Michael Barnert


Mag.iur. (Vienna 1993)
Piano studies
(Vienna Conservatory 1989 - 1995)
LL.M. (Bruges 1996)
Dr.iur. (Vienna 2000)
Admittance to the Vienna bar
(Vienna 2000)
Michael Barnert

- M & A
- Corporate Law
- Civil and Commercial Law
- Energy
Publications in the areas of corporate law and competition law
Lectures in the areas of corporate law and M&A
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (formerly Heller Löber Bahn & Partner and Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber; Vienna and Bruges 1997 – 2003)
Internship with Kavanagh, Peters, Powell & Osnato (New York 1992)
Clemens Egermann


Mag.iur. (Vienna 1998)
Dr.iur. (Vienna 1999)
Admittance to the Vienna bar
(Vienna 2003)
Clemens Egermann

- Employment
- Real Estate
- Civil and Commercial Law
- Litigation, Arbitration and Enforcement
- Physician Law
Publications in the areas of civil law, labour law as well as corporate law
Lectures in the areas of civil law, labour law as well as corporate law
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (formerly Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber; Vienna 1998 - 2003)
Manuel Gerber


BSc (London 2014)
MSc (Maastricht 2015)
Mag. iur (Graz 2017)
Manuel Gerber

- Banking and Finance
- Capital Markets, Securities and Derivatives
- Financial Supervision Law
Erste Bank Group AG – Risk management (Vienna 2017 – 2020)
Schindler Attorneys (Vienna 2020 – 2021)
Isabella Hartung


Mag.iur. (Vienna 1997)
LL.M. (Bruges 1999)
Dr.iur. (Vienna 2000)
Admittance to the Vienna bar
(Vienna 2003)
Isabella Hartung

- Antitrust/competition law, including compliance and distribution matters
- Energy
- EU state aid
- Foreign direct investment screening (Investment Control Act)
Publications in the areas of competition law, energy law and FDI screening
Lectures in the areas of competition law, energy law and FDI screening
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (formerly Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber, Vienna and London 2000 - 2006)
Internship at the European Parliament (Brussels 1996) and at the
European Commission (Brussels 1998)
Deniz Hortoğlu Ziegler


Mag.iur. (Vienna 2008)
Deniz Hortoğlu Ziegler

- Antitrust/competition law, including compliance and distribution matters
- Energy
- EU state aid
Otis – Ersatz des Kartellschadens mit oder ohne Blick auf den Schutzzweck der Norm? ÖBl 2020, 187 (together with Hartung)
Neue Regeln für das Kronzeugenrennen, Der Standard, 03.04.2013, p 23 (together with Bernhard Kofler-Senoner, LL.M.)
Scientific contributions to the legal commentary "Verschmelzung – Spaltung – Umwandlung", Kalss, 2nd Edition, 2010
Federal Ministry of Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (Vienna 2014 - 2015)
Federal Ministry of Interior (Vienna 2013 - 2014)
Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati Rechtsanwälte (Vienna 2012 -2013)
Department for Civil and Business Law of the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Chair Univ. Prof. Dr. Susanne Kalss, LL.M. (Vienna 2010)
Internships at international business law firms (DORDA, Vienna 2009; Baker McKenzie, Vienna 2009)
Alexander Illigasch


Mag.iur. (Vienna 1994)
Admittance to the Vienna bar
(Vienna 2001)
Alexander Illigasch

- Banking and Finance
- Capital Markets, Securities and Derivatives
- Financial Supervision Law
- Restructuring, Insolvency Advice
- Energy Law
Hügel Dallmann & Partner (Vienna 1995 - 1999)
Shearman & Sterling (New York 1999 - 2001)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Vienna 2001 - 2003)
Thomas Kochberger


LL.B. (Vienna 2017)
LL.M. (Vienna 2019)
Thomas Kochberger

- M & A
- Corporate Law
- Civil and Commercial Law
Urbanek Lind Schmied Reisch Rechtsanwälte (St. Pölten 2017 - 2018, student trainee)
Internship at Engelbrecht Rechtsanwälte (Vienna 2017)
Viktoria Kuda


Mag.iur. (Vienna 2013)
Viktoria Kuda

- M & A
- Corporate Law
- Civil and Commercial Law
Viehböck Breiter Schenk & Nau Rechtsanwälte (Mödling 2014)
bpv Hügel Rechtsanwälte (Mödling 2012 - 2013)
Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte (Vienna 2010 - 2012)
Ludmila Meszarosova


Mag.iur. (Vienna 2013)
Ludmila Meszarosova

- M & A
- Corporate Law
- Civil and Commercial Law
In-house counsel to an international industrial company (Pöttelsdorf 2018 - 2019)
Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte (Vienna 2013 - 2018)
Internships at various international law firms
Victoria Ranegger


Mag.iur. (Vienna 2013)
Admittance to the Vienna bar
(Vienna 2020)
Victoria Ranegger

- Litigation, Arbitration and Enforcement
- Civil and Commercial Law
- Employment
- Real Estate Law
CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte (Vienna 2015 - 2018)
Aspelin & Bridgman (San Francisco 2014)
CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte (Vienna 2013; legal associate)
Internships at international business law firms
Alina Regal


Mag. iur. (Vienna 2009)
Admittance to the Vienna bar (Vienna 2015)
Alina Regal

- M & A
- Corporate Law, Civil and Commercial Law
- Venture Capital & Start-up
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate
Lectures in the area of corporate law and M&A
Austrian Angel Investors Association: How to invest together – Fachwissen Gesellschaftsvertrag, 27.05.2020
Herbst Kinsky Rechtsanwälte GmbH (Vienna 2014 - 2021)
Preslmayr Rechtsanwälte OG (Vienna 2010 - 2014)
Internships at various international corporate law firms
Mirjam Schimmerl


Mag.iur. (Vienna 2019)
B.A. (Vienna 2015)
Mirjam Schimmerl

- M & A
- Corporate Law
- Civil and Commercial Law
G&W Steuerberatungs GmbH (Vienna 2018-2019)
Julia Schönhuber


LL.B. (Vienna 2016)
LL.M. (Vienna 2019)
Julia Schönhuber

- Antitrust/competition law, including compliance and distribution matters
- Energy Law
- Foreign direct investment screening (Investment Control Act)
Foreign Investment Review 2021: Austria, Getting The Deal Through (together with Hartung)
Foreign Investment Review 2020: Austria, Getting The Deal Through (together with Hartung)
Das Investitionskontrollgesetz, ÖZK 2020, 185 (together with Hartung)
Internships at DORDA (Vienna 2019), Pelzmann Gall Größ Rechtsanwälte (EY Law; formerly Pelzmann Gall Rechtsanwälte, Vienna 2018) und Polak & Partner Rechtsanwälte (formerly Fiebinger Polak Leon & Partner Rechtsanwälte, Vienna 2015)
Sebastian Schwab


Mag.iur. (Vienna 2015)
LL.M. (Melbourne 2019)
Sebastian Schwab

- Antitrust/competition law, including compliance and distribution matters
- EU state aid
- Foreign direct investment screening (Investment Control Act)
"Whistleblower" versus Kronzeuge: Quo vadis Informant? ÖZK 2019, 169 (with Isabella Hartung)
Neuerungen im Recht der Funkanlagen auf Grund der RED-Richtlinie, MR 2017, 150 (with Martin Schwertmann)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Vienna 2016 - 2018)
Austrian Trade Commission (Office Washington, DC 2016)
Schubert Rechtsanwälte (Vienna 2013; student trainee)
Heinrich Stubenberg


Mag.iur. (Vienna 2018)
Heinrich Stubenberg

- M & A
- Corporate Law
- Civil and Commercial Law
Internship at Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte (Vienna 2017) and
at Dr. Géza Patay & Associates (Budapest 2014)
Martin Wagner


Mag.iur. (Vienna 2013)
LL.M. (Vienna 2015)
MBA (Krems 2017)
Dr.iur. (Vienna 2017)
Martin Wagner

- Real Estate
- Civil and Commercial Law
- Corporate/M&A
- Litigation
Lecturer at University of Applied Sciences – Burgenland for the following master programs: European Studies - EU Project Management; Human Resource Management und Arbeitsrecht MOEL
Lecturer at University of Applied Sciences – BFI Vienna for the master program Strategic HR Management in Europe
MSW Rechtsanwälte (Vienna 2010 - 2012)
Internships at international business law firms (Schönherr, Vienna 2014; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vienna 2013; Brandl & Talos, Vienna 2013; Wolf Theiss, Vienna 2012)
Austrian Trade Commission (Office Johannesburg, 2011)
Magdalena Ziembicka


LL.B. (Vienna 2011)
LL.M. (Vienna 2013)
Admittance to the Vienna bar
(Vienna 2019)
Magdalena Ziembicka

- Employment
- Data Protection Law
- Litigation
Urlaub in Zeiten von Corona
ecolex 2020, 490 (together with Egermann)
Praxisleitfaden Compliance,
contribution to chapter 5, XXX. Arbeitsrecht: Verhaltenskodex, Dienstverhältnis und Kollektivvertrag (together with Egermann and Eichmeyer)
Internships at forwarding companies and a tax consultant office (Będzin 2008, Vienna 2009 - 2010)