Dr Michaela Siegwart > Cerha Hempel > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile
Cerha Hempel Offices
PARKRING 2
1010 VIENNA
Austria
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Dr Michaela Siegwart
Work Department
Contentious Business
Position
Partner, specialised in Public Procurement, Litigation & Arbitration, IP & Unfair Competition.
Michaela has represented and advised national and international clients in commercial litigation for almost 20 years. She specialises in public procurement, insurance, construction and contract law. She is a partner with CERHA HEMPEL since 2019. During her time with the firm, Michaela has managed to establish herself in all matters pertaining to insurance law. Many of her clients have increasingly come to rely on her expertise in matters such as fidelity insurance liability law and professional liability. A record of excellence has come to define her professional career and continues to entice new clients.
In addition to her work as partner with CERHA HEMPEL, Michaela is also a regular speaker on matters of procurement law and is frequently invited to participate in conferences, in particular, by the Lawyer’s Academy (Anwaltsakademie, AWAK) in Vienna.
Career
Admitted 2005, (Attorney at Law), Austria
Functions:
Michaela has represented and advised national and international clients in commercial litigation for almost 20 years. She specialises in public procurement, insurance, construction and contract law. She is a partner with CERHA HEMPEL since 2019. During her time with the firm, Michaela has managed to establish herself in all matters pertaining to insurance law. Many of her clients have increasingly come to rely on her expertise in matters such as fidelity insurance liability law and professional liability. A record of excellence has come to define her professional career and continues to entice new clients.
In addition to her work as partner with CERHA HEMPEL, Michaela is also a regular speaker on matters of procurement law and is frequently invited to participate in conferences, in particular, by the Lawyer’s Academy (Anwaltsakademie, AWAK) in Vienna.
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
- Vienna Bar Association
- International Bar Association
- Lex Mundi – The World’s Leading Association of Independent Law Firms
Education
University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 2000, Dr. iur. 2013)
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Public procurement
Cerha Hempel is active on both the tender and bidder-side of procurement matters, advising a number of state-owned companies on running Austrian and EU-compliant tenders in the transport and healthcare sectors, while also supporting bidders in structuring their offers. Practice head Michaela Siegwart focuses in particular on healthcare and life sciences procurement, often assisting hospitals with putting out tenders for medical devices, and is also called upon by public bodies following bid rigging allegations.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: white-collar crime (including fraud)
- EU and competition
- Tax