Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte) — Austria

About

The firm: Schoenherr is a leading European full-service law firm with a strong footprint in Central Eastern Europe (CEE). The firm operates 16 offices in 15 countries.* Schoenherr combines an international mindset with solid local knowledge. Trusted by global and regional clients for its high-end capabilities, Schoenherr delivers cross-border legal solutions at the highest international standards, built on market knowledge and innovation. *Schoenherr has offices, country desks and permanent cooperation partners in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Türkiye, Ukraine, and United Kingdom. Schoenherr is in compliance with the respective local legal standards and conduct rules in all countries where it is active; therefore, the local firm's name may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. ### Areas of practice Banking and finance: The firm advises on general banking, including investment fund matters, and project, asset and structured finance including cross-border (equipment and facility) leases. Capital markets: The firm has an IPO Practice and advises on crossborder equity and debt offerings, advising issuers, underwriters and transaction counsel. Business to consumer protection: Schoenherr’s business to consumer protection group helps clients to ensure compliance with applicable consumer protection laws and regulations, litigates on their behalf, and provides instant assistance in urgent situations. Compliance and criminal defence: Criminal compliance risks are present in all areas of business. In response to this, Schoenherr has established a dedicated compliance and criminal defence team. The team has substantive legal and practical expertise in this area and is well equipped to handle all aspects of criminal compliance and criminal defence matters. Corporate investigations and crisis management: As response times to emergency situations rapidly shorten in a connected world, Schoenherr has established a dedicated multi-faceted team of legal experts. It investigates the facts, advises on immediate next steps and assists with their implementation. Corporate/M&A:The core practice of the corporate/M&A team is advising and representing clients on transactions and complex corporate and commercial matters. The team has an outstanding track record on key transactions in Austria and throughout CEE/SEE. - Dispute resolution: Schoenherr stands for excellence in litigation, arbitration, and investorstate disputes. The team has scored some of the most publicised wins at ICSID and in the national courts. Clients value the first-rate legal skills and hands-on approach. - EU and competition: The EU and competition practice group advises clients in merger control, anti-trust and state aid matters at European and national levels throughout the firm’s comprehensive network in the CEE region, and its office in Brussels. Healthcare and life sciences: Schoenherr’s healthcare and life sciences group combines lawyers with particular industry expertise with specialists from various teams across the firm’s practice groups and offices. The group advises all stakeholders active in this industry. Insolvency and restructuring: Schoenherr’s insolvency and restructuring team handles complex, multi-creditor financial restructurings and distressed refinancings of corporates and financial institutions. Further the team advises in insolvency proceedings and insolvency related litigation. Insurance: Schoenherr’s insurance practice group advises many of Austria’s and Europe’s leading insurers on transactions in the insurance sector, as well as on distribution structures, product design, and all related regulatory and tax matters for life, non-life, and reinsurance business. IP and unfair commercial practices: The Schoenherr IP practice group has long-standing experience in inter alia trademark, design, patent, copyright and unfair competition matters. Its members frequently represent parties in groundbreaking court cases in national and European courts. - Labour and employment: The labour and employment team advises on all aspects of employment law, for both contentious and non-contentious matters. It focuses on inter alia issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, workforce restructuring and cross border transfer of employees. Real estate and construction: The real estate and construction practice group enjoys high visibility in the region’s largest and most important transactions and development projects. The team advises on all aspects of acquisition of real estate, development/construction, restructurings, and real estate and construction- related litigation and arbitration. Regulatory: By providing a wide-ranging and consistently reliable service, the regulatory practice group has successfully advised leading players across a wide spectrum of sectors, and in all matters of constitutional and administrative law. Start-up and venture capital services: The Schoenherr team covers the full range of commercial legal services, and is well equipped to handle all aspects that become relevant during the life cycle of a start-up. We advise investors and founders in Austria and CEE. Tax: Schoenherr’s tax practice advises domestic and international clients on their most sophisticated and challenging tax matters. It supports clients not only in detecting tax risks but in providing simple, clear and practical tax solutions. Technology and digitalisation: The technology and digitalisation team provides 360° legal advice in the ever evolving world of new technology and digitalisation. Our experts from across our legal sectors ensure a comprehensive understanding of our clients’ needs. ### Languages - Arabic - Bulgarian - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Serbian - Slovakian - Slovenian - Spanish - Turkish - Croatian - Ukrainian - Afrikaans - Bosnian - Czech - English - French - German - Hungarian - Italian - Macedonian ### Staffing Figures - 0 Number of lawyers

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Lawyers in this office

Alexander Popp

Managing partner · Corporate / M&A

Alfred Amann

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Andreas Lengger

Attorney at law · Corporate / M&A

Andreas Natterer

Partner · Litigation

Angelika Fischer

Attorney at law · Banking & Finance

Attila K Csongrády

Partner · Banking & Finance

Ayla Ilicali

Counsel · Real Estate

Benjamin Schlatter

Counsel · Environmental Law

Bernd Rajal

Partner · Energy

Birgit Kapeller-Hirsch

Attorney at law · Intellectual Property

Christian Herbst

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Christian Holzer

Attorney at law · Administrative & Public Law

Christian Schmelz

Partner · Regulatory

Christian Schumacher

Partner · Intellectual Property

Christoph Cudlik

Partner · Public Law

Christoph Haid

Partner · Competition

Christoph Jirak

Attorney at law · Environmental Law

Christoph Lindinger

Partner · Dispute Resolution

Christoph Moser

Partner · Capital Markets

Clemens Rainer

Partner. · Real Estate

Constantin Benes

Partner · Real Estate

Constantin Klausegger

Attorney at law · Real Estate

Daniel Wadl

Attorney at law · Corporate / M&A

Dominik Hofmarcher

Partner · Intellectual Property

Evelin Hlina

Counsel · Competition / Antitrust

Franz Urlesberger

Partner · Competition

Franziska Oczlon

Attorney at law · Real Estate

Günther Leissler

Partner · Regulatory

Hanno Wollmann

Partner · Competition

Janos Böszörmenyi

Attorney at law · Data Protection

Johannes Frank

Partner · Competition / Antitrust

Johannes Stalzer

Partner · Public Procurement

Joseph Moser

Attorney at law · Corporate / M&A

Karin Pusch

Counsel · Labour & Employment

Laurenz Schwitzer

Partner · Banking & Finance

Leon Kopecký

Partner · International Arbitration

Lisa Todeschini

Attorney at law · Competition / Antitrust

Manuela Zimmermann

Partner · Insurance

Marco Thorbauer

Partner · Tax

Marguerita Sedrati-Müller

Counsel · Insurance

Markus Piuk

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Martin Ebner

Partner · Banking & Finance

Matthias Pressler

Counsel · Banking & Finance

Maximilian Lang

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Michael Lagler

Partner · Real Estate

Michael Magerl

Office managing partner (Linz) · Restructuring & Insolvency

Michael Marschall

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Michael Schmiedinger

Attorney at law · Banking & Finance

Michael Woller

Partner · Intellectual Property

Miriam Simsa

Partner · Insolvency & Restructuring

Niklas Kerschbaumer

Attorney at law · Intellectual Property

Nina Zafoschnig

Attorney at law · Energy Law

Peter Feyl

Partner · Banking & Finance

Peter Madl

Counsel · Real Estate

Roman Perner

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Sara Khalil

Counsel · Dispute Resolution

Sascha Hödl

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Sascha Schulz

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Sebastian Lukic

Partner · International Arbitration

Sigrun Adrian-Waltner

Attorney at law · Corporate / M&A