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Cerha Hempel Offices

Cerha Hempel
PARKRING 2
1010 VIENNA
Austria
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Dr Bernhard Kofler-Senoner

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+43/1/514 35 581 bernhard.kofler-senoner@cerhahempel.com

Work Department

Takeovers & Antitrust

Position

Partner

Head of Competition Practice Group
Areas of practice:

Career

Admitted 2006, (Attorney at Law), Austria
Functions:

  • Lecturer in antitrust law
  • Assistant, EC Competition Law (Prof. Korah), Fordham University (2001-2002)
  • Trainee, Wessing, Berenberg & Gossler, Düsseldorf, Germany (2001)

Bernhard is a partner at CERHA HEMPEL since 2010. With almost 20 years of experience in the area of competition law, he heads the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group comprising lawyers from its office in Vienna and its CEE offices. Bernhard is renowned for his know-how in complex (Phase II) merger control proceedings and high profile cartel proceedings (especially in the mobile phone, consumer electronics, food retail, real estate, and construction sectors). He has vast experience in designing and implementing compliance management systems and in establishing national and international distribution networks with a special focus on the electronics sector. He also advises clients on damage claims that are made following competition law infringements.

Languages

German, English

Memberships

  • Vienna Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht
  • Lex Mundi – The World’s Leading Association of Independent Law Firms

Education

Fordham University (LL.M. 2002), Fulbright Scholarship
Robert Schuman Prize
University of Innsbruck (Mag. iur. 1999, Dr. iur. 2001)

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > EU and competition

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Bernhard Kofler-Senoner – Cerha Hempel

Bringing to bear a ‘profound comprehension of Austrian and EU competition law,’ Cerha Hempel is often instructed on mergers and cartel cases spanning multiple European jurisdictions, assisting on merger control proceedings, and providing advice on FDI regulations and subsidy screenings. The firm acts for clients bringing private enforcement claims for damages as a result of cartel operations and is also noted for its state aid practice. Practice head Bernhard Kofler-Senoner frequently appears before EU bodies on both cartel matters and merger proceedings, including Phase II hearings. Anna Wolf-Posch offers extensive experience in merger control and FDI notifications, which she coordinates in Austria and across the CEE region, while Hans Kristoferitsch is noted for his knowledge of state aid regulations, representing clients in such matters before the ECJ.

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