BRANDL TALOS advised AG Capital on set-up of Austrian Growth Capital Fund, alongside Van Campen Liem

Press release • Fund Formation from Roman Rericha, Markus Arzt, Raphael Toman

AG Capital announced its successful first closing of Austrian Growth Capital Fund with capital commitments of EUR 140 million. The fund targets small and medium sized enterprises in Austria and neighbouring countries and shall contribute to close the existing financing gap for growth and buy-out capital in the domestic market. BRANDL TALOS advised AG Capital and C-Quadrat Investment AG, the initiators of the Austrian Growth Capital Fund, on the Austrian law aspects of the implementation of the fund set-up.

BRANDL TALOS is proud to be part of the adviser team alongside the lead counsel Van Campen Liem, Luxembourg who acted as lead counsel in the transaction. The BRANDL TALOS team was led by Roman Rericha, Markus Arzt and Raphael Toman. The management of AG Capital was advised by Herbst Kinsky under the lead of Wolfgang Schwackhöfer.

» Huge congrats to Karl Lankmayr, Daniel Jennewein, C-Quadrat and their teams to this major milestone. It is amazing to be part of the adviser team and this incredible journey which will significantly contribute to the further evolvement of the Private Equity landscape in Austria.
Also thank you to our colleagues Renaud Graas, Benoit Dardenne and Marc de Chillou from Van Campen Liem, Luxembourg and Wolfgang Schwackhöfer from Herbst Kinsky for the cooperation throughout the process.
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Roman Rericha

The team

Roman Rericha

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Partner / Fund Formation, Venture Capital & Start Ups, Corporate Law & Transactions

Roman advises on complex cross-border M&A and private equity transactions. He also regularly supports foreign and Austrian venture capital funds with investments in Austria as well as start-ups in large-scale financing rounds.

University of Vienna, Faculty of Law (Mag. iur. 2005),
Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, (Mag. rer.soc.oec. 2007)

Markus Arzt

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Partner / Fund Formation, Capital Markets, Venture Capital & Start Ups, Corporate Law & Transactions

In recent years, Markus has spearheaded various large international transactions and is a respected venture capital and private equity expert.

University of Vienna, Faculty of Law (Mag. iur. 2012)

Raphael Toman

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Partner / Legal Tech, IP & Data Protection, Regulatory, Capital Markets, Compliance & Internal Investigations, Banking, Insurance and Securities Regulation Law

Raphael advises national and international financial service providers in proceedings before civil and administrative courts (as well as before the Austrian Financial Market Authority) and on regulatory issues, money laundering prevention, sanctions, and crypto assets. He also represents clients from various industries in (cross-border) litigation. He further supports companies in data protection matters and is the data protection officer for, among others, a biotech company, an international sports association, and an international e-money issuer.

University of Vienna, Faculty of Law (Mag. iur. 2011, Dr. iur. 2019)
New York University, University of Vienna academic excellence scholarship (LL.M. 2017)
admitted to the New York bar (2017)
Stagiaire at the International Chamber of Commerce (2018)