & Griller) on the spin-off of its elevator division as part of the strategic consolidation of the group
• UniCredit S.p.A. on the sale of the ultimate beneficiary rights to the B&C Privatstiftung (“B&C Private Foundation”); among other assets, the B&C Privatstiftung holds majority stakes in the industrial groups Lenzing, Amag and Semperit
• Schiedel GmbH (a standalone operation within Standard Industries) in the context of the sale of its 100% share in Limited Liability Company "Schiedel" incorporated in the Ukraine; the deal was structured as a management buyout governed by Austrian law
• A multinational conglomerate (seller) and a global science and technology company (purchaser) as transaction counsel on the Austrian part of the sale of the biopharma business of the seller for approx. USD21.4 billion
• The Chinese private equity house Wise Road Capital on the establishment of a high-tech joint venture with the leading Austrian advanced sensor manufacturer AMS
• Wanfeng Auto Holding Group ("Wanfeng"), a Chinese conglomerate specialising in engineering and manufacturing, on its acquisition of Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH ("Diamond Aircraft"); this transaction is one of the largest M&A transactions between China and Austria on record

• Impact of the new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening Framework of the EU for foreign companies in Austria, 8 August 2019
• Multijurisdictional DLA Piper team advises on real estate transaction in Luxembourg, 29 April 2020