International Corporate Finance

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