Banking & Finance: Regulatory
Austria
12 years ranked
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Bettina Hörtner
Europe 2026
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About
Provided by Dr Bettina Hörtner, Attorney at Law
Europe
Practice Areas
Banking & Finance Regulatory
Career
Since 2012: Law office Bettina Hörtner, attorney at law.
2006-2012: DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH (since 2009 admitted as attorney at law), Vienna.
2002-2006: Deloitte. Austria – Teamleader Financial Services Regulatory Consulting, Vienna.
1998-2002: Former Austrian Securities Supervisory Authority (now Financial Market Authority), Vienna.
1994-1998: Creditanstalt AG, legal department, Vienna.
1993: Internship at the Economic and Social Committee of the European Union, Brussels.
1992: Court practice (clerkship) in Vienna.
University degree in Law, University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 1991, Dr. iur. 1995).
Languages: German, English, French.
Professional Memberships
• Attorney at law registered with the Vienna Bar Association
• Member of working group Banking, Insurance Companies and financial markets of Transparency International Austrian Chapter
• Advisory Board Member of the German legal journal on Payment Services “Recht der Zahlungsdienste”
• Member of the advisory board of the Austrian Compliance Officers Association
• Member of BWG “Österreichische bankwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft”
Publications
• Technical lectures in the area of the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and book contributions regarding the beneficial owner
• Dr. Bettina Hörtner holds a large number of expert lectures, as well as in-house seminars for clients and is co-editor and co-author of the practical handbook on the FM-GwG, the first comprehensive work on the FM-GwG on the market: Praxishandbuch FM-GwG | Finanzverlag (https://www.finanzverlag.at/titel/fm-gwg-praxishandbuch/). The demand of in-house trainings has also significantly increased in the time of COVID restrictions and this increase remains unchanged.
• Dr. Hörtner´s most recent scholarly contributions include the preparation of an article on a decision of the supreme court on specific clauses in general business conditions of a bank for the German Legal Journal (RdZ – Recht der Zahlungsdienste), published 02/2023 and an article on Interests in the suspensive effect and regulatory publications according to Art. 37 Financial Markets Anti-Money Laundering Act, written together with Thomas Ehrschwendner for ÖBA Österreichisches BankArchiv (5/2022).
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Chambers European Guide
Banking & Finance: Regulatory - Austria
Band 2
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Strengths
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Bettina Hörtner is an outstanding legal expert who continues to bring real value to the field. She provides clear, tailored advice that successfully cuts through complexity.
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