INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS
AUSTRIA BEST LAW FIRMS
M&A
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
1 Binder Grösswang Thomas Schirmer, Michael Kutschera, Michael Binder
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Willibald Plesser, Konrad Gröller, Thomas Zottl
Schönherr Christian Herbst, Sascha Hödl, Alexander Popp
2 Dorda Brugger Jordis Martin Brodey, Andreas Mayr, Jürgen Kittel
Wolf Theiss Dieter Spranz, Horst Ebhardt, Claus Schneider
EXCELLENT
CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati Albert Birkner, Clemens Hasenauer, Edith Hlawati
CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Peter Huber, Rainer Wachter, Johannes Trenkwalder
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
bpv Hügel Rechtsanwälte Hanns Hügel, Florian Gibitz
Eisenberger & Herzog Peter Winkler
Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners Markus Fellner
RECOMMENDED
1 Baker & McKenzie - Diwok Hermann Petsche Rechtsanwälte Gerhard Hermann
Barnert Egermann Illigasch Michael Barnert
Brandl & Talos Rechtsanwälte Thomas Talos
Fiebinger, Polak, Leon & Partners (FPLP) Peter Polak
Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Attorneys at Law Raimund Cancola
2 DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Christoph Mager
Doralt Seist & Csoklich Christoph Diregger
EY Law - Pelzmann Gall Rechtsanwälte Mario Gall
Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte Ferdinand Graf
Herbst Kinsky Philipp Kinsky
PHH Prochaska Havranek Stefan Prochaska
Saxinger, Chalupsky & Partner Rechtsanwälte (SCWP Schindhelm) Immanuel Gerstner
Schindler and Partners Clemens Philipp Schindler, Florian Cvak
Track record: The practice is very active and
advised Mondi Group on the acquisition
of 90% of the outstanding share capital in
Turkish Kalenobel in July 2016. In May they
advised the French household equipment
manufacturer Groupe SEB on the acqui-
sition of thrit German peer WMF Group for
€1.020bn.
Team & differentiation: Led by the widely-res-
pected Christian Herbst, the practice is
best recognized for its outstanding capa-
city in transactions involving sectors such
as energy, financial institutions, telecoms,
automotive, media and pharmaceuticals.
The practice works out of 13 different offices
located in Central and Eastern Europe and
has five country desks.
L eaders:
Christian Herbst, Sascha
Hödl and Alexandra Popp
E stablished:
1950
Christian Herbst
SCHÖNHERR: POPULAR IN HIGH-PROFILE MATTERS AND HIGH-STAKES INTERNATIONAL DEALS