Dr iur Gerald Schmidsberger > SAXINGER Rechtsanwalts GmbH > Wels, Austria > Lawyer Profile
SAXINGER Rechtsanwalts GmbH Offices
WDZ 8, EDISONSTRASSE 1
4600 WELS
Austria
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Dr iur Gerald Schmidsberger
Work Department
Main areas: Corporate and M&A, Corporate Sucession, Insolvency and Restructuring, Banking and Financial Law.
Position
Position: Lawyer, partner; Titles: Dr. iur.; Expertise:
Gerald Schmidsberger advises domestic and foreign companies on corporate law, in particular also on reorganisation and corporation law. He has substantial experience in the advising of national and cross-border M&A transactions. He also advises on issues of the law of (corporate) succession.
Gerald Schmidsberger gives talks and regularly publishes articles, in particular on topics relating to company law and is a university lecturer at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz.
Career
Gerald Schmidsberger has worked as a lawyer and partner since 1998. Before gaining his licence to work as a lawyer, he also worked for KPMG.
In addition to his work as a lawyer, Gerald Schmidsberger is also a member of several supervisory boards and trustee boards of foundations.
Languages
German, English
Education
After studying for his degree in law at Johannes Kepler University (1989-1992) and his doctorate in 1995, he completed a postgraduate degree (European and international commercial law) at the University of St. Gallen (2000-2001).
Gerald Schmidsberger was awarded the Advancement Award of the Walter Haslinger Private Foundation and the Richard Büche Prize of Allgemeine Sparkasse Oberösterreich.
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Private client
A robust offering in family and probate law underpins SAXINGER Rechtsanwalts GmbH
‘s private client team, which advises UHNWI and HNWI on post-marital claims involving shareholdings and assets, child custody issues, inheritance claims, as well as on corporate law questions of asset structuring, succession, and wealth management. The team is jointly led by Gerald Schmidsberger, who works on corporate succession, investments and trusts, and Birgit Leb, who is primarily engaged in contentious family and inheritance proceedings. Corporate and M&A-focused Bernhard Gonaus specialises in shareholder disputes and was promoted to partner in October 2023.
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