Dr iur Thomas Schirmer > Binder Grösswang > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile
Binder Grösswang Offices
STERNGASSE 13
1010 VIENNA
Austria
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Dr iur Thomas Schirmer
Work Department
Corporate / M&A
Position
Partner, specialised in corporate/M&A, private equity/venture capital, international cross-border transactions, joint ventures, syndications.
Career
Partner, Binder Grösswang since 2000; Associate/Attorney at Law, Binder Grösswang, 1995-1999; Internship, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 1993. Chairman of the SIX Payment Services (Austria) GmbH; Represantive chairman of CPB Software AG; Manging Director of NOVA Chemicals Holding GmbH; Manging Director of IPIC Holdings GmbH. Lecturer of Commercial and Company Law at the Fachhochschule for Marketing & Sales and Tax & Finance, Chamber of Commerce Vienna, 1998-2000. Various publications in regard to banking and corporate law and others.
Languages
German, English.
Memberships
Former Co-Chairman in the Banking Law Committee of the International Bar Association; International Bar Association (IBA); Member in the Corporate and M&A Law Committee as well as in the Banking Law Committee.
Education
Tulane University Law School, New Orleans (LL.M., Fulbright Fellow, 1993); University of Innsbruck (Dr. iur. 1994, Mag. iur. 1989); University of Innsbruck (Mag. rer. soc. oec. 1991).
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Private client
Tying together expertise from across the firm’s tax, corporate and M&A, financing, employment, regulatory, real estate, and IP teams, Binder Grösswang‘s private client practice offers entrepreneurs, their families and foundations comprehensive advice on cross-border estate planning, international tax structuring, succession planning and international relocation, as well as assisting with litigation. The core team is led by Andreas Hable, who specialises in international estate and tax planning, and Thomas Schirmer, who focuses on M&A and real estate transactions. Christian Zwick offers further support on M&A, while Mona Holzgruber is the primary contact for change of residency, citizenship and immigration issues. Investments expert Bernd Schneiderbauer left the firm in February 2023.
Austria > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Binder Grösswang shows particular strength in private equity matters with an international focus and works together seamlessly with other teams of the firms such as tax, banking and finance and dispute resolution to comfortably handle the full spectrum of M&A transactions. Both Thomas Schirmer and the ‘excellent M&A and general corporate lawyer’ Philipp Kapl are among the firm’s key contacts for cross-border transactions, as are Florian Khol, who is also well-versed in auction proceedings and public takeovers, and Andreas Hable, whose focus areas include reorganisations, international tax structuring, and corporate governance.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Private client
- Tax
Firm Rankings
- Administrative law and public sector
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: white-collar crime (including fraud)
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation
- Projects and energy
- Real estate
- TMT
- Public procurement