Thomas Kulnigg

Practice Areas

corporate & reorganisations, mergers & acquisitions, it & technology law

Career

Thomas Kulnigg is a partner with Schoenherr, where he specialises in M&A transactions and Austrian corporate law, he also co-heads Schoenherr's intellectual property & technology practice. Thomas frequently acts for clients in particular in the financial services and TMT-industry and in the private equity-sector, advising them on their inbound and outbound investments in Austria and CEE. Thomas regularly acts for Austrian clients on general corporate matters. During his secondment to the London office of a Wall Street law firm, Thomas gained experience in US Securities Law and capital markets transactions, and, among others, advised the underwriters in one of the largest rights issues by volume worldwide by then (Rio Tinto, 2009, USD 15.2 bln).

Publications

Several publications on M&A, civil and corporate law as well as start-up / venture capital and technology matters, co-author of a civil law textbook (Zivilrecht 24, WUV)

Personal

University of Vienna, Vienna/Austria (Dr. iur. 2006)

University of Vienna, Vienna/Austria (Mag. iur. 2005)