‘Team is very responsive; team works seamlessly; high quality.’

‘Christine Dietz is very responsive; very committed; pragmatic advice to the point.’

‘Raoul Hoffer is very responsive, very knowledgeable about private enforcement of competition law.’

‘Christine Dietz has been my go-to competition lawyer in Austria for a number of years. She is bright, commercially minded and very responsive. Highly recommended.’

‘Binder are my go-to firm for all Austrian antitrust matters. We work with them on multiple matters every year. They are very responsive and give us exactly what we are looking for.’

‘Christine Dietz is highly responsive and gets to grip with the issues very quickly, providing exactly the advice we need.’

‘Responsive, pragmatic and efficient. Good knowledge of Austrian law and relationship with the authority.’

‘I would recommend Isabelle Innerhofer. She is knowledgeable, pragmatic and easy going. She delivers.’

‘Very reliable.’

‘The team is strong and well known in the market. They have an innovative approach, work effectively and quickly, with persistence and with a good portion of tenacity.’

‘The team I know includes Isabelle Innerhofer and Raoul Hoffer. All of them are very responsive and excellent to work with. ’

‘We routinely work with Binder as they are highly responsive, generally commercially minded and pragmatic. They are able to deal quickly and efficiently with urgent client requests with minimum fuss. They are our preferred Austrian counsel to work with on large-scale, complex transactions requiring filings in multiple jurisdiction.’

‘We primarily work with Christine Dietz, who is highly responsive and commercially minded. She provides no fuss, pragmatic advice and keeps even the most demanding of our US-based clients happy.’

‘The team around Raoul Hoffer, Isabelle Innerhofer and Christine Dietz work seamlessly together and provide top-notch quality advice.’

‘Raoul Hoffer and Isabelle Innerhofer are trusted advisors in cartel damage claims and digital issues. They are both very pleasant to work with.’

‘I strongly recommend Isabelle Innerhofer. She has the perfect package of high level knowledge, experience from important cases and enthusiasm to excel.’

‘The antitrust group and in particular Isabelle Innerhofer is highly competent, straight to the point and provides very practical and tailor made advice to the client. She has a problem solution approach which meet client’s expectations also in very demanding cases’

‘Great people to work with, smart, diligent, hands-on practical approach.’

‘The Team works seamlessly together.’

‘Isabelle Innerhofer shows solid competition law expertise. Pleasant to work with.’

‘Very capable competition law practice, very responsive, commercially minded; very pleasant to work with. First point of contact for competition law in Austria.’

‘Dr. Raoul Hoffer is a leading individual in Austria for behavioural matters, very experienced.’

‘Christine Dietz works thoroughly and is a smart lawyer, focusing on merger control. ’

‘In the field of antitrust law in particular, Christine Dietz quickly offers proactively tailor-made, solution-oriented and pragmatic proposals for solutions, always keeping an eye on costs and feasibility, thus creating an atmosphere of trust in the cooperation with clients.’

‘We consider the team to be the best in competition law in Austria. Stand-out characteristics are: the size and capacity to handle any big or complex matter at any time as well as their high degree of specialization.’

‘We believe that Raoul Hoffer as the head of the team stands out for his strategic thinking, knowledge on the workings of the authorities and digital law expertise.’

‘Christine Dietz is heading the merger control unit within the team and is a superb negotiator when it comes to complex transactions and to finding ways how to get them through.’

‘Isabelle Innerhofer is a well-known competition lawyer in the firm.’

‘One of the top competition teams in Austria, very present on an international level and always available.’

‘Isabelle Innerhofer, Christine Dietz and Raoul Hoffer stand out as excellent competition lawyers.’

‘I have worked with Isabelle Innerhofer on merger control matters this year – Isabelle is responsive, commercial, and an expert in her field.’

‘Very approachable, and consistently available. Happy to provide additional guidance that is of particular assistance to foreign firms.’

‘Isabelle Innerhofer is very approachable, client friendly and provides commercial advice.’

‘Very responsive, hands-on-mentality, very good availability.’

‘Practicable solutions, quick response, perfect knowledge of competition law.’

‘Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber has excellent knowledge of competition law, many years of experience in competition cases and is available nearly 24-hours.’

‘The team is pragmatic and very responsive.’

‘Judith Feldner is doing a fantastic job. She is very responsive, digs into the details of the case and is still able to provide pragmatic advice. She is very experienced in proceedings before the BWB.’

‘Great availability and straight-forward advice.’

‘Judith Feldner is always approachable, gives very reliable, straight-forward advice.’

‘Proactive case management, excellent legal and also strategic input.’

‘Dieter Thalhammer is an absolute expert in his field.’

‘Judith Feldner made an incredible effort to support us with the highest-quality legal advice. ’

‘Very pragmatic, hands-on approach. Very business-oriented.’

‘Dieter Thalhammer stands out with his business acumen and to-the-point handling of the matter.’

‘E&H has a deep bench of talented practitioners. The competition team offers clear advice and absolutely understands our business and markets. They have exceptional technical skills and depth of experience. The lawyers deliver the best quality advice, and always come to the table with creative ideas.’

‘Dieter Thalhammer is one of the very top competition experts in the country. He provides sophisticated, strategic advice, with a creative and calm approach. He is a very smart lawyer who is a practical and strategic thinker.’

‘Clearly one of the best competition law practices in Austria with a strong presence all across Eastern Europe.’

‘Incredible at getting the job done to requirements (on time, within budget). Deliver every time the consistent high quality I have become used to. ’

‘Volker Weiss is sharp, has great business acumen and delivers consistently very high quality. ’

‘Very competent, excellent availability, very committed, proactive.’

‘Exceptional legal knowledge, dedication and commitment, time management, proactive approach.’

‘Unique expertise in state aid matters.’

‘Hans Kristoferitsch is very experienced and easy to work with.’

‘Cerha Hempel has a team of excellent corporate and M&A lawyers, providing fantastic level of service. They are true experts in their field. The team is quick and always available with a very hands-on approach.’

‘Bernhard Kofler-Senoner provided an excellent service in the notification aspects of the transaction. He is an expert in his field with an impressive track record.’

‘Bernhard Kofler-Senoner and Michael Mayer are extremely hands-on and to the point. They both know our demands very well. In the best sense, we are cooperating at eye-level for tailor-made solutions.’

‘It’s a pleasure working with them. Full stop. ’

‘The members of SCWP always perform their work in a first-class manner, just in time and with reliable results. I feel confident in the firm’s expertise and work performed. ’

‘Markus Fellner is precise in his advice and never losing the practical connections and needs of his client. His strength lies in his outstanding written briefs.’

‘SCWP offers any kind of excellent legal advice under one roof which means that clients don’t have to search around for first class legal advice. The individual lawyers of different areas which often have to build teams (especially in complex projects) can communicate easily and in a fast way.’

‘The lawyers are specialists in their respective area which means that clients receive in-depth analysis of great value.’

‘Markus Fellner provided us with the right tactical strategies in advance of meetings. With him, we were able to create a productive and friendly relationship with the authority, which helped us to agree on more favourable terms than previously anticipated. Mr Fellner was also very quick in handling our matters and was easily available.’

‘In total, we are very keen to give the practice our warmest recommendations.’

‘SCWP has an excellent team coving all aspects needed. Their lawyers are innovative and competent and deliver excellent work. They are reachable 24/7. Being present not only in Vienna but also Upper Austria is highly appreciated.’

‘I have worked with Christina Hummer, who is highly competent. The cooperation with her always runs smoothly and the result is always as we had hoped for. I really appreciate her commitment and her efficient, solution-oriented approach. She is able to bring even very complex problems in a comprehensible way to the point. As a client of her you always have the feeling being the most important for her.’

‘Hard-working, focused, fast and cost-efficient.’

‘Isabella Hartung is a dedicated, extremely reliable and swift working colleague, who provides excellent client service.’

‘The full-package service combined with high professionalism, timely manner and orientation on the needs of the client.’

‘The team works together intensively and professionally. While Dieter Zandler has a strong background in antitrust and competition law, Marlene Wimmer-Nistelberger contributes her extensive experience in the field of EU state aid law. This brings an optimal result achieved with foresight.’

‘The team is always easy to reach, delivers the work results on time, even with tight deadlines. They have provided us with extremely well thought-out but practical advice on very complex state aid and competition law issues. Despite the time constraints, we never got the feeling that they lacked resources.’

‘Dieter Zandler has a great deal of experience in the field of antitrust and competition law. We see him as a perfectionist taking cares of every detail and offering top-notch advice always on time and on a wide range of antitrust issues.’

‘CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz provides a crystal-clear view of legal issues and works towards solutions in a goal-oriented and extremely efficient manner. Reich-Rohrwig Hainz’s expertise extends far beyond national borders, making it the ideal partner for multinational transactions, especially in Eastern and Southeastern Europe.’

‘Especially Dieter Zandler provides very reliable advice and convinces with detailed and in-depth result down to the last point.’

‘In particular, Dr. Dieter Zandler is able to anticipate developments in competition law issues, which offers the client a certain degree of planning security. His expertise in Austrian and EU antitrust and competition law has always been accurate and practicable. His team has worked together excellently.’

‘The team is very client-oriented and keeps its promised deadlines and aligned with us on work streams and their progress within the projects.’

‘In brief customer-oriented, good project management, good reachability of lawyers, great expertise in their field.’

‘Flexible, quick, pragmatic.’

‘Heinrich Kühnert is a dedicated and highly competent antitrust law partner. He is responsive, pragmatic and up to date regarding all new antitrust developments. It is a pleasure working with him.’

‘Excellent team, exceptional knowledge and good international network, hands-on approach, understands customer needs, available when needed, explains difficult legal issues very good.’

‘Dorda’s competition law team is very dedicated and responsive. High quality output is provided within short timeframes, questions are addressed in a very intelligent and practical manner.’

‘Concise and up-to-date competition counselling, strong understanding of our business model and regulatory constraints.’

‘Dorda is an excellent law firm, with talented lawyers having a very sharp expertise in competition law.’

‘Heinrich Kühnert is an exceptional lawyer. In addition to having tremendous knowledge in competition law, he is very client caring, always available, thinks fast and has the ability to explain plainly very complex issues.’

‘Strong know-how and competence, goal oriented, pragmatic and to the point, very accessible and responsive, strong business acumen.’

‘Holistic advisory approach, very goal- and solution-oriented, to the point and not over-legalizing things.’

‘Mortiz Am Ende and his team have in-depth knowledge of how the Austrian competition authority works and thinks. Excellent go-to team for Austria.’

‘Answers are to the point. Best-in-class expertise paired with excellent customer relation and pragmatic problem-solving.’

‘The practice around Christian Mayer is characterized by profound knowledge in the fields. Very deep into the matters. Always available. You can trust that he understands what’s on the table.’

‘Christian Mayer provides straightforward advice in an efficient manner on complex matters.‘

‘Christian Mayer is perfectly client-oriented, an excellent problem solver with a stellar track record and high-quality team.’

Christian Mayer is very service orientated, profound knowledge, good communication skills, easy to work with, you can trust that he does not overlook a thing.’

‘Besides the fact that the Taylor Wessing Competition Team is highly experienced in antitrust, merger control and compliance matters, one of the strengths is its long-standing stable team composition as well as constant growth. Furthermore, the team is regularly representing clients in very complex merger control proceedings.’

‘Martin Eckel as well as David Konrath are top experts in the field of competition law with profound knowledge, paired with superb response time and a hands-on approach.’