Manuela Zimmermann

Practice Areas

insurance, insurance contracts, insurance supervision, insurance litigation, consumer protection, german law

Career

Manuela Zimmermann is partner at Schoenherr. She joined Schoenherr in 2010 after spending several years at an international law firm in Vienna. Manuela has considerable experience in insurance contracts and insurance regulatory law, and primarily advises national and international insurance companies on their market entries and daily legal matters in Austria and Central Eastern Europe. In recent years, she has gathered valuable professional experience in advising insurance companies on their cross-border business activities. Manuela also represents clients in court in all insurance-related disputes and has several years of experience as a court attorney, including mass-litigations. Manuela completed her law degree (Mag. iur., 2000) as well as her law state exam (2004) in Dresden, Germany. Since 2004 she has been working in Austria, since 2007 as an Austrian qualified attorney. She is admitted to the bar in Austria (since 2007) and Germany (since 2004). In 2015 Manuela additionally qualified as a specialist solicitor for insurance law, a specific German lawyers qualification ("Fachanwalt").

Languages Spoken

English, German

Experience

International Law Firms, Attorney at Law, Vienna/Austria (2004 - 2010)

National Law Firm, Trainee in Judicial Services, Dresden/Germany (1997 - 2003)

Education