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What the Team is Known For

Freshfields is a notable team handling a variety of high-profile cross-border mandates. The practice has a strong focus on corporate and shareholder litigation as well as post-M&A disputes. The law firm possesses additional strength in energy and insolvency litigation, with further experience defending against mass proceedings. Freshfields represents clients from the financial, technology, construction and automotive sectors, as well as public entities.

Work Highlights

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  • Freshfields advised Volkswagen on 23 mass proceedings pending before civil courts in Austria in relation to the diesel emissions scandal.

Strengths

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Freshfields is very good at giving broad, full-scope advice.

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The team at Freshfields is responsive, provides a good overview of complex facts and has an international mindset.

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Freshfields has an excellent negotiation skillset for complicated dispute resolution matters.

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Notable Practitioners

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Thomas Kustor
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Thomas Kustor
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Top-ranked Thomas Kustor is a highly regarded litigator in the Austrian market, regularly defending clients in various commercial disputes, including mass claim proceedings and damages claims.

Thomas Kustor is an experienced litigator.

Thomas Kustor is a very good lawyer who gives us very good advice and goes into the legal details. He is definitely recommendable.

Thomas Kustor is always very calm, on top of things and gives good advice. He has a good feeling for when you should fight and when you should come to a settlement.

Thomas Kustor weighs up the business aspects as well as the commercial aspects.

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