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Cerha Hempel
PARKRING 2
1010 VIENNA
Austria

Work Department

Corporate Transactions

Position

Partner
Areas of practice:

Career

Admitted 2005, (Attorney at Law), Austria
Certified Public Tax Advisor
, 2000, Austria

Johannes joined CERHA HEMPEL in 2002 after having worked for several years at a Vienna based accounting firm. He became partner at CERHA HEMPEL in 2010. Johannes is dual qualified as Austrian attorney and as a tax adviser. He is a tax expert focussing on taxation of corporate groups and corporate restructuring, tax planning, taxation of mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments, value added tax, non-profit organizations, withholding tax and tax treaty issues, domestic and cross-border group internal reorganisations and business restructuring, holding structures, taxation of inbound and outbound investments, as well as structured finance. Johannes is also experienced in tax litigation and is an expert within the bank and energy industry. He is frequently interviewed by journalists and newspapers on current tax law topics. Johannes regularly lectures at the Austrian Legal Academy for the preparation of young lawyers for the bar exam on transaction related tax law.

Languages

German, English, Italian

Memberships

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

Education

University of Vienna (Mag. iur., Mag. phil.)
Università di Trieste

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Tax

The deep bench at Cerha Hempel comprises ‘brilliant specialists with extensive knowledge and in-depth experience‘ and covers all important areas of tax law, from reorganisations, to wage taxes and VAT, as well as many others. Heading up the team are Johannes Prinz and Benjamin Twardosz. Elsewhere Christoph Schimmer, who joined from DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH in January 2022, has experience advising on the tax aspects of M&A deals and on corporate tax law issues. Prinz is particularly prolific in the banking and energy sectors, and also acts in contentious matters.