Name

Kunz Wallentin Rechtsanwälte

Legal name

Kunz Wallentin Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Website

https://kunzwallentin.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fairness Opinions & Independent Financial Advice (BPAHAOAF), Regulatory & Compliance Law (BPAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Commercial law services
• Corporate legal advisory
• M&A legal advisory
• Banking and capital markets law
• Cross-border legal advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Breitenfurt Bei Wien

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Professional legal services billed on the basis of agreed power of attorney and fee agreements in accordance with Austrian Bar Association General Terms and Conditions. Services provided to businesses and private clients across corporate, M&A, banking, real estate, litigation, and other specialized legal areas.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kunz Wallentin Rechtsanwälte GmbH is a boutique full-service commercial law firm based in Vienna providing legal advisory across corporate/M&A, private equity/venture capital, real estate, banking & finance, capital markets, restructuring, succession planning & foundations, litigation, insolvency/restructuring, IP & IT, regulatory compliance, labour law, distribution/franchising, life sciences, data protection, and a dedicated Italian Desk for Italo-Austrian cross-border mandates. Services are delivered under agreed power-of-attorney and fee arrangements governed by the Austrian Bar Association General Terms and Conditions.

Product overview

Kunz Wallentin Rechtsanwälte is a full-service commercial law firm operating from Vienna, Austria. The firm offers comprehensive legal advisory services through specialized practice areas organized as distinct modules: Corporate/M&A, Private Equity/Venture Capital, Real Estate, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Reorganization in Corporate and Tax Law, Succession Planning & Foundations, Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring, IP & IT, Regulatory Compliance, Labour & Employment, Distribution Law/Franchising, Life Sciences (Medical & Health Care), and an Italian Desk for Italo-Austrian transactions. The firm also operates talent development programs (KW Next Generation, Aufsichtsrat Next Generation supervisory board training, moot court competitions) and employee wellness initiatives (KW Life). Additionally, partner Peter Kunz has founded the Legal Tech startup Realest8 (www.realest8.at), demonstrating technology innovation in the legal sector. The firm operates within global professional networks including Best Friends Network and the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Advisory Services
• Italian Desk
• Aufsichtsrat Next Generation (Supervisory Board Preparation Training)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINBLF is an exclusive network of owner-run, highly specialized law firms distinct from corporation-style BigLaw firms. All members collaborate on a multinational scale to contribute to solutions for individual, specialized legal questions. KW is the only Austrian law firm to have been offered membership.
• Best Friends NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA network leveraging the resources of renowned law firms from Austria, European capitals and EU member states to collaborate on international projects.
• ELSA (European Law Students Association) / WU ViennaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirm supports the M&A moot court competition organized by the University of Economics Vienna/ELSA. KW teams participate and have won the competition with best speaker awards.
• Ecoforum (www.ecoforum.at)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner with Ecoforum, a network of students and young professionals who meet regularly to exchange ideas with top-class speakers from business and politics. KW supports this format as part of its Next Generation culture initiative.
• arnextgen.at (Aufsichtsrat Next Generation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKW is a founding/co-founding partner of the Aufsichtsrat Next Generation programme that prepares Young Professionals for supervisory board roles. The next training course starts January 2027.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Dorda Rechtsanwälte: Vienna-based boutique commercial law firm of similar size and positioning. Both compete for Austrian mid-market and SME corporate, M&A, and financing mandates with a partner-led boutique model.
• Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner: Austrian full-service commercial law firm with comparable practice breadth across M&A, banking, real estate, and corporate law. Direct competitor for mid-to-large Austrian clients and cross-border Italian/Italo-Austrian work.
• Brandl & Talos: Specialized Austrian boutique focusing on corporate, capital markets, and disputes. Comparable as a niche Austrian firm competing in M&A and corporate advisory for listed and growth companies.
• bpv Hügel: Austrian full-service commercial law firm. Competes for Austrian M&A, regulatory, and PE/VC mandates with similar boutique-style positioning against larger firms.

Broad incumbents

• Schoenherr: One of the largest Austrian-headquartered full-service firms with deep CEE coverage. Competes for the same Austrian M&A, PE/VC, and corporate clients as Kunz Wallentin, with materially greater bench depth and geographic reach.
• Binder Grösswang: One of Austria's leading full-service commercial law firms. Broader, established incumbent with overlapping practices in M&A, banking, capital markets, and restructuring, but at significantly larger scale.
• Wolf Theiss: Major Austrian/Central and Eastern Europe commercial law firm. Overlaps substantially on M&A, banking, real estate, and restructuring mandates originating from Austrian clients.
• Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati (CHSH): Austrian full-service firm with strong capital markets, M&A, and regulatory practice. Direct head-to-head competitor for Austrian listed companies and financial institutions.

Regional players

• Pavia e Ansaldo: Milan-based Italian commercial law firm where founding partner Peter Kunz trained. Directly comparable on the Italian Desk practice and cross-border Italo-Austrian transactions.
• Studio Legale Tributario Biscozzi Nobili Piazza: Milan-based Italian boutique with similar practice profile in tax, corporate and M&A advisory. Relevant as a partner-firm in cross-border Italo-Austrian mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/kunzwallentin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kunz-wallentin-rechtsanwaelte

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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