Locations
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Vienna, Austria
Phone
+43 699 18326058
+998 90 4840200
Zurab Simonishvili
Managing Partner
Education
University of Graz, Graz/Austria, Dr. iur., Doctoral Studies in Corporate Law, 2013 – 2016, with Distinction
University of Graz, Graz/Austria, Mag. iur., Diploma Studies in Law, 2008 – 2012, with Distinction
Academic Role
Lecturer, Tashkent State University of Law (TSUL) (2025 – Present)
Legal Areas
Work Experience
Zurab Simonishvili is a partner in Lexminster’s Corporate/M&A and Banking & Finance practice. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, banking & finance and capital market law related issues. He has been, and is involved in high profile M&A transactions, in particular in regulated areas (e.g. financial services, energy).
Prior to founding Lexminster, Zurab worked for over ten years as an associate and attorney at law in the Corporate/M&A departments of leading international law firms in Vienna, Austria, including Schoenherr (one of the largest law firms in Central and Eastern Europe) and EY Law Austria. He has advised clients from over 30 jurisdictions on more than 50 M&A transactions in more than 25 jurisdictions, each with a transaction value exceeding EUR 100 million.
Prior to entering legal practice, Zurab served as an assistant professor of corporate and capital markets law in Austria. He is the author of more than 40 publications in the fields of corporate and capital markets law, published by internationally renowned publishers. His work includes a monograph, co-editorship and authorship of commentaries on the Austrian Flexible Company Act and the EU Reorganization Act, as well as contributions to commentaries on the Austrian Stock Corporation Act and the Austrian Commercial Code.
Zurab’s publications have been cited in various court decisions, including more than 20 rulings by the Austrian Supreme Court.
References (selection)
- Representation of ASSA ABLOY, a global player in access solutions, on the acquisition of SKIDATA, an international leading provider of access management solutions
- Representation of TPG Rise Climate on the acquisition of Techem Group, a leading service provider for smart and sustainable buildings from Partners Group
- Representation of Fresenius SE on the sale of the VAMED Group’s rehabilitation clinics to PAI-Partners
- Representation of Fresenius SE on the sale of parts of the VAMED business (incl. the Vamed units responsible for the technical management of the Vienna General Hospital (AKH Vienna) to a consortium consisting of the construction companies Porr and Strabag
- Representation of Thoma Bravo‘s portfolio company J.D. Power on the acquisition of Autovista Group
- Representation of Davis-Standard, LLC on the acquisition of Extrusion Technology Group
- Representation of Taconic Biosciences, Inc, on the proposed acquisition of the pre clinical and clinical businesses of QPS Austria GmbH
- Representation of GfK SE on the sale of its Consumer Panel business (GfK CP) in fourteen European countries to YouGov PLC
- Representation of Process Sensing Technologies (UK), a leading provider of measurement and monitoring solutions for process-critical applications, on the acquisition of Sensore Electronic GmbH
- Representation of Rhône Capital on a public cash offer for up to 29.9 % of the share capital in RHI Magnesita N.V.
- Representation of Inflexion, a leading mid-market private equity firm, on the acquisition of a majority stake in the European fintech Nomentia from PSG Equity and Verdane
- Representation of Volksbank Wien on the restructuring and sale of parts of its business
- Representation of Singapore-based Harps Global PTE. LTD on the acquisition of the medical business division from Austrian Semperit Group
- Representation of Grosso tec AG on a partial public takeover offer to the shareholders of S&T AG
- Representation of an international investor on the complex corporate reorganization (different mergers, demergers and group internal asset deals)
- Representation of Skistar AB on the sale of a majority stake in St. Johanner Bergbahnen GmbH to a bidding consortium consisting of the Pletzer Group, the MIC-Marbach Group and Autobus Oberbayern
- Representation of an Austrian investor before the European Court of Justice, in which the European Court of Justice ruled that parts of the Austrian Takeover Act violated EU law
- Representation of EQT on the proposed acquisition of Erber Group
- Representation of CONDA AG on the first-ever digitization of shares on the blockchain in Austria
- Representation of UniCredit Group on the establishment of two strategic partnerships with Allianz and Generali in nine European countries