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The year 2023 marks the 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in Austria™, recognizing the professional excellence of 490 lawyers in 49 practice areas.
Best Lawyers is pleased to celebrate 29 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients across Austria. "Lawyer of the Year" honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.
Publication Statistics
Here are highlights from the 2023 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in Austria™:
- 490 Lawyers Recognized
- 49 Practice Area
- 29 “Lawyer of the Year” Honorees
- 12 “Law Firm of the Year” Awards
- 6 Metropolitan Areas
Top Metropolitan Area in Austria by Lawyer Count:
Vienna
Top 10 Practice Areas by Number of Recognized Lawyers:
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Litigation
- Labor and Employment Law
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Capital Markets Law
- Intellectual Property Law
Top 10 Most Searched Practice Areas in Austria on bestlawyers.com:
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Capital Markets Law
- Real Estate Law
- European Union Practice
- Labor and Employment Law
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Public Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Private Equity Law
“Law Firm of the Year”
“Law Firm of the Year” awards recognize a single top firm for its work in a specific legal practice area nationwide. Awards are determined based on a handful of factors including lawyer feedback, the number of lawyers included in Best Lawyers for that firm and practice area, the number of office locations a firm has, historical analysis of the firm’s “Lawyer of the Year” awards, materials submitted by firms, and the firm’s overall scope and areas of expertise.
We are honored to present the following 12 “Law Firm of the Year” awards in Austria for 2023:
- BINDER GRÖSSWANG Rechtsanwälte
- Capital Markets Law
- Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- CERHA HEMPEL Rechtsanwälte
- Corporate Law
- Tax Law
- CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte
- Labor and Employment Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- DORDA Rechtsanwälte
- Litigation
- Gassauer-Fleissner Rechtsanwälte
- Intellectual Property Law
- Haslinger / Nagele Rechtsanwälte
- Public Law
- Schönherr Rechtsanwälte
- Banking and Finance Law
- Competition / Antitrust Law
- Vavrovsky Heine Marth Rechtsanwälte
- Real Estate Law
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