Dr Volker Glas > Cerha Hempel > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile

Cerha Hempel
PARKRING 2
1010 VIENNA
Austria

Work Department

Banking & Corporate Finance

Position

Partner
Areas of practice:

Career

Admitted 1998, (Attorney at Law), Austria,
Admitted 1998, (Attorney at Law), New York

Volker Glas is Partner at CERHA HEMPEL and specializes in corporate finance transactions. He represents issuers and underwriters in debt and equity capital markets transactions, corporate borrowers, Austrian and international banks in syndicated loans, acquisition and project financings, and structured finance transactions. In 2023, he and his team advised Vienna Insurance Group on the update of its subordinated bond programmes, a repurchase of subordinated debt instruments requiring supervisory authorities’ approval under Solvency II, voestalpine AG on its EUR 250 million convertible bonds issue, J.P. Morgan in Lenzing AG’s capital increase. S Immo AG on its EUR 75 million retail green bond issue, and several US investors in private placements of notes issued by ÖBB; the Austrian incumbent railway company.

Languages

German, English.

Memberships

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

Education

University of New York (LL.M. 1994)
University of Vienna (Dr. iur. 1993)

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Capital markets

(Leading individuals)

Volker GlasCerha Hempel

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.