Commercial law firm Starlinger Mayer joins Forvis Mazars in Austria

SMR will operate under the Forvis Mazars brand and expand the firm’s service portfolio in Austria with a legal service line. The law firm SMR remains a legally separate and independent company with partners Thomas Starlinger, Christian Mayer, Stephan Schmalzl and Markus Dax.

As a result of a long-standing, successful collaboration between Forvis Mazars and Starlinger Mayer Rechtsanwält:innen, this step strengthens Forvis Mazars’ position as an international integrated provider of audit, tax, business and legal advice in the local market. SMR gains even more seamless access to Forvis Mazars’ global interdisciplinary advisory services.

Commenting on the firm’s latest expansion, Peter Wundsam, Country Leader of Forvis Mazars in Austria, said: “Integrating the expertise of Starlinger Mayer’s lawyers into our advisory services represents a logical next step in the development of our service offering. Our clients are increasingly facing interdisciplinary challenges. With the new legal service line, we can connect legal issues even more closely with tax, regulatory and economic aspects, thereby creating genuine added value. For Forvis Mazars, this is an important step towards further strengthening our market position in Austria.”

Christian Mayer, Partner at SMR and future Head of the Legal Service Line at Forvis Mazars in Austria, emphasises: “We are delighted to become part of Forvis Mazars and thereby be able to offer our clients the expertise of more than 40,000 experts, including over 800 lawyers, across more than 100 countries. At the same time, we will contribute our strengths – for example in antitrust and competition law, energy law, corporate and banking law, transactions and property law – and further develop this advisory offering at Forvis Mazars on an international level.”

Find out more on forvismazars.com/at.