Practice Areas ; General Business Practice(25%); International Law(25%); Estate Litigation; Decedents Estates; Estate Planning; Estates; Probate; International Probate; Probate Litigation; Wills; Inheritance Law; International Inheritance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities&sa=270&d=1&h=180&w=200&sl=false&dm=True&in=50) | ......................... 50% Trusts and Estates......................... 25% General Business Pra............................ 25% International Law
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Estate Litigation,Decedents Estates,Estate Planning,Estates,Probate,International Probate,Probate Litigation,Wills,Inheritance Law,International Inheritance Law,Mergers and Acquisitions,Securities |
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| Contact Info | Telephone: +43 1 513 22 79
Fax: +43 1 513 22 79 30
http://www.hofmannlaw.at
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| Education | University of Vienna (J.D., 1984); New York University (LL.M., 1994); Exams for notary public's practice and bar passed, with honors, 1988/1989 |
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| Admitted | 1992, Austria; 2004, New York |
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| Memberships | Viennese Bar Association (Member of the Highest Disciplinary Committee for Lawyers at the Supreme Court); New York State Bar Association (Trusts and Estates Section, Member of International Estate Planning Committee). |
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| Languages | German and English |
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| Born | 1961 |
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| Biography | Author, recent publications: Austria's New Approach on Banking Secrecy and Tax Treaty Policy, Dartmouth Law Journal 2011, Fall Issue; The Austrian Private Foundation Judged by Panel of International Experts, PSR 2011, 203; Liability for Prospectus on the Secondary Market, ecolex 2011, 1096; Causation Requirement and "Market Sentiment" Regarding Civil Liability for Wrongful Capital Market Information, GeS 2011, 317; Some Ideas on the Responsibility of Directors of a Private Foundation for Investment Decisions, PSR 2010, 173; Foundations and Trusts: The Beneficial Owner in Terms of the Third Money Laundering Directive Compared against Tax Law Principles, ZfS 2009, 104; Who is the Beneficial Owner of Foundations and Trusts Under the Third Money Laundering Directive? ÖBA, 2008, 777; Controlled Private Foundations and Amendment to Stock Exchange Act 2007 - Additional Disclosure Requirements After Implementation of the Transparency-Directive, NZ 2008, 161; Can Founder's Rights truly be Attached? ZfS 2007, 39 - won Kathrein & Co. - Trust-Award 2007; Indirect Acquisition of Shares by Controlled Private Foundation under the Tender Offer Act after Amendment to Tender Offer Act 2006, GesRZ 2007, 182; Exercise of Founder's Rights by Guardian? NZ 2007, 133; Legislative Changes to the Condominium Apartment Partnership upon Partner's Death, FamZ 2006, 228; Legislative Changes to the Succession in Businesses brought about the Act on the Revised Business Code, NZ 2006, 161; Right to Information of Beneficiaries of a Private Foundation, GesRZ 2006, 17. Associate in leading Viennese business law firms, 1989-1996. Notary Public Associate, 1986-1989. Fellow: Vice President of the Lawyer's Association "Anwaltsclub", Registered member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
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| Reported Cases | OGH 25.3.2010, 5 Ob 30/10p, ecolex 2010, 665 OGH 26.8.2009, 9 ObA 87/08x, ecolex 2010, 182 = wbl 2010, 37 OGH 2.7.2009, 6 Ob 101/09k, PSR 2009, 46 = ecolex 2009, 874 = RdW 2009, 717 BGH 16.12.2004, I ZB 23/04, AnwBl 2005, 411 OLG Vienna 18.9.2003, 28 R 33/03h, ecolex 2004, 185 OGH 20.3.2003, 8 Ob 244/02v, ecolex 2003, 512 OGH 1.10.2002, 5 Ob 167/02y, AnwBl 2003, 161 OGH 19.9.2001, 3 Ob 147/01s, AnwBl 2002, 655 OGH 19.12.2001, 3 Ob 195/01z, AnwBl 2002, 592 OGH 7.3.2002, 8 ObA 241/01a, wbl 2002, 368 OGH 9.4.2002, 4 Ob 10/02b, ecolex 2002, 596 OGH 30.1.2002, 3 Ob 4/02p, AnwBl 2002, 340. |
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| ISLN | 909866288 |
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| Transactions | Counsel to sellers in the acquisition of Carbotech Composites GmbH by MUBEA Engineering AG, 2011. |
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