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Cerha Hempel Offices

Cerha Hempel
PARKRING 2
1010 VIENNA
Austria
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Dr Armin Schwabl

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+43 1 514 35 304 armin.schwabl@cerhahempel.com

Work Department

Public Law & European Law, IT & Privacy, Compliance & Investigations, White Collar Crime, Food Law

Position

Practice areas

  • Public Law & European Law
  • IT & Privacy
  • Compliance & Investigations
  • White Collar Crime
  • Food Law (Foodlawcorner.com)
  • Supply chain compliance

Armin Schwabl, LL.M. (Chicago) is a partner and admitted to the bar both in Austria (2015) and New York (2013). He is a regulatory lawyer with a particular focus on product regulation, telecommunications, trade, waste and environmental law. Prior to CERHA HEMPEL, Armin was a research and teaching fellow at the Institute for Austrian and European Public Law at Vienna´s University of Economics and Business and worked furthermore at the U.S.-law firm Covington & Burling LLP in Brussels. Armin is a lecturer for Public Law at the University of Applied Sciences Vienna.

Armin advises on a broad range of regulatory issues, with a particular focus on food, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and tobacco. For example, he has represented various food companies as well as Austria’s leading food retailer, in more than 100 proceedings before administrative authorities and courts. He regularly represents the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacists and various pharmacists in administrative litigation. His clients comprise a number of international and Austrian pharmaceutical and medical device companies, to which he renders regulatory advice (compliance, cooperation with health care professionals and hospitals, advertisement and distribution issues). Armin also has a focus on waste regulation.

Languages

German English French

Memberships

  • Vienna Bar Association
  • International Bar Association

Education

  • University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 2005)
  • Vienna University of Economics and Business (Dr. iur. 2009)
  • University of Chicago Law School (LL.M. 2011)

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Administrative law and public sector

(Next Generation Partners)

Armin Schwabl – Cerha Hempel

Cerha Hempel exhibits proficiency across a wide range of public law matters and excels in administrative litigation, with co-lead and ‘fantastic strategic thinker’ Hans Kristoferitsch leading on a number of cases related to European, state aid and data protection law. Kristoferitsch is joined as practice head by Stefan Huber, who ‘pairs excellent legal knowledge with exceptionally short turnaround times’ and specialises in environmental, constitutional, EU and procurement law. Armin Schwabl contributes to the team’s wide offering with his focus on product regulation, telecommunication, trade and waste matters.

Austria > Data privacy and data protection

Cerha Hempel delivers ‘practical solutions’ in the field of data protection, advising clients on their responsibilities around cross-border outsourcing, data transfer and cloud computing projects, while also representing clients in actions before the Austrian data protection authority and the courts pertaining to data breaches. Team head Hans Kristoferitsch offers his clients a ‘pragmatic approach’ to data protection, assisting international clients on the rollout of new mobile apps and other matters that concern handling of customer data, while also advising on GDPR compliance and contentious EU law cases. Armin Schwabl, who is also admitted in New York, advises on regulatory data protection matters, while Boris Treml supports businesses in implementing GDPR, carrying out data risk assessments and IT outsourcing projects.

Austria > TMT

Cerha Hempel‘s TMT practice brings together expertise in IT, data protection and e-commerce matters, and often works alongside the M&A department to advise clients on both complex technology projects and to see through transactions in the TMT field. The team is led by a three-man group made up of Hans Kristoferitsch, whose practice includes IT law and data privacy, telecoms and data privacy specialist Armin Schwabl and Christoph Reiter, who handles IT contracts, e-commerce matters and tech-centred transactions.

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