Thomas Trettnak

Practice Areas

Corporate, M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Insolvency and Restructuring, Private Clients, IT & Privacy

Career

Thomas is Partner and Head of the CEE M&A and Restructuring Practice since 2010. He specialises in transactions, creditor protection, distressed M&A, the reorganization of legal entities in financial distress, all legal aspects in pre-insolvency and insolvency scenarios, as well as venture capital and private equity mandates. Thomas is particularly renowned for cross-border transactions, often for Anglo-Saxon clients in view of his admission to the New York Bar. Key clients include: BDO Group, EMIRATES, STRENESSE Group and SMS-Group.

He is a guest lecturer in M&A at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Professional Memberships

Vienna Bar, NY Bar, IBA, American Bar

Publications

Law and Practice Austria, Chambers Global Practice Guide Private Equity 2022

Austria: The Restructuring Review 2020, Edition 13

Wann machen W&I-Versicherungen Sinn? JUVE Handbuch Österreich 2018/2019;

Austria: Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Annual Review 2019, Interview, Financier Worldwide

Personal

Secondment at STRABAG SE, Capital Markets & M&A, Compliance Officer (2007/2008);

University of Graz (Mag. iur. 1999, Dr. iur. 2003);

Goldberg, Gelman & Harnik, New York (2002);

Kellogg School of Management, Master's Degree in Business Administration (2001);

Cremades & Sánchez Pintado, Madrid (1999);

Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M. 2001);

Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid (1998-1999)

Languages Spoken

German

English

French

Spanish

Basic knowledge of Russian