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Cerha Hempel
PARKRING 2
1010 VIENNA
Austria
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Dr Clemens Hasenauer

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Work Department

Corporate Transactions

Position

Managing Partner
Head of Department Corporate Transactions
Areas of practice:

Career

Admitted, (Attorney at Law), Austria
Admitted, (Solicitor),  England and Wales
Admitted, (Attorney at Law), New York

Functions:

  • Managing Partner
  • Head of Department Corporate Transactions
  • Lecturer in Mergers & Acquisitions at the Master of Business Law (MBL) Corporate Law program at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)
  • Lecturer at the Master of Laws (LL.M.) program for Contract Law and Contract Drafting at the Danube University Krems
  • Member of the board of examiners for the judicial office examination in Vienna
  • Lecturer at the Austrian Lawyers Academy (Anwaltsakademie)

Managing Partner Clemens Hasenauer is Head of Department Corporate Transactions since 2007, specialising in M&A, public takeover​transactions, banking and finance, reorganisations and restructurings. He is particularly renowned for structuring large international joint ventures​ and public takeovers. Clemens regularly advises on Austria’s most prominent M&A deals, e.g. just recently advising XXXLutz Group establishing a 50/50 partnership in Black Red White Group (a large furniture retailer and producer based in Poland), or the advice of publicly-listed International Flavors & Fragrances Inc of the sales transaction, which included Savory Solutions Group and the  advice of Vienna based OMV AG in connection with the sale of OMV’s filling station business in Germany to the British EG Group.

Clemens is also a university lecture (holding M&A classes for post-graduate studies) and is author of a number of publications, in particular in the field of corporate, M&A, takeover and capital markets law. In addition, he is the academic chair of the most renowned annual legal conference in Austria (Business Circle’s RuSt) which has a strong focus on legal and tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions and other transactions.

Languages

German, English, French

Memberships

  • Vienna Bar Association (Council)
  • The Law Society
  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Lex Mundi – The World’s Leading Association of Independent Law Firms

Education

Vienna University of Economics and Business, WU Executive Academy (MBA, 2017)
New York University School of Law (LL.M. 1997), Fulbright Scholar
University of Vienna (Mag.iur. 1994, Dr.iur. 1996)
Faculté de droit, Paris V – Université Paris Descartes (1992/93)

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Projects and energy

Cerha Hempel‘s matters in the projects and energy field are handled by lawyers spanning the firm’s M&A, real estate, finance and public law teams, with a strong track record in assisting clients with projects that are tied to transactions. The firm acts for a number of public bodies but also maintains a strong presence in the real estate market, where it advises developers in relation to a range of construction projects. A three-man team consisting of Clemens Hasenauer, a public M&A specialist, EU and public law expert Hans Kristoferitsch and Stefan Huber, whose practice spans environmental and constitutional law, leads the group.

Austria > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Leading individuals)

Clemens Hasenauer – Cerha Hempel

‘One of the leading teams in the country’, Cerha Hempel operates across the whole spectrum of high-volume sales, acquisitions, and corporate governance advice. In particular, the team offers notable experience with transactions across the CEE region and regularly works with experts from the firm’s international offices on cross-border transactions. The ‘brilliant’ Clemens Hasenauer heads the corporate transaction department, while the corporate & commercial practice stands under the leadership of Johannes Aehrenthal. Albert Birkner leads the takeover & antitrust practice and praised by clients as ‘the best M&A lawyer in Austria’, with his practice also including corporate reorganizations and joint ventures. Alexander Reich-Rohrwig, Jakob Hartig, and Christoph Reiter were promoted to partner in 2023. Nadine Leitner is further important member of the team.

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