Herbst Kinsky Rechtsanwalte GmbH > Vienna, Austria > Firm Profile

‘Herbst Kinsky has an outstanding reputation in the Austrian and the international regulatory law sector, in particular with regard to public procurement and investment control law. The team includes the hands-on individual Valerie Mayer, who provides successful support on public procurement and FDI-projects.’

‘Valerie Mayer is emphatic, efficient, assertive and focussed on the client’s needs. I highly recommend her.’

‘The team has an excellent reputation in the field of antitrust and competition law for many years. Valerie Mayer, has strongly strengthened the areas of merger and investment control. Since then, the firm has become an integral part of the antitrust and FDI community – both in Austria and on an international level.’

‘Valerie Mayer takes care of all antitrust and FDI proceedings for us and handles them in an efficient, committed, and extremely straightforward manner. She has a high level of professional competence in these areas.’

‘Extremely competent and still easy accessible.’

‘Stefan Lenzhofer: competent, diligent, careful and fast in response.’

‘Valerie Mayer is an excellent lawyer with profound knowledge in FDI and public procurement law topics. She is very responsive, easy to work with and very detail-oriented. I would definitely recommend her and would work with her again at any time. ’

‘Excellent specialist knowledge in constitutional, administrative, labour and social law.’

‘The work of Wolfgang Schwackhoefer and his team is always on point, timely, responsive and based on a high level of professionalism. It is simply fun to work with Wolfgang.’

‘Extremly experienced, dedicated, commited. Deliver always on time.’

‘What makes the team unique is the perfect balance of expertise, speed and pragmatism.’

‘The team has a very strong combination of skills, dedication and a personal touch to make clients feel comfortable when choosing them. ’

Philipp Kinsky is a highly skilled, dedicated and pleasant individual and stands out in terms of the quality of interactions and outputs. ’

‘They always make time to explain things in detail. They are super informed about every aspect of the matter.’

‘The firm offers quick access to the relevant matter expert. Each expert is excellent in their area,  highly customer-oriented, focussed on understanding the customer’s problem and offering feasible solutions in short time.’

‘Good industry knowledge and pragmatic approach.’

‘Alexander Lotz did a great job in pushing a difficult deal over the line.’

‘For me, Herbst Kinsky is one of the leading law firms in the field of start-up and venture capital both in Austria, but also beyond its borders.’

‘Philipp Kinsky is definitely one of the most experienced and best lawyers in Austria when it comes to start-ups – both in the field of fund investments and direct investments. Due to his extensive experience he is able to assess difficult situations very well, and to get the best out of them for his clients without loss of face for any of the parties involved.’

‘The entrepreneurial approach is unique.’

‘Dr. Philipp Kinsky: The best lawyer in Austria – personally and professionally – with perfect entrepreneurial thinking skills.’

‘We enjoy working with Herbst Kinsky a lot – they combine in-depth know-how with broad experience, and their advice is straight to the point and pragmatic. Very experienced people with a lot of know-how.’

‘The outstanding Sonja Hebenstreit and her excellent team always provide great advice. They understand the needs of the client and support us in a very precise but pragmatic way. They are proactive and reliable, and also a good sparring partner when discussing new solutions.’

‘The team is very human and explains things straightforwardly.’

‘They always make time to explain things in detail. They are super informed about every aspect that is going on.’

‘Their ability to navigate complex legal issues and provide clear, insightful guidance has been invaluable to us.’

‘The team has a quick grasp and prepares the respective topic in a practical way.’

‘Sonja Hebenstreit is clear in her language and does not get bogged down in legal quibbles that are irrelevant in practice.’

‘They explain things straight forwardly.’

‘They always make time to explain things in detail. They are very informed about every relevant aspect of a matter.’

‘Competent, fast responding, diligent.’

‘Stephan Lenzhofer: very kind, competent, diligent, fast responding and outstanding person.’

‘Professional excellence linked with a good sense for economic and practical requirements.’

‘Very commercially minded; great response time; the team is always one step ahead; profound know-how; the firm delivers on point.’

‘Stephan Lenzhofer is very empathetic but also sharp. He has an excellent understanding for the needs of his client and the opponent.’

‘A competent and reliable team.’

‘Economic approach in legal consulting.’

‘engaged and on-time delivery.’

‘Outstanding and highly recommendable team.’

‘Christoph Ludvik is a proven expert for employment law, diligent, and fast responding.’

‘High engagement, smart argumentation, extraordinary reliability.’

‘The team is very dedicated to its clients and well-connected to colleagues abroad.’

‘Valerie Meyer is a talented young lawyer. It is easy to work with her and she is highly committed to the matter at hand.’

‘We have worked with the Herbst Kinsky team on various transactions in Austria and for most of them the team was fully in charge of the whole merger control process. Their work was very professional, efficient and the collaboration was very easy.’

‘Valerie Mayer is an excellent lawyer, always very attentive and hard-working. The daily collaboration with her is pleasant, she is detail-oriented and has a very good knowledge of the merger control mechanisms in Austria, which helped us greatly in closing transactions.’

‘Valerie Mayer is our key contact and practice group leader of Herbst Kinsky’s EU and antitrust law practice.  The team is terrifically organized, trained and supervised by Valerie. She has built up a strong practice for EU and competition law.’

‘Valerie is an absolute pleasure to work with. Her legal skills are extraordinary, which ensures her advice is always well-argued and comprehensible. Valerie ensures that her advice is pragmatic and hands on, taking into account the peculiarities of the specific matter.’

‘Prompt, efficient and qualified turn-arounds of enquiries made, international orientation.’

‘Sonja Hebenstreit is my key contact, always able to compose a team suitable for the task at hand.’

‘We enjoy working with Herbst Kinsky a lot – they combine in-depth know how with broad experience, and their advice is straight to the point and pragmatic. Very experienced people with a lot of know-how.’

‘Outstanding team head Sonja Hebenstreit and her excellent team always provide great advice in intellectual property matters. They understand the needs of the client and support us in a very precise but pragmatic way.’

‘The Herbst Kinsky team combines outstanding expertise with a pragmatic approach and quick turnaround times. Sonja Hebenstreit is extremely experienced and easy to work with. The collaboration with her and her team is always a pleasure.’

‘Sonja Hebenstreit is a very experienced IP lawyer with amazing expertise and at the same time easy to work with. She concentrates on the right issues and is very effective. A particular stand-out is her expertise in patent and know-how licensing matters.’

‘We love to work with Herbst Kinsky because they provide advice straight to the point. They have a lot of experience and expertise in basically all IP matters.’

‘Sonja Hebenstreit provides great expertise and experience in IP matters, especially in a life sciences context. She is also an extremely reliable person and very pleasant to work with.’