Harald Stingl

Harald Stingl is a key corporate / M&A partner and has 25 years of experience in complex cross-border corporate, M&A, restructurings, distressed entities, joint ventures and private equity as well as corporate financing transactions.

He joined CERHA HEMPEL in June 2014 and was previously a partner at Wolf Theiss. He has advised a number of large corporate clients in cross-border acquisitions, investments and divestments as well as corporate restructurings and reorganisations.

He has been lecturing M&A, corporate and partnership law at the University of Vienna for many years, and has published on a broad range of corporate and M&A related subjects, amongst others on cross-border mergers, corporate succession and restructurings, due diligence, private equity as well as defence measures in takeover situations. Harald on top holds an LL.M. from Columbia University (NYC) where he earned Kent Scholar status reflecting the highest honor status then in place.

• advice to OMV, the international integrated oil, gas and chemicals company headquartered in Vienna, on the sale of OMV’s filling station business in Germany to EG Group
• advice to International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) on the Austrian aspects of the sales transaction which included Savory Solutions Group (as well as WIBERG GmbH and Frutarom Savory Solutions Austria GmbH, Salzburg, which have worldwide operations)
• advice to XXXLutz Group on its acquisition of 59 Conforama furniture outlets in Spain and Portugal
• advice to Align Technology Inc. on the acquisition of all shares in Cubicure.

• Vienna Bar Association
• International Bar Association
• Austrian Lawyer’s Association

• University of Linz (Mag. iur. 1997, Dr. iur. 1999)
• Columbia University School of Law (LL.M. 1998)
• Georgia State University (1996)