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Saxinger Chalupsky & Partner has hired Christina Hummer as a partner at its competition practice in Vienna, the firm announced today. Prior to joining the firm, she split her time working in Brussels and Vienna.
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Austria’s Federal Competition Authority has announced that it has discovered two cartels in the domestic shipping and rail freight industries, allegedly involving more than 40 freight companies.
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Antitrust specialist Jochen Anweiler has departed O’Melveny & Myers LLP to join the competition team at Wolf Theiss in Vienna.
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CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz has promoted competition practitioner Robert Keisler to partner.
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DG Comp has temporarily approved the rescue of Bayern LB’s Austrian subsidiary under EU state aid rules.
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Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati has promoted competition specialist Bernhard Kofler-Senoner to partner in its Austria practice, effective 1 January.
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Austrian antitrust boutique Willheim Müller has appointed competition specialist Lukas Flener as partner.
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Featured In: GCR 100 - 9th Edition
With increasing numbers of central and eastern European countries joining the European Union, many Austrian firms are repositioning their competition practices as hubs for the region, as well as maintaining their focus on national work.
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German airline Lufthansa has agreed to buy Austrian Airlines - the latest deal in the rapidly consolidating global airline industry.
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Austria's Schönherr is expanding its firm-wide competition practice by opening offices in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.
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The European Commission has cleared Rail Cargo Austria's acquisition of Hungary's state-owned MÁV Cargo, subject to conditions.
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Featured In: May 2008 (Vol. 11 Iss. 5)
Every five years, GCR carries out a survey to find the world’s leading 40 competition lawyers under the age of 40. Rachel Bull explains this year’s results.
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Featured In: GCR 100 - 8th Edition
Schönherr is one of just two Austrian firms in the GCR 100. Its 18-strong competition practice is based in Vienna but operates across central and eastern Europe. Formerly under the helm of Walter Barfuss, director general of Austria's Federal Cartel Office, the practice is now led by Who's Who nominee Hanno Wollmann. Franz Urlesberger, who was promoted to equity partner in February, is also a Who's Who nominee.
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Featured In: GCR 100 - 8th Edition
Austrian firm BPV Hügel is part of an alliance that links local firms in Bucharest, Budapest and Prague. There are nine lawyers in BPV HÜgel’s competition practice, which is led by Who’s Who nominee Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber. The partnership grew this year, following the promotion of Florian Neumayr in Vienna and Gerhard Fussenegger in Brussels.
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Featured In: May 2007 (Vol. 10 Iss. 5)
Alfred Mair is Austria’s federal cartel prosecutor and works in tandem with the Federal Cartel Authority. David Vascot spoke to him about his role in Austria’s competition regime
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