Dr Peter Knobl > Cerha Hempel > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile
Cerha Hempel Offices
PARKRING 2
1010 VIENNA
Austria
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Dr Peter Knobl
Work Department
Banking & Corporate Finance
Position
Partner
Areas of practice:
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Tax Law
- Compliance & Investigations
Career
Peter’s areas of focus include banking and capital markets, banking regulatory, restructuring of banks, investment funds, payment services, stock exchange services and settlement, investment services, insurance regulatory. Peter has been a Partner at CERHA HEMPEL since 2004 and leads our banking, insurance supervision and capital markets regulatory practice.
He advises Austrian licenced banks (SIs and LSIs), investment firms, insurances, corporate issuers, fund management companies and stock exchange operating companies on compliance and regulatory law queries.
Languages
German, English
Memberships
- Vienna Bar Association
- European Community Studies Association Austria (ECSA)
- International Bar Association
Education
Erste Bank der Sparkassen AG (Bank Merchant’s Exam 1992)
University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 1986, Dr. iur. 1987)
Awards:
Leopold Kunschak-Forderungspreis 1994
Walther Kastner Prize 1992 and 1997
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Tax
Recognised for both its broad coverage as well as the targeted specialisations of its team members, Cerha Hempel‘s tax practice is a prime choice for national and international organisations, non-profits, companies and UHNWI seeking advice on transactional tax, tax aspects of M&A deals, tax structuring and reorganisations, international tax law, and fiscal criminal law. Johannes Prinz and Benjamin Twardosz co-head the team, the former a corporate taxation and litigation specialist and the latter hailed for his expertise in litigation and stamp duty. Banking and finance practice head Peter Knobl assists with AIF, UCITS, and financial instrument taxation.
Austria > Capital markets
Jointly steered by Volker Glas, Peter Knobl, and Thomas Zivny, Cerha Hempel excels in both regulatory and transactional work, with areas of expertise including stock exchange law, market abuse prevention, and bond issuances, with a particular emerging focus on green bonds. Glas handles the full range of corporate finance transactions, with notable experience in debt and equity transactions, while Knobl’s focus includes compliance matters and stock exchange services. Described as an ‘excellent lawyer’, Thomas Zivny’s recent workload includes advice regarding a €2bn medium-term note programme, while Christian Aichinger combines knowledge of capital markets, banking and finance, and corporate law to provide comprehensive advice to the firm’s clients.
Austria > Banking and finance
Praised by clients for ‘consistently showcasing exceptional legal expertise’, Cerha Hempel is instructed by both lenders and borrowers and operates across a wide spectrum of matters encompassing financial services regulation, restructurings, as well as green loans and acquisition financings. The team is jointly steered by Peter Knobl, who is praised by clients for his ‘remarkable level of dedication and legal acumen’, corporate finance expert Volker Glas, and Thomas Zivny, who specialises in project finance with a particular focus on the real estate sector.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: white-collar crime (including fraud)
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Tax
Firm Rankings
- Administrative law and public sector
- Banking and finance
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- Private client
- Projects and energy
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT
- Intellectual property