Georg Diwok heads the Banking & Finance Practice Group at Baker & McKenzie Diwok Hermann Petsche in Vienna. He previously worked as a law clerk at Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber and was a partner at Lattenmayer, Luks & Partner. He also has experience working in the law office of Dr. Wilfried Lefford.

Practice Focus

Dr. Diwok focuses his practice on cross-border “club deals,” and syndicated and acquisition finance. He also advises banks and business enterprises on financing issues and the creation of new financial products. He also represents clients in banking regulatory matters.

Representative Legal Matters

• Advised an Austrian listed company on syndicated facilities to finance CEE expansion.
• Advised in relation to asset and portfolio structuring for securitization purposes in the automotive and food franchising industries.
• Advised in relation to a refinancing of cross-border real estate portfolios (Poland, Romania).
• Advised in relation to a product development and financing of a payment card and an Austrian payment solution for m-commerce.
• Advised a manufacturer of orthopedic products with respect to intra-group cash pooling.
• Advised in relation to supervisory procedures for the issuance of new banking products.

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Technology Lawyer's Consortium - Executive Committee
• Austrian Banking Law Society
• Vienna Bar Association

Admission

Austria (1992)

Education

University of Vienna  (Dr. iur.) (1986)