Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Let's go ahead in crisis situations! I am an Austrian qualified and Dutch rooted lawyer and partner at Binder Grösswang in Vienna with 14+ years of national as well as international experience. I focus on restructuring & insolvency and distressed corporate/M&A. In 2021, I was seconded to De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in Amsterdam. The Legal 500 ranks me as a "Next Generation Partner" (2025), Chambers Europe in "Band 3" (2026), IFLR1000 as a “Highly Regarded Lawyer” (2025) and JUVE as "Aufsteiger" (2026) in the Austrian market. Clients state: "BG's lead partner Dr. Georg Wabl is fantastic - he has a profound, exceptional knowledge of all legal aspects relevant in relation to restructurings and insolvencies, and he is a great negotiator, very hands-on and pragmatic." (IFLR1000, 2025) I have a strong passion for academia and try to live and create synergies with legal practice every day - as a Lecturer at University of Vienna and Leiden University (Netherlands), with my completed PhD at University of Vienna under supervision of Professor Andreas Konecny (focus on directors' duties in crisis situations) and my LL.M. at Queen Mary University of London (where I also worked as research assistant for Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal). I am author of numerous publications and frequent speaker. Reach out for more!
Partner in Restructuring & Insolvency + distressed Corporate/M&A Focus: • Restructuring and refinancing • Advising companies, directors and shareholders on preventive and out-of-court workouts as well as in insolvency proceedings • Representation of creditors and protection of creditor positions in crisis and insolvency situations as well as advice on the granting and enforcing of collateral • Issues relating to capital maintenance, directors’ and officers’ liability and avoidance law • Acquisition and enforcement of non-performing loans • Acquisition of assets or businesses from an insolvent estate or from distressed sellers (distressed M&A) • Preventive, crisis-proof contract drafting and contingency planning for companies, shareholders, corporate bodies and stakeholders • Monitoring crisis management and communication strategies • Bank-specific advice in relation to BRRD (incl. contingency planning, tool kits, guidelines etc.) • Insolvency related litigation Selected experience: • Advisor to international creditors’ Co-ordinating Committee consisting of major banks and investment funds in the restructuring of Steinhoff group • Advisor of main investors and creditors in the insolvency of SIGNA Group • Advising the banking consortium in the restructuring of SÜBA Group • Advising SECO on the purchase of the insolvent K&L • Advising the banking consortium in the restructuring of KSR Group • Advisor of the TUI Group as largest creditor in the insolvency of NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH • Representing Enact on the acquisition of Qualter, Hall & Company Ltd from the insolvency estate of Waagner Biro AG • Advising Lafayette Mittelstand Capital on its acquisition of the elevator business from Gebauer & Griller group • Advisor to Kettler Austria in restructuring proceedings • On a regular basis advisor to stakeholders (esp. companies, officeholders, creditors or investors) in crisis prevention and crisis scenarios (for reasons of confidentiality no names given)
Georg Wabl is a guest lecturer at University of Vienna teaching a course in European and International Insolvency Law as part of the LLM European and International Business Law (University of Vienna).
Georg Wabl is a guest lecturer at the Department of Company Law, Leiden Law School since December 2021. See more information here: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/georg-wabl#tab-1
• Senior Associate in the Finance & Restructuring Department • Focus on financial restructuring and insolvency • In particular: WHOA-related advice
• Research Assistant in restructuring and insolvency law under the guidance of Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal • Analysing contractual documentation regarding financial and corporate debt • Research and preparation of papers in corporate restructuring and insolvency • Analysing contractual documentation regarding sovereign debt (including bonds, LC, assignments etc.) • Assessing historical interpretation of pari passu clauses regarding sovereign debt