Dr Bernhard Hainz > CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Employment Law, Dispute Resolution, Insolvency & Restructuring

Position

Bernhard Hainz is a partner at CMS in Vienna and head of the specialist Employment and Pension Law Department.

Bernhard Hainz is one of the leading specialists in Austria and for more than 30 years has primarily advised companies in all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, including the negotiation of collective agreements, works agreements, social plans, disputes with works councils and employees, service agreements and dissolution agreements as well as pension and pension fund matters.

As a result of his previous position as an assistant at the Vienna University Institute for Employment Law and Social Law, Bernhard Hainz and his team combine high-level academic qualifications with many years of practical legal experience.

In addition, Bernhard Hainz has expertise in the area of art law and in this connection he represents artists and art institutions both nationally and internationally.

Career

Assistant professor at the Institute for Labour and Social Security Law at the University of Vienna (1983-1985), lecturer at the University of Vienna (1983-1995), co-author of the MANZ standard commentary on Austrian labour law, co-author of the LINDE standard commentary ”M&A“, editor of a series on labour law in CEE by the ZAS magazine and sought-after speaker at conferences.

Languages

German, English.

Memberships

Austrian Bar Association, President of the Hans Schmitz Society (organises an important annual labour and social security law conference), International Bar Association (IBA), European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA), International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC).

Education

University of Vienna (Dr. iur., 1981); Assistant at Vienna University Institute for Employment Law and Social Law (1985);

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Employment

(Hall of Fame)

Bernhard HainzCMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH fields a market-leading team of experts that comfortably operates across the whole spectrum of employment law, with areas of expertise including antidiscrimination, EU, and working time law as well as litigation before courts and other authorities. The team is headed by Bernhard Hainz alongside Christoph Wolf and acts in various industries, with particular knowledge of the consumer products, financial services, and consulting sectors. Hainz’ workload includes the negotiation of collective agreements and social plans, while Wolf’s practice focuses on the intersection of labour and compliance issues. Specialising in European labour law, Daniela Krömer was appointed as a partner in May 2023 and co-heads the firm’s international employment law group.