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Georg Gutfleisch
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Georg Gutfleisch

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  • German
  • English
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Georg Gutfleisch is a lawyer at the Corporate/M&A practice group of CMS in Vienna. His practice focuses on Corporate/M&A and real estate transactions, with a specific emphasis on renewable energy and ESG-related aspects. 

He regularly advises both national and international companies on transactions and investments in residential and commercial real estate in Austria, as well as in Central and Eastern Europe, including on issues related to renewable energy and sustainability.

In the course of his legal practice, he has gained significant experience with structuring and implementing projects in the area of rooftop PV, innovative energy sharing concepts as well as renewable energy communities. His clientele mainly comprises national and international companies and start-ups predominantly active in the real estate and renewable energy sectors. His main interest lies in exploring the alignment of conventional legal regimes with progressive industry advancements and emerging technologies. 

Furthermore, he is an accomplished author of numerous publications and a frequent speaker at lectures and training programmes.

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    ‘Georg Gutfleisch has been amazing at handling our case: fast delivery and achieved all we could ask for.’
    Legal 500, 2025

Publications

  • Co-author of the guide „Start-ups: Recht – Sicher Steuern“ von Brandl & Talos und BDO, 2020.
  • Experiences from the Implementation of the Cross-Border Mergers Directive in Austria, in Papadopoulos (Hrsg), Cross-Border Mergers (Springer, 2019), 225.
  • Seretakis/Gutfleisch, Brexit and Alternative Investment Fund Managers, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 34, No 4, 2019, 134.
  • Employment Issues under the European Trade Secrets Directive: Promising Opportunity or Burden for European Companies, European Company Law Journal 15, No 5, 2018, 175.
  • Prospects for Future EU Legislation on Crowdfunding and Initial Coin Offerings, Banking & Financial Services Policy Report 37, No 8, 2018, 4. 
  • Crowdfunding and Initial Coin Offerings under the EU Legal Framework, European Company Law Journal 15, No 3, 2018, 73.
  • Anwendbarkeit des NeuFöG bei (bisher) nicht auf Gewinn gerichteter Tätigkeit, ecolex 2016, 423.
  • Astl/Gutfleisch, Die GesbR-Novelle 2015 unter dem Aspekt des Umgründungssteuerrechts, ecolex 2015, 568.
  • Werner/Gutfleisch, Das Verhältnis eigener Genussrechte zu stimmrechtslosen Vorzugsaktien und eigenen Aktien, ecolex 2014, 613.

Memberships & Roles

  • Austrian Bar Association
  • European Law Institute (ELI), Vienna

Education

  • 2018 – LL.M., School of Law, Trinity College Dublin
  • 2017 – Austrian Bar Exam
  • 2013 – Mag. iur., Law, University of Vienna
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