Dr iur Christian Herbst > Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte) > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile
Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte) Offices
SCHOTTENRING 19
1010 VIENNA
Austria
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Dr iur Christian Herbst
Work Department
Corporate/m&a practice group
Position
Partner
Career
Christian’s main areas of practice are m&a, public takeovers, private equity and corporate finance transactions. Christian enjoys an excellent reputation in representing international and Austrian blue-chip corporations in (cross-border) transactional work. Christian’s transactional advisory has covered a wide range of economic sectors and industries over the years, including financial services, energy and telecoms. Christian is a graduate of Harvard Law School (LL.M. 1984). He is an international business transactions lecturer at the University for Economics and Business in Vienna, has published on issues relating to m&a, takeovers and merger control, and is a speaker at various legal seminars and conferences.
Languages
German, English
Memberships
IBA, Co-chair of the IBA Corporate/M&A Law Committee (2015 – 2016)
UIA
Education
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts/USA (LL.M. 1984)
Johns Hopkins University, Bologna/Italy (Diploma 1983)
University of Salzburg, Salzburg/Austria (Dr. iur. 1982)
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Hall of Fame)Embedded in the firm’s international network, Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)‘s multidisciplinary team delivers first-rate expertise on M&A transactions across the whole CEE region and is also recommended for corporate reorganisations, in particular in the banking and insurance sector. Another standout feature is the wide range of sector knowledge the group provides, covering industries such as energy, financial institutions, telecoms, technology and healthcare. Practice head Roman Perner has a track record of cross-border restructurings and mergers, while Sascha Hödl is described by clients as ‘very knowledgable in all corporate and commercial matters’. Christian Herbst
‘s practice encompasses venture capital, public takeover, and corporate finance transactions, whereas Sascha Schulz is regularly instructed by clients from the construction, real estate, financial and telecom sectors. M&A expert Maximilian Lang is another key contact.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative law and public sector
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- EU and competition
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate