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Christian Herbst

Schoenherr

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Market leader
Bar Admissions:
Austria
Practice Areas:
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Energy
Financial services
Technology and telecommunications
Languages:
English
German
Biography

Christian Herbst has been a partner at Schoenherr since 1990. Christian’s main areas of practice are m&a, public takeovers, private equity and corporate finance transactions. Christian enjoys an excellent reputation in representing international and Austrian blue-chip corporations in (cross-border) transactional work. Christian's transactional advisory has covered a wide range of economic sectors and industries over the years, including financial services, energy and telecoms. Christian, a member of the Vienna Bar, graduated from Salzburg University (Dr. iur. 1982), the School of Advanced International Studies, JHU-Bologna (Diploma 1983), and Harvard Law School (LL.M. 1984). Christian is an international business transactions lecturer at the University for Economics and Business in Vienna, has published on issues relating to m&a, takeovers and merger control, and is a speaker at various legal seminars and conferences.

Key practice areas
  • M&A
Academic qualifications
  • LL.M., Harvard University, 198
  • Diploma, Johns Hopkins University, 1983
  • Dr. iur., University of Salzburg, 1982
Association/network memberships
  • UIA
  • IBA
Address:
Vienna
Tel:+43 1 534 37 50129 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.schoenherr.eu/people/detail/christian-herbst