Raoul Hoffer
Europe Guide 2024
Band 1 : Competition/European Law
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About
Provided by Raoul Hoffer
Practice Areas
Raoul Hoffer is a partner firm's Competition Law Team. He has more than 25 years of experience in advising Austrian and international clients from a large number of industries on all questions of Austrian and EU Antitrust and Competition Law.
He focuses on
-Austrian and European merger control
-Austrian and European antitrust law
-compliance and internal investigations/eDiscovery audits
-private enforcement - proceedings before civil courts
-EU state aid law
Career
He has been with Binder Grösswang since 1991. He received his PhD from the University of Vienna (Dr. iur.) in 1992 and his postgraduate degree (LL.M.) from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1994.
Professional Memberships
He is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht.
Publications
Raoul regularly publishes on topics related to antitrust and merger control.
Chambers Review
Europe
Raoul Hoffer maintains his position as one of the leading experts in competition law in Austria on the back of a strong work portfolio that includes phase II merger clearances and high-profile follow-on damages actions for both plaintiffs and defendants. In addition, he has experience advising clients on issues of state aid. He also has a growing reputation in the overlap between competition law and sustainability.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He had very creative ideas that we could use to convince the authorities."
"Raoul Hoffer is a top antitrust lawyer."
"He gave us excellent advice and representation at the highest level."
"His advice led to an exceptionally good result."
"Raoul Hoffer is diligent and responsive. He really strives for a solution."
"He had very creative ideas that we could use to convince the authorities."
"Raoul Hoffer is a top antitrust lawyer."
"He gave us excellent advice and representation at the highest level."
"His advice led to an exceptionally good result."
"Raoul Hoffer is diligent and responsive. He really strives for a solution."