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Thomas Böhm

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Thomas Böhm

Partner

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CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz
Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Gauermanngasse 2
1010 Vienna
Austria
Languages German, English, French
Insurance

Thomas Böhm is an insurance lawyer and leading expert in litigation & arbitration. He is a partner at CMS and a member of the insurance law team. 

Böhm advises and represents leading national and international clients in all areas of insurance law. He also has extensive experience in drafting and reviewing insurance contracts and in advising foreign insurance companies on their entry into the Austrian market. This includes the adaptation of existing insurance contracts to market practices and the Austrian legal framework. He also focuses on solving all kinds of insurance supervisory law issues. He also advises on matters of insurance distribution law. 

As a member of the Litigation & Arbitration team, Thomas Böhm already looks back on extensive and long-standing experience in litigation. He represents companies, especially insurance companies, in contentious disputes before the Austrian courts.

Thomas Böhm joined CMS in 2010. Previously, he worked at several renowned law firms in Vienna. He studied law at the University of Vienna and at King's College in London.

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"Thomas Böhm is an excellent lawyer with a deep knowledge of the law and he is incredibly good with people."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"He understands the needs of his clients and has a very practical and pragmatic approach which is very helpful. He is quick to respond to any request and very calm under pressure. He always delivers."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"Thomas is a great lawyer who is always supportive and reliable. He is a very experienced and strong lawyer with the right sense for being pragmatic."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"Thomas Böhm is always responsive, eager to help and able to use his CMS-wide network and looks at the legal issue from the client’s point of view."

The Legal 500, 2022

"Thomas Böhm is an excellent lawyer with a deep knowledge of the law and he is incredibly good with people."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"He understands the needs of his clients and has a very practical and pragmatic approach which is very helpful. He is quick to respond to any request and very calm under pressure. He always delivers."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"Thomas is a great lawyer who is always supportive and reliable. He is a very experienced and strong lawyer with the right sense for being pragmatic."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"Thomas Böhm is always responsive, eager to help and able to use his CMS-wide network and looks at the legal issue from the client’s point of view."

The Legal 500, 2022

Memberships & Roles

  • Vienna Bar Association
  • Austrian Society for Insurance Knowledge (GVFW)
  • CMS Corporate & Regulatory Insurance Steering Committee
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Publications

Essays:

  • Information and advisory duties for insurance companies under the Insurance Distribution Amendment Act 2018 (VersVertrRÄG 2018) (II), ecolex 2019, 21.
  • Information and advisory duties for insurance companies under the Insurance Distribution Amendment Act 2018 (VersVertrRÄG 2018) (I), ecolex 2018, 1068.
  • Insurance companies must pay attention to the needs of their customers, Die Presse, 29.11.2018.
  • Between low interest rates and a mood of optimism, Gewinn, 18.4.2018, 96.
  • Insuring cyber risks, Computerwelt, 11.4.2018, 18.
  • Insurance protects against the consequences of hacker attacks, Die Presse, 29.3.2018.
  • On the equal treatment of mortgage creditors and pledgees of a superädifikat under §§ 100 ff VersVG, ecolex 2017, 971.

Decision discussions:

  • Legal expenses insurance: breach theory and practice concerning the insured event in the case of incorrect information on the right of withdrawal in life insurance, ZVers 2019, 161.
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Lectures list

  • Dauerrabattklauseln im Lichte der OGH-Rechtsprechung, Jahrestagung Versicherungsrecht 2019 der Akademie für Recht, Steuern & Wirtschaft (ARS), 25.3.2019.
  • The Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD), Verband Akademischer Versicherungskaufleute, 12.9.2017
  • Lectures on the topic of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) at insurance companies.
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Education

  • 2011 - Admission to the bar
  • 2007 - LL.M., Law, King's College London
  • 2005 - Mag. iur., Law, University of Vienna 
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Dispute Resolution

Thomas Böhm is a litigation and arbitration lawyer. He is a partner at CMS and a leading expert in insurance law. 

He specialises in advising Austrian and international clients on insurance law as well as civil and corporate law. Böhm has many years of extensive experience in litigation before the Austrian courts. 

One of his main focuses is the representation of listed companies and banks in investor litigation as well as insurance companies.

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"Thomas Böhm is an excellent lawyer with a deep knowledge of the law and he is incredibly good with people."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"He understands the needs of his clients and has a very practical and pragmatic approach which is very helpful. He is quick to respond to any request and very calm under pressure. He always delivers."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"Thomas is a great lawyer who is always supportive and reliable. He is a very experienced and strong lawyer with the right sense for being pragmatic."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"Thomas Böhm is always responsive, eager to help and able to use his CMS-wide network and looks at the legal issue from the client’s point of view."

The Legal 500, 2022

"Thomas Böhm is an excellent lawyer with a deep knowledge of the law and he is incredibly good with people."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"He understands the needs of his clients and has a very practical and pragmatic approach which is very helpful. He is quick to respond to any request and very calm under pressure. He always delivers."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"Thomas is a great lawyer who is always supportive and reliable. He is a very experienced and strong lawyer with the right sense for being pragmatic."

Chambers Europe, 2024

"Thomas Böhm is always responsive, eager to help and able to use his CMS-wide network and looks at the legal issue from the client’s point of view."

The Legal 500, 2022

Memberships & Roles

  • Austrian Bar Association
  • Austrian Society for Insurance Knowledge (GVFW)
  • CMS Corporate & Regulatory Insurance Steering Committee
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Publications

Essays:

  • Information and advisory duties for insurance companies under the Insurance Distribution Amendment Act 2018 (VersVertrRÄG 2018) (II), ecolex 2019, 21.
  • Information and advisory duties for insurance companies under the Insurance Distribution Amendment Act 2018 (VersVertrRÄG 2018) (I), ecolex 2018, 1068.
  • Insurance companies must pay attention to the needs of their customers, Die Presse, 29.11.2018.
  • Between low interest rates and a mood of optimism, Gewinn, 18.4.2018, 96.
  • Insuring cyber risks, Computerwelt, 11.4.2018, 18.
  • Insurance protects against the consequences of hacker attacks, Die Presse, 29.3.2018.
  • On the equal treatment of mortgage creditors and pledgees of a superädifikat under §§ 100 ff VersVG, ecolex 2017, 971.

Decision discussions:

  • Legal expenses insurance: breach theory and practice concerning the insured event in the case of incorrect information on the right of withdrawal in life insurance, ZVers 2019, 161.
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Lectures list

  • Dauerrabattklauseln im Lichte der OGH-Rechtsprechung, Jahrestagung Versicherungsrecht 2019 der Akademie für Recht, Steuern & Wirtschaft (ARS), 25.3.2019.
  • The Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD), Verband Akademischer Versicherungskaufleute, 12.9.2017
  • Lectures on the topic of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) at insurance companies.
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Education

  • 2011 - Admission to the bar
  • 2007 - LL.M., Law, King's College London
  • 2005 - Mag. iur., Law, University of Vienna 
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Expertise

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