Lukas Peissl > CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH
GAUERMANNGASSE 2
1010 WIEN
Austria
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Work Department

Dispute Resolution, Corporate/M&A, Private Clients, Real Estate & Constuction

Position

Lukas Peissl is an attorney-at-law primarily in the field of corporate law/M&A and dispute resolution. Lukas J. Peissl’s practice focuses on out-of-court and judicial dispute resolution, including representation before arbitral tribunals (ICC, VIAC, UNCITRAL, Swiss Rules, ad hoc), primarily representing companies in corporate and construction disputes. In addition, HNI is also advised and represented in connection with questions of inheritance law and corporate succession.

Career

Lukas J. Peissl joined CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz as associate in January 2018. Prior to this, he worked as a project assistant at the Institute for Civil and Corporate Law of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and at two leading international law firms, advising and representing state-owned and large private companies in connection with proceedings before state courts and arbitration tribunals. In addition to representation before (arbitration) courts, he also advises on corporate and real estate law issues, especially on “post M&A” disputes.

Languages

English, German, Italian

Memberships

  • Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP)
  • Austrian Society of Construction Law (ÖGEBAU)
  • Vienna Bar Association

Education

  • 2015: LL.M. – Vienna University of Economics and Business
  • 2013: LL.B. – Vienna University of Economics and Business

Personal

Lukas J. Peissl is the author of numerous publications in this field.

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Private client

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH is well-known in the private client sphere for its services in aid of HNWIs, their families and businesses, private foundations, and trusts, who seek out the team for the spectrum of asset, inheritance and succession planning matters, including dispute settlement and corporate law elements. Johannes Reich-Rohrwig is the face of the team, with extensive experience in contentious trusts and probate law, encompassing expertise in private and corporate wealth succession, foundations, trusts, gifts, and wills. Arno Zimmermann assists with estate planning, inheritance, and dispute resolution, while Lukas Peissl acts for domestic and international HNWIs at the interface of wealth management and inheritance.

Austria > Dispute resolution: commercial litigation

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH works seamlessly with the firm’s other departments, in particular real estate, IP, public procurement and employment, being regularly instructed by clients from industries such as transport, energy, real estate and intellectual property. Johannes Reich-Rohrwig represents clients in both litigation and arbitration proceedings, and leads the group alongside Daniela Karollus-Bruner, who offers notable experience in tort, contract, corporate and competition law. The team was further strengthened with Lukas Peissl and Arno Zimmermann‘s promotion to partner, and the arrival of Anja Cervenka from DORDA Rechtsanwälte GmbH in October 2022, as well as Anna Freund from Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG in March 2023.