Dr Florian Neumayr > bpv Hügel > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile

bpv Hügel
Schreyvogelgasse 2
1010 Vienna
Austria

Work Department

Head of Dispute Resolution and Co-Head Competition Department

Position

Partner

Career

1999–2000 court practice, inter alia, at the Commercial Court Vienna, 2002 Dorda, since autumn 2002 bpv Hügel, since 2007 Associated Partner and since 2010 Partner, since 2016 Co-Managing Partner.

Languages

German, English, Spanish, Dutch, Modern Greek

Memberships

Vienna Bar Association, Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V. (German Competition Association), International League of Competition Law, UIA, Center for International Legal Studies (Honorary Fellow), Wiener Rechtsgeschichtliche Gesellschaft (Viennese Society for Legal History)

Education

University of Vienna (1999 Mag. iur., 2002 Dr. iur.), Aristotle University of Salonica (1998–1999 Erasmus), University of Nottingham (2001 LL.M. in International Commercial Law)

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > EU and competition

(Leading individuals)

Florian Neumayr – bpv Hügel

bpv Hügel acts for a number of household names on EU competition proceedings and also advises on antitrust and FDI regulations, working closely with the firm’s Brussels-based team. The practice is frequently requested for high profile cartel proceedings, where it acts for defendants in a variety of sectors, most notably energy, telecoms and waste management among others. The firm’s competition matters are led by Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber and Florian Neumayr, who handle proceedings before the Austrian competition authority and the courts, while Christian Schneider leads on European competition matters. Gerhard Fussenegger splits time between Vienna and Brussels, advising on antitrust, merger control and market dominance. Austrian FDI regulations fall under the remit of Sebastian Reiter.

Austria > Dispute resolution: commercial litigation

(Leading individuals)

Florian Neumayr  bpv Hügel

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