Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG

Andreas Traugott heads the Firm’s Competition Practice Group in the Vienna office. He practices on EU and Austrian competition law, state aid and regulatory matters. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he served as a partner at DLA, Piper Weiss-Tessbach. Andreas has significant experience advising domestic and international clients on all aspects of competition law. He focuses on merger control, licensing and distribution, IP law, restrictive practices, abuse of dominance, cartel investigations and state aid. Andreas regularly represents clients before the Austrian and European competition authorities.

Anita Lukaschek

Dr. Anita Lukaschek, a Counsel, joined Baker McKenzie in 2015. She previously worked for the Austrian Federal Competition Authority, handling major cartel cases and being responsible for the leniency program. Anita has been on secondment to the European Commission (DG Competition) and the Federal Ministry of Economy (Trade Law Division). She regularly writes articles and book contributions, particularly on competition matters. Anita has been lecturing on EU competition law at the University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna (where Anita started her professional career as a university assistant) and the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Graz. Anita advises on all aspects of Austrian and EU competition law. She focuses her practice on compliance issues, competition litigation, restrictive practices, abuse of dominance, cartel investigation and leniency filings.

Désirée Prantl

Désirée is a partner in our Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Her practice encompasses international commercial arbitration and state court litigation. Désirée is experienced with disputes in the construction, energy, telecommunications and post-M&A sector. Our global, international and domestic clients entrust Désirée with the most delicate disputes and value her smooth and prudent conduct of proceedings and high-level work products. Désirée is a member of the National Advisory Board of the International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (VIAC). She lectures at the University of Innsbruck and the Austrian Arbitration Academy and regularly publishes and speaks on contemporary topics in the field of dispute resolution. Désirée also engages in pro bono work, spreads the Firm's Diversity Inclusion & Equality policy and supports women in law initiatives. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Désirée worked at an internationally renowned law firm and gained working experience in New York, London, Paris, Kiev and Brussels. With over 10 years of practice, Désirée has represented a broad range of clients across various industries in domestic and international arbitrations administered under major institutional arbitration rules, and in court proceedings. Désirée has been practicing in civil law jurisdictions, predominantly under Austrian, German and Swiss law. She has, amongst others, represented global and national energy and construction companies, leaders in the software and technology sector, the Austrian branch of a market leader in the metal industry, the Romanian branch of an Austrian headquartered global industrial service provider, affiliates of a leading corporate and investment bank, a conglomerate on technology and electrical engineering as well as a leading biotech technology manufacturer in high stake and complex arbitration proceedings and state court litigations. She has been increasingly involved in disputes related to the CEE region.

Eva-Maria Ségur-Cabanac

Eva-Maria is a partner in our Austrian corporate / M&A group and a member of our global sustainability practice. She acts as global lead sustainability partner for our financial institutions industry group, heads Baker McKenzie's capital markets practice in Austria and is a member of our EMEA steering committee for capital markets. Eva-Maria is a dual-qualified lawyer, admitted to practice in Austria and New York. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie's Vienna office in 2008, Eva-Maria worked in the New York, Paris and Frankfurt offices of a well-known US law firm. Eva-Maria focuses her practice on cross-border transactional work, with a focus on energy and sustainable industries. She also provides ongoing advice to Austrian, EU and non-EU clients on the evolving EU regulatory agenda around ESG. She is a regular speaker and author of articles relating to sustainable finance and the EU regulatory framework regarding ESG.

Filip Boras

Filip Boras heads the Dispute Resolution Practice Group in the Baker McKenzie Vienna office and is member of Baker McKenzie’s global International Arbitration Steering Committee. He is double qualified as an attorney in Austria and New York and represents clients in international arbitration proceedings before all major institutions and ad hoc tribunals. Filip is widely recognized as a leading lawyer for dispute resolution in Central and Eastern Europe. Filip's experience covers a wide variety of disputes related to Central & Eastern Europe, including international commercial and investment arbitration. He helps global clients when investing in countries of the former Yugoslavia, where his clients benefit from his region-specific experience and his being a native Serbo-Croatian. His experience from representing clients in post-merger and acquisition disputes and corporate disputes, including issues arising from restructuring and insolvency, gives him a good commercial understanding. Filip understands the energy markets from his cases that include price-revisions and regulatory issues, as well as plant construction and infrastructure projects. He has acted on investor-state disputes based on bilateral investment treaties and the Energy Charter Treaty, under the ICSID Convention and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.

Georg Diwok

Georg Diwok heads the Banking & Finance Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG in Vienna. He previously worked as a law clerk at Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber and was a partner at Lattenmayer, Luks & Partner. He started his career as an assistant at Vienna law school. Georg focuses his practice on direct national and cross-border lending and restructuring. Georg's particular focus is on real estate finance. He further advises banks and business enterprises on licensing issues and represents clients in banking regulatory matters.

Gerhard Hermann

Gerhard Hermann heads the M&A Department in the Firm’s Vienna office. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he served as partner in a leading law firm in Europe and lecturer at the University of Vienna. In addition to his practice, Dr. Hermann likewise writes articles on corporate law matters for various publications. Dr. Hermann practices mainly on (public and private) mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, as well as other general corporate law matters.

Lukas Feiler

Dr. Lukas Feiler, SSCP, CIPP/E, is specialized in technology litigations, focusing on regulatory and civil disputes in the areas of data protection, AI, and platform regulation. Building on his litigation expertise, Lukas advises clients on strategic compliance issues in the areas of cyber security, data protection, and AI. He heads the Firm’s Commercial, Data, IPTech and Trade practice in Vienna. Lukas also leads the AI Desk in Vienna and is a member of the Firm’s EMEA Data Privacy & Security leadership team. Lukas regularly represents clients before the Austrian Supreme Court, the Austrian Administrative Supreme Court, the European Commission, and the EU’s General Court and the CJEU. Lukas has published best-selling books on data protection, AI, and cybersecurity law. He also holds teaching positions for data protection law and AI law at the University of Vienna and the Sigmund Freud University Vienna. Before his legal career, he worked as a software developer and system administrator in New York, Vienna, and Leeds and holds a certification as a Systems Security Certified Practitioner. Lukas’ practice is focused on representing clients in complex regulatory and civil technology litigations in the areas of data protection, AI, and platform regulation and regularly handles high-profile cases for market-leading technology companies. In particular, he has represented clients from various industries in more than 25 high-profile litigations against the data protection activist Max Schrems and his NGO noyb. Lukas is also known in the market as a strategic advisor in the areas of data protection, AI, cyber security, and digital copyright.

Philipp Maier

Philipp Maier is partner and head of the Baker McKenzie Employment Law Practice Group in Vienna. He joined Baker McKenzie Austria in 2009 as associate of the employment law practice group. Prior to that Philipp worked for several years in the employment law department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and in the litigation department of Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte. He also completed an internship at Aichelin Heat Treatment Systems (Detroit, USA). Philipp Maier advises national and international clients on a wide range of employment law matters, including employment contracts, pension and compensation plans, transfer of undertakings, restructurings and rights of the works council and unions. He has also expertise in employment litigation.

Robert Wippel

Dr. Robert Wippel is a partner in the banking and finance team of the Vienna office and specializes in banking law and financing transactions. He advises lenders, borrowers and sponsors with respect to all types of financing transactions including project-, acquisition- and real estate financing. Robert also has a strong knowledge and track record in structured financing as well as regulatory matters. Robert started his career 2011 as a banking associate in the Vienna office of a Magic Circle firm and joined Baker McKenzie in 2019.

Simone Liebmann-Slatin

Mag. Simone Liebmann-Slatin, MSc. joined Baker McKenzie as a partner in 2003. Since 2011, Ms. Liebmann-Slatin is a senior counsel in the Vienna office and is a member of the employment law practice group. She regularly delivers presentations on issues related to employment law in Austria, and is an active contributor to various publications, webinars and workshops. Ms. Liebmann-Slatin advises national and international companies on a wide variety of employment-related matters, including contract drafting and negotiations, drafts of company benefits and compensation systems as well as helping clients to expand or reduce their business in Austria. She is also knowledgeable in complex restructurings, cross-border transactions, as well as negotiations with works councils and unions. She also covers immigration and employment litigation.

Sophie Schubert

Sophie Schubert is a senior associate at Baker McKenzie and a member of the Corporate Practice Group in Vienna. She joined Baker McKenzie’s Vienna office in August 2014 and has more than 9 years of experience advising clients in complex national and international corporate reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions. She worked also in the Munich office of Baker McKenzie. Sophie is focused on complex corporate national and cross-border reorganizations and restructurings as well as mergers and acquisitions with a strong track record in the healthcare, infrastructure and energy sector. She advises multinational and domestic clients on private equity, M&A transactions, reorganizations, restructurings, joint ventures and all aspects of general corporate law.

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