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

Work Department

Insfrastructure & Projects, Energy & Climate Change, Real Estate & Construction

Position

Thomas Hamerl is an attorney-at-law for infrastructure projects & public private partnerships and a leading expert in public procurement law as well as real estate & construction. He is a specialist for national and international construction projects, infrastructure and public private partnerships as well as energy projects. He has particular expertise in national and international construction contract law, public procurement law including concessions, infrastructure-oriented dispute resolution including litigation and arbitration, real estate and energy law.

Thomas Hamerl has experience in infrastructure projects for roads, railways, airports, hospitals, schools, waste collection and disposal, site remediation, power plants (PV, wind, biomass, water).

He has been working as a legal consultant for around 20 years and joined CMS in 2009. He brings to the consulting practice his experience as in-house counsel of an international construction group, where he was head of the legal department in Vienna and head of the group-wide “Legal Practice Group PPP”. Prior to that, he worked for renowned Viennese law firms in Austria and Central and Eastern Europe as well as for the European Commission in Brussels.

Career

European Commission (1997-1998), two highly recommended Austrian Law firms (1998 – 2008), STRABAG (2008 – 2009), CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz since 2009.

Languages

English, German

Memberships

  • ÖGEBAU (Austrian Society for Construction Law)
  • ArbAut (Austrian Arbitration Association)
  • Management Club
  • Club Cuvée

Education

University of Vienna School of Law (Mag.iur. 1995).

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Projects and energy

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH‘s projects team spans the firm’s public procurement and energy and climate change practices, advising across a range of renewable energy and other infrastructure projects, while also assisting investors with the purchase of ongoing projects. Further sector focus areas include healthcare, water and waste and telecoms. Leading the group are Bernt Elsner, head of the public procurement practice, energy and climate change team lead Thomas Hamerl, and Nikolaus Weselik, whose practice encompasses construction and real estate law and disputes in the aforementioned fields.