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Cerha Hempel Offices

Cerha Hempel
PARKRING 2
1010 VIENNA
Austria
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Dr Thomas Trettnak

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+43/1/514 35 531 thomas.trettnak@cerhahempel.com View profile

Work Department

Corporate & Commercial

Position

Partner
Areas of practice:

Career

Admitted 2005, (Attorney at Law), Austria
Admitted 2003, (Attorney at Law), New York
Functions:

  • Guest lecturer in Mergers & Acquisitions at the Vienna University of Economics and Business
  • Secondment at STRABAG SE, Capital Markets & M&A, Compliance Officer (2007/2008)
  • Goldberg, Gelman & Harnik, New York (2002)
  • Cremades & Sánchez Pintado, Madrid (1999)

Thomas is Partner at CERHA HEMPEL since 2010 and with the law firm since 2004. He is Head of CEE Insolvency & Restructuring Practice, concentrating in mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations with a special focus on insolvency & restructuring, as well as venture capital and private equity mandates. Thomas is particularly renowned for cross-border transactions, often for Anglo-Saxon clients in view of his admission to the New York Bar. ​ He has worked in-house in M&A for a listed construction company. Thomas is a guest lecturer in Mergers & Acquisitions at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Languages

German, English, French, Spanish, Basic knowledge of Russian

Memberships

  • Vienna Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • AVCO – Austrian Private Equity and Venture Capital Organisation
  • New York Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Lex Mundi – The World’s Leading Association of Independent Law Firms

Education

Secondment at STRABAG SE, Capital Markets & M&A, Compliance Officer (2007/2008)
University of Graz (Mag. iur. 1999, Dr. iur. 2003)
Goldberg, Gelman & Harnik, New York (2002)
Kellogg School of Management, Master’s Degree in Business Administration (2001)
Cremades & Sánchez Pintado, Madrid (1999)
Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M. 2001)
Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid (1998-1999)

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Austria > Insolvency and corporate recovery

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Thomas Trettnak – Cerha Hempel

Central to the work of Cerha Hempel‘s insolvency and restructuring practice is advice in respect of distressed or insolvent counterparts and the voluntary and involuntary winding-down of business operations, supplemented by a strong reputation in financial restructurings and distressed M&A. The full range of matters is covered between the three heads of practice: transactional and distressed M&A as well as creditor protection is the remit of Thomas Trettnak and Christoph Reiter, who was promoted to partner in February 2023; Holger Bielesz fronts the litigation offering.

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