Within EU and competition is a second tier firm,
Clients say ‘the quality of service from the CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati team is outstanding, as are its guidance and co-operation with law firms abroad. It is capable of solving complex issues, highly reliable, available on short notice and uncomplicated. Their great experience is irreplaceable’. 2008 saw the firm advise Strabag on merger control issues following its acquisition of Efkon. Bernhard Kofler-Senoner, Peter Lewisch and Irene Welser are all highly regarded for their excellent track record in this area.

The firm handles all work relating to large-scale M&A cross-border transactions such as compliance matters, merger control, state aid and public procurement issues.

This notable corporate law firm possesses a solid competition practice with two partners and ten attorneys in the Vienna head office, and specialised competition lawyers throughout the CEE network. Indeed, the team has made a point of trying to expand into CEE countries a step or two ahead of its competitors, the Belarus office being such an example. Strengthening the competition division is Bernhard Kofler-Senoner, “a younger lawyer with a lot of knowledge” who is on the rise and shows a great deal of potential. The practice’s main area of work involves merger issues with a CEE focus, with around half of cases referred from Cerha’s M&A division. Clients include Vienna International Airport and a party involved in the Austrian lift/escalator cartel proceedings.

Leading

• Bernhard Kofler-Senoner

• Peter Lewisch