Thomas Schirmer

Thomas Schirmer is a partner in the Corporate/M&A Team and has more than 25 years of experience in advising on domestic and cross-​border transactions. His clients include Austrian and foreign strategic investors, private equity funds, state and pension sponsors and financial institutions. He also practices company law and advises boards of directors, supervisory boards and shareholders.

He focuses on

-acquisition and disposal of (mostly) Austrian-based companies

-private equity and venture capital investments

-joint ventures, syndications and shareholder agreements

-start-ups and financing rounds

-asset deals and cross-border contracts

-international auction proceedings

Thomas started his career with Binder Grösswang in 1995, where he was made partner in 2000. Between 2012 and 2020, he was managing the firm as Co-Managing Partner. Thomas studied law (Dr. iur. 1994; Mag. iur. 1989) and business sciences (Mag. rer. soc. oec. 1991) in Innsbruck and obtained a postgraduate degree (LL.M.) at the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans in 1993. He has been licensed as a lawyer in Austria since 1998.

Thomas is deputy chairman of the supervisory board of CPB Software AG, supervisory board member of Trimetis AG, managing director of NOVA Chemicals Holding GmbH and managing director of IPIC Holdings GmbH and Susana GmbH. He was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Six Payment Services Austria GmbH from 2013-2018 and of gamma II Beteiligungs-AG and ilab24 Mittelstandsfinanzierungs AG from 2012-2017. He is also a member of the Corporate and M&A Law Committee and the Banking Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), of which he was also Chairman.