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Thomas Kulnigg
Partner
austria vienna
biography
Thomas specialises in venture capital and technology transactions as well as technology-related matters. He represents start-up investors on VC investments and supports start-ups throughout their life cycle, including financing rounds, employee incentive programmes and business model analysis.
legal areas & industries
corporate & reorganisations · mergers & acquisitions · it & technology law · venture capital · technology & digitalisation · start-ups · artificial intelligence
admitted to the bar
2010, Austria
with schoenherr since
2006
"He is a fantastic M&A adviser for venture, tech and fintech deals."
education
University of Vienna, Vienna/Austria (Dr. iur. 2006)
University of Vienna, Vienna/Austria (Mag. iur. 2005)
work experience
International Law Firm, Foreign Temporary Associate, London/UK (2008 - 2009)
E-Center, European Center for E-Commerce and Internet Law, Associate, Vienna/Austria (2004 - 2005)
memberships
Austrian Bar Association
thinkBLOCKtank, Founding Member
Digital Asset Association Austria, Advisory Board
languages
German, English
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Knight Capital on EUR 10m financing round for iDWELL
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Aventario Group owner on sale of majority stake to Waldegg Equity Partners
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Verdane fund on its partnership with Cropster
- Austria: Schoenherr advises fynk on its EUR 3.1m seed financing round
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Cherry Ventures on EUR 6m financing round for Flinn AI
- Austria: Schoenherr advises group of sellers of Flightkeys on strategic investment from Insight Partners
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Verdane fund on investment in fintech fiskaly
- Austria: Schoenherr advises scale-up Storyblok on its USD 80m Series C financing
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Caverion Österreich GmbH on acquisition of Climacraft's refrigeration and air conditioning business
- Austria: Schoenherr advises EIC Fund on investment in Kern Tec's EUR 12m Series A financing round
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Usersnap on exit to saas.group
- Austria: Schoenherr advises proptech scale-up GROPYUS on major Austrian scale-up financing round
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Findologic's shareholders on exit to Nosto
- Austria: Schoenherr advises logistics company Ancla Logistik on merger with Logsta
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Caverion on acquisition of PORREAL Group
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Storyblok on USD 47m Series B financing
- Austria: Schoenherr advises e-mobility start-up Easelink on EUR 8.3m financing round (Series A)
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Bitpanda on Austria's largest scale-up financing round
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Liechtenstein Group on EUR 40m investment in Tesvolt
- Austria: Schoenherr advises on the sale of the oral hygiene start-up Playbrush to the Sunstar Group
- Austria: Schoenherr's Venture Capital team advises on multi-million venture capital deals in HY 1
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Adevinta on the sale of Shpock to Russmedia
- Austria: Schoenherr and Museum Francisco Carolinum clarify NFT Art
- Austria: Bitpanda becomes a Unicorn with the support of Schoenherr
- Austria: Schoenherr advises Storyblok on EUR 7m financing round (Series A)
- Austria: Schoenherr advises voestalpine on foundation of technology joint venture for production of TransAnt
- Austria: Schoenherr advises European Investment Bank on EGFF-financing transaction with Bitmovin
- Schoenherr advises majority shareholder of BIA Separations on sale of its 100% shareholding to Sartorius Stedim Biotech
- Schoenherr digitally founds LLC for the first time in Austria
- Second Tech Night @ Schoenherr: Digital adaptability as a prerequisite for success
- Austria: Schoenherr advises fintech start-up Credi2 on investment from Volkswagen Bank
- Austria/CEE: Schoenherr sharpens focus on technology & digitalisation matters
- Tech Night @ Schönherr: Fintech-Kooperationen sind die Zukunft der Banken
- Austria: Schoenherr advises SynerGIS on the sale of its GIS and FM software development business to AED-SICAD
- Das steuerliche Dilemma bei Start-up-(Mitarbeiter-) Beteiligungsprogrammen - ein möglicher Lösungsansatz? Gloser/Kulnigg/Puchner, RdW 2020, 709
- Digitalisierung, Verwaltung und Übertragung von Namensaktien einer nicht börsenotierten AG auf der Blockchain, Kulnigg/Simonishvili, GesRZ 2018, S. 278
- "Zankl, Zivilrecht 24", Co-Editor, WUV Verlag, 2005
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