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christoph birner
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Christoph Birner

Languages
  • German
  • English
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Christoph Birner is an attorney-at-law in the CMS transaction team and an expert in the areas of Corporate/M&A, Private Equity and Insolvency & Restructuring. He regularly advises in all areas of business and corporate law, in particular on M&A and financing transactions with a special focus on Distressed M&A transactions and tech related businesses. His clients value him in particular for his solution-oriented approach, his commitment, and his business expertise.

After completing his law and business degrees in Vienna, he went on to earn a law degree at the renowned Stanford University. After graduating from university in Vienna with degrees both in law and in business, he went on to earn a further law degree at the renowned Stanford University. Christoph Birner is admitted to the bar in both Austria and New York.

He further developed his international expertise through academic stays at the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, the University of St. Gallen, the University of Oxford and Harvard Law School.

Christoph Birner is head of the CMS transaction team's paralegals, where he is instrumental in building and developing the CMS talent pool.

Memberships & Roles

  • Austrian Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association

Lectures list

  • The M&A Process, Masters Degree Business Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Education

  • 2023 - LL.M., Law, Stanford University
  • 2018 - LL.M., Business Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business
  • 2016 - LL.B., Business Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business (top 1%, degree completed in less than the minimum period of study)
  • 2016 - BSc, Business Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business (top 5%, degree completed in less than the minimum period of study)
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