Bernhard Kofler-Senoner
About
Provided by Bernhard Kofler-Senoner
Practice Areas
Antitrust, Compliance, Mergers and Acquisitions.
Career
Bernhard is a partner at CERHA HEMPEL. With 20 years’ experience in the area of competition law, he heads the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group comprising lawyers from its office in Vienna and its CEE offices. Bernhard is renowned for his know-how in complex (Phase II) merger control proceedings and high profile cartel proceedings at the EU and national level – this especially includes on-site advice during dawn raids. He has vast experience in designing and implementing compliance management systems and in establishing national and international distribution networks with a special focus on the tech sector. He also advises clients on damage claims that are made following competition law infringements.
Professional Memberships
Vienna Bar; IBA; Member of the „Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht“.
Publications
Numerous publications on Austrian and European antitrust law and regularly publishes on competition law developments (e.g. Europe competing with China and the USA, 2019; The assessment of vertical price fixing by the German Federal Cartel Office, 2018; Austria Asphalt: A landmark decision on EU merger control, 2017).
Personal
Admitted to the Austrian Bar in 2006; Fordham University (LL.M. 2002), Fulbright Scholarship; Robert Schuman Prize; University of Innsbruck (Mag. iur. 1999, Dr. iur. 2001).
Chambers Review
Europe
Bernhard Kofler-Senoner continues to be one of the top lawyers in Austria for advice on competition clearance for acquisitions and joint venture agreements. He also offers notable expertise in investigations into allegations of cartel involvement and potential abuses of dominance, as well as representing clients in high-profile follow-on damages claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is my go-to person and is very pleasant."
"His great strength is to tailor his expert opinions exactly to the needs of the respective client."
"He is my go-to person and is very pleasant."
"His great strength is to tailor his expert opinions exactly to the needs of the respective client."
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