Dr Peter Huber > CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile
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Dr Peter Huber
Work Department
Corporate/M&A; Banking &Finance; Private Equity
Position
Peter Huber is partner and Head of the CMS Austria International Transaction Team and has decades of professional experience in the field of corporate transactions, including more than four years with leading investment banks. His areas of expertise are M&A (including privatisations and public takeovers) and corporate law (including corporate governance) in Austria as well as in Central and Eastern Europe.
Career
Peter Huber advises numerous large Austrian companies and major shareholders as well as shareholder groups on corporate transactions, restructurings, shareholder agreements and management structures as well as on legal issues arising from shareholder activism. He also advises large private equity firms on investments and exits.
Peter Huber is named by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe as a leading (Band 1) expert on corporate law and M&A in Austria and Southeast Europe and has also achieved top rankings in other directories and publications.
Languages
English, German
Memberships
Vienna Bar Association
International Bar Association
Education
- 1988 – LL.M., Yale Law School, New Haven
- 1987 – Doctorate studies in Law (Dr. iur.), University of Vienna, Vienna
- 1987 – Diploma studies in Business Administration (Mag. rer. soc. oec.), University of Vienna, Vienna
- 1985 – Diploma studies in Law (Mag. iur.), University of Vienna, Vienna
Personal
He is the author of numerous publications in the field of corporate and takeover law as well as the leading commentary on the Austrian Takeover Act.
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Hall of Fame)CMS offers a wealth of experience in the financial services, packaging and telecoms industries and offers a specialism in advising foreign investors targeting domestic and regional companies, and is highlighted by clients as a ‘one-stop shop for multinational projects’. Peter Huber
leads the team, combining corporate and M&A expertise to advise on corporate transactions, shareholder agreements, restructurings, and governance matters, while Alexander Rakosi bolsters the group’s offering with his ‘very good commercial understanding’ and M&A expertise. The firm promoted several members to partner in 2023, including Florian Mayer and David Kohl. Former co-head Rainer Wachter left the firm in January 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Administrative law and public sector
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- EU and competition
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Projects and energy
- Public procurement
- Capital markets
- Data privacy and data protection
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation