Cerha Hempel provides both advisory and contentious services to clients engaged in construction projects, assisting with project tenders, contracting and planning matters while also representing clients in warranty and damage claims both in the courts and via arbitration proceedings. Practice head Peter Vcelouch is active across the spectrum of construction and real estate issues, acting for clients making planning and zoning applications, assisting with the drafting of contractor agreements and appearing before the courts in costs and contractual disputes.

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Key clients

  • LIDL Österreich
  • Flughafen Wien AG
  • SES Spar European Shopping Centers
  • thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG
  • Value One
  • numa group GmbH
  • Thyssenkrupp Materials Austria GmbH
  • Walter Gasthaus Gleis- und Tiefbau GmbH & Co KG
  • ROHR-IDRECO Bagger GmbH
  • LHS Entwicklung 2 GmbH
  • Ingob.ZT
  • ÖBB Immobilienmanagement GmbH/ÖBB Infrastruktur Aktiengesellschaft
  • BOKU Wasserbaulabor
  • Mister Spex
  • Magenta Infra
  • N.A. Walde Immobilienprojekt GmbH & Co KG
  • AVEST Immobilien GmbH

Work highlights

  • Advised SES in pursuing warranty claims against the German-based construction company Rudolf Schweiger Abdichtung und Isolierbau GmbH in relation to issues with the Fischapark sjopping centre.
  • Represented SES in litigation pending before the LG Salzburg, pursuing warranty and damage claims regarding the Varena shopping centre.
  • Acted for LHS Entwicklung 2 GmbH, a company under the control of German entertainer Johannes B. Kerner, in a dispute regarding a construction project in Sylt, Germany.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Peter Vcelouch