Alexander Operenyi

Partner | Attorney at law
Head of M&A

  • „Alexander Operenyi is a sharp lawyer who combines thorough legal expertise with a very practical approach."

    Chambers Global and Europe

About Alexander

Alexander Operenyi is a partner and heads the M&A practice group together with Johannes Lutterotti. He has more than 20 years of professional and advisory experience in (cross-border) M&A trans-actions (sell-side and buy-side in all facets), joint ventures, corporate law, and business law. He joined JWO as a partner in 2014. For 9 years he was at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Attorneys at Law in Vienna and London. Before that he was at Kafka Palkovits Knirsch Fellner Braun Attorneys at Law.

He is fluent in German and English.

Selected focal points

  • Postgraduate studies at UCL London, England (LL.M.)
  • Studies at the University of Vienna (LL.M.)
  • Since 2014 partner at Jank Weiler Operenyi Attorneys at Law | Deloitte Legal Austria
  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Attorneys at Law, Vienna and London (2005-2014)
  • Kafka Palkovits Knirsch Fellner Braun Attorneys at Law, Vienna (2002-2004)

  • „Very high quality, super focused, lots of experience."

    Legal 500

  • „The team is always available and very responsive."

    Chambers Global and Europe

  • „Very precise but pragmatic approach, solution oriented, brings complex issues strictly to the point. Very high technical quality."

    Legal 500

  • „Alexander Operenyi has a wealth of experience in significant corporate transactions and has a laser sharp focus on all relevant client needs."

    Legal 500

  • „Maximilian Weiler and Alexander Operenyi are top class. Great quality and great communicators. Very efficient."

    Legal 500

  • „Very strong team with hands-on mentality and great work ethic."

    Legal 500

  • „He is very responsive and pragmatic in what he does with a very good approach."

    Chambers Global and Europe

More about Alexander

Deal Closings & Credentials

Jank Weiler Operenyi | Deloitte Legal Austria advised a group of sellers of Austrian aviation software specialist Flightkeys GmbH on an investment by global technology investor Insight Partners.
Deal Closings & Credentials

Under the leadership of partner Alexander Operenyi, Deloitte Legal's legal advisory team consisted of partner Gabriele Etzl, partner Stefan Zischka, Johannes Lutterotti and counsel Bernhard Köck.
Deal Closings & Credentials

Waldviertler Sparkasse Bank AG transferred its Czech retail and corporate customer business to Česká spořitelna, a.s. as of January 1, 2021. The sale was approved by the relevant national competition authorities in four countries and the Czech National Bank.
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