CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Corporate/M&A; Banking &Finance; Private Equity

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.

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.

English, German

Vienna Bar Association
International Bar Association

• 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

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.