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CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH
GAUERMANNGASSE 2
1010 WIEN
Austria

Work Department

Public Law, Public Procurement, Competition & EU, ESG

Position

Partner

Career

Marlene Wimmer-Nistelberger is a lawyer specialising in EU State Aid Law. Further areas of expertise are Public LawAntitrust, Competition and Trade Law and Public Procurement Law.

Wimmer-Nistelberger joined CMS as an associate in 2014 and became an attorney-at-law in 2019. Prior to that, she completed her judicial year after graduating from the University of Vienna with a law degree. From September 2016 to October 2017, she completed a one-year LL.M. degree in International Business Law at Queen Mary University London, further focusing on EU state aid law. She completed the degree top of her year within her specialisation. In October 2018, she passed the bar exam with distinction.

Wimmer-Nistelberger is the author of a number of publications and gives internal and external lectures on EU state aid law and public law.

Languages

German, English

Memberships

  • Austrian Bar Association

Education

  • 2017 – LL.M., International Business Law, The School of Law, Queen Mary University of London
  • 2014 – Mag.a iur., Law, University of Vienna

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Administrative law and public sector

Adept at handing the full range of public law matters, CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH offers notable specialisms in trade, environmental, health and construction matters as well as experience in representing clients before courts such as the constitutional court and the administrative court of Austria. The team is jointly steered by ‘exceptional lawyer’ and administrative law specialist Robert Keisler and by Bernt Elsner, whose practice encompasses public procurement, state aid and antitrust law. Praised by clients for her ability to ‘lead through difficult and complex legal issues‘, Marlene Wimmer-Nistelberger is another key contact for court proceedings and often handles matters related to information obligations and environmental questions.

Austria > EU and competition

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH advises clients on a broad spectrum of Austrian and EU competition matters, including merger control and abuse of dominance proceedings, issues surrounding state aid and private damage claims hearings, among several others. The practice is led jointly by Dieter Zandler, who takes on cartel-related instructions, antitrust matters and merger controls, and Bernt Elsner, whose practice straddles competition and procurement law, advising consortia on the competition aspects of tenders, bid rigging and intra-group competition. Marlene Wimmer-Nistelberger specialises in EU state aid law.