Christian Herbst
Partner
austria vienna
legal areas & industries
corporate & reorganisations · mergers & acquisitions, takeovers · arbitration · corporate finance
admitted to the bar
1988, Austria
with schoenherr since
1985
"Christian Herbst is an undisputed star in the Austrian market, very sharp and smart who has an enormous experience in M&A transactions - whenever you deal with him, it is always top-quality and top-level."
education
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts/USA (LL.M. 1984)
Johns Hopkins University, Bologna/Italy (Diploma 1983)
University of Salzburg, Salzburg/Austria (Dr. iur. 1982)
teaching positions
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna/Austria, International Mergers & Acquisitions, Lecturer (since 2003)
Corporate Law and International Transactions Seminars and Conferences, Lecturer
work experience
New York City Law Firm, Associate, New York/USA (1984)
memberships
IBA, Co-chair of the IBA Corporate/M&A Law Committee (2015 - 2016)
UIA
languages
German, English
- Speaker at Schoenherr CEE Compass conference, 16 May 2024
- Author of articles on international transactions, M&A ,takeovers and corporate law
- LBResearch – Getting the Deal through: Private M&A 2022
- Herbst/Rieder/Arnold, Squeeze-out-Spaltung: Aufhebung des Mindestbeteiligungserfordernisses im spaltungsrechtlichen Überprüfungsverfahren, GBU 2005/09/10
- Herbst/Hödl, Die Wandlung eines Übernahmeangebots in ein Pflichtangebot, ÖBA 2005, 613
- Bedingungen und Rücktrittsvorbehalte in Übernahmeangeboten, JBl 2003, 693
Partner
austria vienna
Schoenherr Vienna
A-1010 Vienna
Schottenring 19
T: +43 1 534 37 0
F: +43 1 534 37 66100
office.austria@schoenherr.eu