SAXINGER Rechtsanwalts GmbH

Main areas: Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Insolvency and Restructuring, Banking and Finance, Corporate Succession, Company foundation

Partner

Michael Kienzl joined SAXINGER as a partner in Vienna in October 2023.

2019 - 2023 Michael Kienzl was an attorney in the Wolf Theiss Corporate, M&A team. 2018 - 2019 Associate in the Wolf Theiss Corporate, M&A team. 2016 - 2018 Associate at Knötzl Haugeneder Netal Attorneys at Law in the Dispute Resolution department. 2013 - 2016 Associate at Wolf Theiss in the Dispute Resolution practice group 2019 Bar exam at the Vienna Higher Regional Court

Michael Kienzl was a member of the corporate/M&A team of an international commercial law firm for many years and has been in charge of numerous cross-border transactions.

He has experience in a wide range of industries, including financial institutions, private equity, venture capital and TMT.

In recent years, Michael Kienzl has been increasingly involved in reorganization and restructuring cases, primarily representing banks.

Prior to practicing law, Michael Kienzl built a 15-year career in the financial sector as an investment banker and financial engineer. He gained experience at several international investment banks in product development and trading, most recently as a director of a Luxembourg SICAV-FIS. Previously listed at the US stock exchanges, he has extensive knowledge of capital market products and has also founded, managed and successfully sold an international commercial real estate holding company.

German, English

2009 - 2013 Diploma studies in law at the Juridicum Vienna 2004 - 2007 Executive MBA program at IFM