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Public Law: General

Austria

7 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Christoph Herbst

Europe

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

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Public Law: General - Austria
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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.

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