AUSTRIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Clemens Hasenauer and Albert Birkner, CERHA HEMPEL
CERHA HEMPEL has 30 partners and 80 sen - ior attorneys and associates in Austria; the firm also has offices in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slo - venia. The corporate team acts for clients in the private M&A markets of Austria and CEE, repre - senting strategic and private equity investors as well as their targets and/or management. It also advises on national and international cross-bor -
der mergers and reorganisations, specialising in developing and providing practical solutions to sometimes extremely complex issues that often involve cross-border components. Due to the diversity of its clients, the team is particularly experienced in advising on public M&A, includ - ing takeover law and related disclosure require - ments under stock exchange law.
Authors
Clemens Hasenauer is a managing partner at CERHA HEMPEL and head of the corporate transactions department. He specialises in M&A, takeover law, capital
Albert Birkner is a managing partner at CERHA HEMPEL and
head of the takeovers and antitrust department. He specialises in M&A, public takeovers, corporate reorganisations and joint ventures, with a special focus on Austria and CEE/SEE. He has expertise in the fields of structuring and implementing corporate transactions, takeover mechanics, and the modelling of co-ownership structures. Albert is a member of the Vienna Bar Association, the Czech Bar Association, the International Bar Association and the Wiener Advokatengesellschaft UNION. He is the author of numerous publications and regularly contributes to industry publications in Austrian and international law journals in his areas of expertise.
markets law, banking and finance, reorganisations and restructurings. His experience includes numerous complex public and private M&A transactions, as well as structuring large international joint ventures and public takeovers. Clemens is a member of the Council of the Vienna Bar Association and a delegate to the Austrian Bar Association. He is also a member of the British Law Society, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the International Bar Association. He is widely published, a frequent speaker at seminars and a permanent lecturer at several institutions.
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