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Florian Mayer is a partner at CMS and expert for Corporate Law/M&A and Private Equity. His services include all tasks related to international transactions, from discussing the transaction structure, coordinating and conducting due diligence reviews, negotiating contracts, preparing and implementing signings and closings to handling post-closing agendas.

Florian has several years of practical experience in the field of corporate law/M&A, some of which he gained as an associate at a renowned international commercial law firm before joining CMS. He completed his court practice in Vienna.
He completed his law degree in 2014 at the Karl Franzens University in Graz, where he also graduated in economics and worked as a study assistant and lecturer.

Awards & Recognitions
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    “Florian Mayer – 100% professionalism and competence. Full dedication to client‘s success.”
    Legal 500, 2024
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    "Florian Mayer – highly dedicated expert who combines M&A expertise with strategic thinking and delivers with best practice customer success mindset."
    The Legal 500, 2023
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    "Our go-to person is Florian Mayer. Florian is used to working on and coordinating multinational transactions including several work streams and does it extremely smoothly. He quickly understands what is important and what is not, identifies obstacles early in the process and is also able to come up with out-of-the box solutions quickly, if necessary. Florian is very smart, reliable and solution-oriented."
    The Legal 500, 2023

Memberships & Roles

  • Austrian Bar Association

Education

  • 2014 – Mag. iur., Law, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
  • 2010 – Mag. rer. soc. oec., Economics, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz

Insights by Florian

CMS at Mobile World Congress 2026

02 Mar 2026

CMS advised ALPLA on strategic acquisition of Energoplast

06 Nov 2025 3 min read

Aerospace Startups – Civilian or Defence First? A Quick Compliance Checklist

23 Sep 2025 2 min read

Helicopters, drones, and aerial devices – transitioning from civilian to defence use: a straightforward dual-use guideline

23 Sep 2025 2 min read
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