Legal Counsel

10+ years of M&A experience in US law firms, admission in Germany and Austria (dual bar admission)

5+ years as the Interim head of the legal department of an Austrian company and a Swiss company

4+ years as an independent Lawyer on Demand

Long-term collaboration with legal departments in industries such as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, automotive, and information technology

Take over any work that they are unable to cover due to a staffing shortage

Serve as a corporate client's outsourced legal department

Cut external legal advisory costs by 66% in one year

Serve as interim general counsel for legal departments with staff shortages

Interim Head of legal for a publicly traded international manufacturer

Manage a team of experienced and highly skilled lawyers and several interns and trainees

Strategic and legal advice to the companies’ Executive Board and business units

Advised in a multimillion greenfield investment to establish a manufacturing facility in eastern Europe

Advising the management, legal support, particularly for the sales team, secretary of the supervisory board

Sale of a particular business to a competitor, including contract drafting, negotiations, and project management

Customer had global responsibility for the Western Europe/MEA region

In charge of Austria-related transactions, such as a Japanese mechanical engineering group acquiring an energy-from waste company from an A-Tec bankruptcy estate

Advised the sale of a worldwide leading component supplier to a private equity consortium comprised in one of Europe's largest private equity transactions

Advised a NYSE-listed company on its acquisition of Germany-based special materials company