Dr Thomas Zivny > Cerha Hempel > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile

Cerha Hempel
PARKRING 2
1010 VIENNA
Austria
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Work Department

Banking and Corporate Finance

Position

Partner, specialised in Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate.

Thomas Zivny joined CERHA HEMPEL in 2000 and is a partner since 2008. He is primarily active in the field of capital markets, project finance, healthcare and corporate law.

His team advises banks in connection with project financing in the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe, focussing in particular on real estate financing. The spectrum ranges from financing and restructuring to disposals and covers the entire lifecycle of the real estate. In the field of debt capital markets, Thomas advises issuers of corporate bonds as well as bank issuance programmes.

Thomas Zivny joined CERHA HEMPEL in 2000 and is a partner since 2008. He is primarily active in the field of capital markets, project finance, healthcare and corporate law.

Career

Admitted 2004, (Attorney at Law), Austria
Admitted 2002, (Attorney at Law), New York

 

Languages

German, English, Russian

Memberships

  • Vienna Bar Association
  • Österr. Gesellschaft für Medizinrecht
  • International Bar Association
  • Lex Mundi – The World’s Leading Association of Independent Law Firms

Education

University of Vienna (Mag.iur. 1997, Dr.iur. 2001); University of Sheffield, England (1997); Harvard Law School (LL.M. 1999)

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Capital markets

Cerha Hempel is recommended for a wealth of experience in advising on green bonds, financial services regulations and an array capital market transactions, including post-transactional topics. The structuring of MTN programs and their terms and conditions is another focus area of the team and a specialism of Thomas Zivny, who head the team alongside the expert for debt and equity capital market transactions Volker Glas, and Peter Knobl, who is a name to note for regulatory topics and clearing procedures on stock exchanges. ‘Sharp-minded attorney’ Christian Aichinger is adept at acquisition matters in the real estate segment and frequently advises on the issuance of corporate bonds.

Austria > Banking and finance

With a track record in representing banks in administrative penalty proceedings by the FMA, Cerha Hempel‘s offering extends to advice on financing transactions, contract law in the banking segment, and a variety of regulatory issues, such as aspects of FDI clearance checks and banking supervision law. The practice group is co-led by Peter Knobl, who frequently handles matters in relation to investment funds and payment services, the ‘very competent‘ expert for corporate finance transactions Volker Glas, and Thomas Zivny , whose specialisms include project finance with particular experience in the real estate and healthcare segments.