Cerha Hempel

Contentious Business

Senior Associate, Arbitration, Contentious Business Department

Sam is an Irish solicitor practicing in CERHA HEMPEL’s arbitration team out of Vienna. Sam has over seven years of experience in representing clients in complex, cross-border investment and commercial arbitration cases, with a focus on energy and engineering disputes. As counsel, Sam takes leading roles in arbitrations and is often recognised by clients for his diligence, prompt responses and keen strategic insights. Sam further acts as arbitrator in arbitration disputes and has extensive experience with arbitrations conducted under a variety of institutional rules.

A He has also been appointed the VIAC’s Ambassador to Ireland as of July 2025, demonstrating his deep experience in arbitration matters, and publishes on new developments in commercial and investment arbitration.

German, English, Dutch

Law Society of Ireland Austrian Arbitration Association Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners

University of Vienna, International Legal Studies (LL.M. 2016) University College Dublin (LL.B. 2014)