Christoph Herbst
Europe Guide 2024
Band 2 : Public Law: General
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About
Provided by Christoph Herbst
Practice Areas
Head of the Public Law department, specialising in
Public Procurement Law,
Regulatory Law,
Constitutional and Administrative Law,
European Union Law,
Environmental Law,
Energy Law,
Telecommunications Law and
General Public Law
Career
Doctorate of law (Dr.iur.) at the University of Vienna in 1983; postgraduate program Master of Business Law – M.B.L. at the University of St. Gallen, in 1997; assistant professor at the Institute of Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Vienna from 1982 to 1985; academic assistant at the Constitutional Court from 1985 to 1992; civil service exam in 1990; lecturer at University of Vienna, Faculty of Law (Constitutional and Administrative Law) and Faculty of Social Sciences (Introduction to Constitutional and Administrative Law) as well as lecturer at the Vienna University of Technology (TU) from 1992 to 1998; CEO of the Flughafen Wien AG from January to August 2011; several executive function for legal entities: co-founder of Herbst Kinsky Rechtsanwälte GmbH in 2005; member of the Constitutional Court since 2011; Professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business and Johannes Kepler University Linz.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Constitutional Court
Member, Vienna Bar
Professor for Administrative Law at Johannes Kepler University Linz
Publications
Author of numerous publications on Public Law, Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A
Latest:
• Herbst, Kommentierung von Artikel 90 Abs 2 B-VG in Korinek/Holoubek, Kommentar zum Bundesverfassungsrecht, 2022
• Herbst, Abschaffung der Landesgesetzgebung und Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit, in Lienbacher/Pürgy (Hrsg), Ist die Gesetzgebungskompetenz der Länder noch sinnvoll? 2020, 293.
• Herbst/Weinhandl, VergaberechtsschutzG Bgld, in Schramm/Aicher/Fruhmann (Hrsg), BVergG (2020).
• Herbst/Lotz, Rechtliche Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf die Abwicklung von Bauwerkverträgen, in Heck (Hrsg), Die Corona-Pandemie und die Bauwirtschaft – quo vadis?, 2021, 7.
• Herbst, Sondervollstreckungsrecht, in Holoubek/Lang (Hrsg), Verwaltungs- und Abgabenvollstreckung, 2021, 155.
• Herbst, EZB und OeNB – Notenbanken als "Verfassungsorgane", in Holoubek/Kahl/Schwarzer (Hrsg), Wirtschaftsverfassungsrecht
• Herbst, Verteidiger und Parteiantrag ("Gesetzesbeschwerde"), in Kier/Wess (Hrsg), Handbuch Strafverteidigung (2. Auflage), 2022.
• Herbst, Compliance in Kreditinstituten, in Ruhrmannseder/Wess (Hrsg), Handbuch Corporate Compliance, 2022, 935
• Herbst, Verbandsverantwortlichkeit im Verwaltungsstrafrecht, in Holoubek/Lang (Hrsg), Grundfragen des Verwaltungs- und Finanzstrafverfahrens, 2022, 155
• Herbst, Persönlichkeitsrechtsschutz in der Rechtsprechung des VfGH; in Pilgermair (Hrsg), Parlamentarischer Untersuchungsausschuss, 2023, 141
• Herbst/Mayer, Die Compliance-Richtschnur, Vergaberechtliche Grundsätze im Überblick, in Handbuch Vergabe-Compliance
Personal
Born in 1960 in Vienna
Chambers Review
Europe
Christoph Herbst remains a trusted adviser due to his strength in complex administrative and constitutional law, often assisting with a broad range of mandates from procurements to health and broadcasting matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Christoph Herbst is an excellent lawyer."
"Christoph Herbst is very competent as a lawyer and does not lose sight of reality; he can focus on things that are possible and doable."
"His strength has always been the interdisciplinary nature of his legal thought. He is not just blind to his surroundings and focused on a specific strand."
"Christoph Herbst is an excellent lawyer."
"Christoph Herbst is very competent as a lawyer and does not lose sight of reality; he can focus on things that are possible and doable."
"His strength has always been the interdisciplinary nature of his legal thought. He is not just blind to his surroundings and focused on a specific strand."