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Visibility Rankings  | | #1 out of 483 lawyers in Vienna, Austria | | #2,092 out of 890,243 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Trusts and Estates(50%); 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 | | | 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 | | | Admitted | 1992, Austria; 2004, New York | |
| Memberships | Viennese Bar Association (Member, Disciplinary Committee); New York State Bar Association (Trusts and Estates Section, Member of International Estate Planning Committee). | | | Languages | German and English | | | Born | 1961 | | | Biography | Author, recent publications: "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 settlor'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 Trustors' Rights by Guardian?" NZ 2007, 133; Legislative changes to the condominium apartment partnership upon partners 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, Law Office of Dr. Theodor Hofmann, Vienna, 1986-1989. | | | Reported Cases | 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. | | | ISLN | 909866288 | | | Transactions | Counsel to sellers in sale of 25.9% share in Pankl Racing Systems AG to CROSS Industries AG, 2006. Counsel to Harbo Fritid AB (largest Scandinavian manufacturer of garden furniture) in the acquisition of its Austrian distributor, 2006. Counsel to Leinweber Maschinen GmbH in recapitalization, 2007. | |
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