Lawyers

Claus Schneider

Work Department

Banking & Financing, Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions.

Position

Partner; specialised in capital markets, debt and structured finance, bank regulatory law, corporate transactions. A debt, hybrid and structured issues expert, Claus has worked on some of the most innovative and other first-time debt and hybrid issues in Austria and has been one of the key legal advisors regarding bank support measures undertaken by the Republic of Austria amid financial crises.

Career

Member of the Wolf Theiss Management Board since 2019; Partner, Wolf Theiss, since 2003; admitted in Austria, since 2003; Lawyer, World Bank (Washington D.C., 1998).

Languages

German, English.

Memberships

Vienna Bar Association, International Bar Association, British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Education

University of Innsbruck, (Mag. iur. 1995); London School of Economics, (LL.M. 1997); University of Innsbruck, (Dr. iur. 1999).

Mentions

Austria

Capital markets

Leading partner