About

A subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, Austrian Airlines is Austria’s national flag carrier and largest airline operating a worldwide network of around 130 destinations. In Central and Eastern Europe alone, the airlines’ network is comprised of around 37 destinations. Since joining the company in 2013 as senior legal counsel, Simon Baier has consistency performed exceptionally in the handling of legal affairs and was promoted to the position of head of legal services in June 2016. He now leads the legal services department consisting of five legal professionals and, as a trusted business adviser, provides high level legal guidance to Austrian’s senior management and board of directors for their strategic decision making. Baier is credited for supervising and approving general in-house legal consultancy, contract design and negotiation whilst also monitoring ongoing litigations and legislative changes to allow Austrian’s board to make informed decisions on future company activities.