Dr Peter E.J. Winkler > E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile

E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH
VIENNA TWIN TOWER, WIENERBERGSTRASSE 11
1100 VIENNA
Austria

Work Department

Banking + Finance; Capital Markets; Corporate + M&A; Restructuring + Insolvency

Position

Peter E.J. Winkler is co-founder of our Vienna office, member of our management board and co-head of our practice groups Corporate + M&A, Banking + Finance and Capital Markets.

He regularly handles the most important M&A and finance transaction on the Austrian market. He also focuses on litigious situations and provides advice on crisis situations and compliance incidents.

Career

He started his professional career with the international management consultancy McKinsey & Co. Inc. As a lawyer, he worked for Freshfields and Simpon Thacher & Bartlett.

Languages

German, English and French

Memberships

Austrian Bar Association; New York Bar Association; International Bar Association

Education

Peter Winkler graduated summa cum laude from the Faculty of Law of the University of Innsbruck with a master’s degree and a doctorate in law. He also studied at the Université de Paris XII and at Harvard Law School, where he received his Master of Law (LL.M.) in 1998.

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Leading partners)

Peter Winkler – E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH

E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH‘s team leverages knowledge from the firm’s finance, capital markets, and restructuring specialists to advise clients comprehensively on the full gamut of M&A and frequently acts in multijurisdictional transactions. The department is jointly steered by the ‘extremely experienced’ Peter Winkler, who also co-leads the firm’s finance and capital markets group, and Josef Schmidt, who excels at the intersection of M&A, corporate, financial regulatory, and capital markets law with a specialism in private equity transactions.

Austria > Banking and finance

E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH excels in asset and corporate financing and is reputed for its track record in financial restructuring. Complementing the firm’s offering with experience at the intersection of banking, capital markets, and M&A matters, Peter Winkler leads the team alongside Marcus Benes, who also heads the firm’s insolvency and restructuring department. Experienced in acquisition and real estate financing transactions, Laurenz Liedermann is another key contact, whose focus areas extend to contract law in the finance sector.

Austria > Capital markets

E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH‘s interdisciplinary offerin works with the team’s with practice groups such as corporate, regulatory, and banking and finance. Led by Peter Winkler, the team demonstrates particular strength in cross-border DCM and ECM transactions, and has a track record in advice on refinancing of capital structures, takeover financings, and share sales. Christian Jöllinger joined the group in January 2024 from Freshfields and advises on regulatory capital instruments, covered bonds regulation, and derivative financial instruments.