Herbst Kinsky advises Leder & Schuh AG, based in Graz, on the acquisition of certain assets of Salamander GmbH and Delka GmbH, both based in Vienna, by way of an asset deal. The parties have agreed not to disclose the volume of the transaction.

Leder & Schuh AG is an Austrian shoe retail chain with a long tradition. It sells shoes, bags and accessories through the HUMANIC sales lines in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and SHOE4YOU in its home market Austria.

Salamander GmbH and Delka GmbH were also long-established shoe retailers in Austria. They had to discontinue their business operations as part of the restructuring of their parent company.

Leder & Schuh AG was advised by Wolfgang Schwackhöfer (Corporate / M&A – lead), Sonja Hebenstreit (IP / Data Protection), Valerie Mayer (Regulatory), Maximilian Kröpfl (IP / Data Protection) and Laura Moser (Corporate / M&A).