Dr Claus Schneider > Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile
Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG Offices
SCHUBERTRING 6
1010 VIENNA
Austria
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Dr Claus Schneider
Work Department
Banking & Financing, Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions.
Position
Partner; specialised in capital markets, debt and structured finance, bank regulatory law, corporate transactions. A debt, hybrid and structured issues expert, Claus has worked on some of the most innovative and other first-time debt and hybrid issues in Austria and has been one of the key legal advisors regarding bank support measures undertaken by the Republic of Austria amid financial crises.
Career
Member of the Wolf Theiss Management Board since 2019; Partner, Wolf Theiss, since 2003; admitted in Austria, since 2003; Lawyer, World Bank (Washington D.C., 1998).
Languages
German, English.
Memberships
Vienna Bar Association, International Bar Association, British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
Education
University of Innsbruck, (Mag. iur. 1995); London School of Economics, (LL.M. 1997); University of Innsbruck, (Dr. iur. 1999).
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Capital markets
(Leading individuals)Predominantly instructed by banks and other financial institutions, Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG offers well-rounded experience handling debt capital markets-related matters, with clients appreciating the team’s ‘perfect market overview’. Regularly acting in a range of cross-border matters, the group comfortably handles advice on the digitalisation of bond and debt issuances programmes, especially in relation to green bonds. Practice head Claus Schneider‘s expertise includes debt, hybrid and structured capital market matters, while Christine Siegl is described as an ‘outstanding lawyer for regulatory matters’. Richard Wolf
is another key contact. Alexander Haas left the firm in 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: white-collar crime (including fraud)
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT