Corporate/M&A (public takeovers, privatisations), Private Equity, Funds, Banking & Finance, Financial Services, Lifesciences, CEE/SEE

Peter Huber is head of the International Corporate Transactions team of CMS Austria. He looks back on more than 25 years of professional experience in corporate transactions, including more than four years with major investment banks.

His main areas of practice are M&A (including privatisations and public takeovers) and corporate law (including corporate governance) in Austria as well as Central and Eastern Europe. Peter Huber advises a range of major Austrian corporations and major shareholders as well as groups of shareholders on corporate transactions, restructurings, shareholders’ agreements and governance structures, including advice on legal issues resulting from shareholder activism. He also advises major private equity houses on investments and exits.

Manager at a major British merchant bank, London and Frankfurt (1989–1993); UniCredit CAIB AG, Vienna (1988/89); assistant professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (1985–1989); CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz since 1993 (partner since 1996); commentary on the Austrian Takeover Code; numerous publications on Austrian and international takeover and corporate law.

German, English.

Austrian Bar Association, International Bar Association.

University of Vienna (Mag. iur., 1985, Dr. iur., 1987, Mag. rer. soc. oec., 1987); Yale Law School (LL.M., 1988); admitted to the Austrian Bar 1996.