Clemens Hasenauer
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Clemens Hasenauer
Practice Areas
Mergers & Acquisitions
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Corporate
Compliance & Investigations
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Career
Managing Partner Clemens Hasenauer is Head of Department Corporate Transactions focusing on M&A and public takeover transactions. He heads the Department since the year 2007. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, takeover law, banking and finance, reorganisations and restructurings. His broad experience includes numerous complex public and private M&A transactions, and he is particularly renowned for structuring large international joint ventures and public takeovers. In past years Clemens regularly advised on Austria’s most prominent transactions.
Clemens is also a university lecturer (holding M&A classes for post-graduate studies) and is author of a number of publications, in particular in the field of corporate, M&A, takeover and capital markets law. In addition, he is the academic chair of the most renowned annual legal conference in Austria (Business Circle's RuSt) which has a strong focus on legal and tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions and other transactions.
Clemens is regularly named and recommended as expert and leader in his field as well as top ranked within other guides, journals and publications, etc.
Professional Memberships
Vienna Bar Association (Council)
The Law Society
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
International Bar Association
Publications
Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers (2020), Austria, Peter F. C. Begg (ed.), Wolters Kluwer (with Dr. Albert Birkner, LL.M.);
Commentary on Article 17 (Public disclosure of inside information) and 19 (Director´s Dealings) of the European Market Abuse Regulation in Kalss/Oppitz/U. Torggler/Winner, BörseG/MAR Commentary (2019) (with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Kalss, LL.M.);
Der Vorstandsvorsitzende in Kalss/Frotz/Schörghofer, Handbuch für den Vorstand, facultas, 2017, 481 et seq. (with Mag. Lorenz Pracht, LL.M.)
Languages Spoken
German
English
French
Chambers Review
Global
Clemens Hasenauer is widely appreciated for his prowess in handling complex and prominent transactions across Austria, including the dissolution of joint ventures and share acquisitions.
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"He has always managed to find a great outcome. He is not only a great negotiator but really stands out as a lawyer."
"Clemens is one of the best lawyers in Austria. He has vast experience with great technical skills and his commitment to finding practical solutions that work is truly outstanding."
"He is the go-to for large and complex transactions as well as for sophisticated corporate advice."
"He has always managed to find a great outcome. He is not only a great negotiator but really stands out as a lawyer."
"Clemens is one of the best lawyers in Austria. He has vast experience with great technical skills and his commitment to finding practical solutions that work is truly outstanding."
"He is the go-to for large and complex transactions as well as for sophisticated corporate advice."