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Cerha Hempel Offices

Cerha Hempel
PARKRING 2
1010 VIENNA
Austria
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Dr Peter Vcelouch

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Work Department

Real Estate and Construction

Position

Partner, Head of Department Real Estate and Construction, specialised in Real Estate & Construction, Litigation & Arbitration, Public Law & European Law, Insolvency & Restructuring.

Peter regularly advises on planning and construction contracts and represents clients in claim management matters and in construction-related litigation and arbitration proceedings. Peter also advises national and international clients in commercial litigation and arbitration issues, in particular with respect to large scale construction projects.

Career

Admitted 2000, (Attorney at Law), Austria
Functions:

  • Lecturer on Community, Constitutional, Tobacco Monopoly and Construction Law

Partner at CERHA HEMPEL since 2004, with the firm since 1997.

Head of CERHA HEMPEL’S Real Estate & Construction Practice Group, Peter Vcelouch, is well-respected for his expertise in national and international construction-related matters. He regularly advises on planning and construction contracts and represents clients in claim management matters and in construction-related litigation and arbitration proceedings. Recently he advised, inter alia, Austrian SES Spar European Shopping Centers, one of the biggest shopping centre developers, owners and managers in Austria and Central Europe, with respect to several real estate and construction projects. Furthermore, he regularly advises Lidl Österreich on real estate and construction-related matters and Vienna International Airport on construction law issues.
Peter also advises national and international clients in commercial litigation and arbitration issues, in particular with respect to large scale construction projects.

Peter is active as a frequent lecturer at imh Institut Manfred Hämmerle GmbH (previously IIR Institute) with respect to real estate matters, and he is also active as a permanent lecturer for construction-related matters at the Chamber of Architects.

Languages

German, English

Memberships

  • Vienna Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Austrian Council of Shopping Centers
  • Real Circle
  • ÖGNI
  • Verein der Freunde Rechtswissenschaft
  • ICDR Young & International
  • YAAP Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners
  • Lex Mundi – The World’s Leading Association of Independent Law Firms

Education

University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 1994, Dr. iur. 1996)

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Construction

Cerha Hempel merges construction and real estate law to provide advice on tenders and construction contracts in addition to assisting with the financing and sale of projects. Contentious matters fall under the remit of practice head Peter Vcelouch, who represents clients in matters focused on building defects, zoning and building applications and leasing arrangements. December 2022 saw Taylor Wessing enwc Rechtsanwälte GmbH‘s Matthias Nödl return to the firm, specialising in both contentious and non-contentious construction and architectural law, while the following month Manfred Ton left the partnership, founding his own practice.

Austria > Real estate

Under the leadership of real estate and construction specialist Peter Vcelouch, Cerha Hempel‘s real estate practice takes on a broad spectrum of transactional and development mandates in Austria and the wider CEE region. Disputes form an additional pillar of the team’s work, including both construction and lease issues. ‘Smooth negotiator’ Mark Krenn counts a number of public sector clients among his roster, whom he assists on the acquisition and disposal of key assets, and is also noted for his innovative use of legal tech.

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