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Günther Hanslik
Managing Partner

Günther Hanslik

Vienna, Austria
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Languages
  • German
  • English

Günther Hanslik is a banking & finance lawyer. He is a partner in the CMS Vienna transaction team and specialises in financial transactions, restructurings and corporate transactions.
Günther Hanslik heads the financial transaction team at CMS Vienna and supports clients in high-profile projects in Austria and CEE. He also represents leading European financial institutions and internationally active companies on an ongoing basis.

Awards & Recognitions
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    "Günther Hanslik is always the first lawyer on my mind when it comes to complex legal work."
    Chambers European 2025
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    ‘Günther Hanslik knows the business inside out, his calm and structured way of working is extremely valuable in our own customer-relationships.’
    Legal 500, 2025
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    ‘Günther Hanslik is the go-to partner for banking and finance transactions both due to expertise but also for his constructive, positive attitude and overall reliability.'
    Legal 500, 2025
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    "Sehr umfassend in der Transaktion informiert, stets schnelle und kompetente Beratung"
    JUVE 2025
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    "Höchst professionell und lösungsorientiert, sehr breites und tiefes Wissen, angenehmer und fairer Verhandler"
    JUVE 2025
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    "Günther Hanslik is a very well established finance lawyer with whom it is always a pleasure to work with. His experience paired with patience (including in challenging situations) and the creativity to always come to solutions acceptable to all parties make him a favorite choice."
    The Legal 500 EMEA, 2024
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    "Günther is the finance lawyer I most like to work with in Vienna. He is well-versed, extremely good with our customers, and has an incredible amount of patience and perseverance."
    Chambers Europe, 2024
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    „Sehr guter und pragmatischer Anwalt; angenehm in der Zusammenarbeit.“ (Wettbewerber)
    JUVE, 2024
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    "Highly experienced team, super responsive and supportive. Günther Hanslik is an excellent negotiator, always calm, friendly, but to the point."
    The Legal 500 EMEA, 2024
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    „Günther continues to be a perfect link between parties in negotiations. He offers excellent service and outstanding commercial awareness. “
    Client feedback, Chambers Global 2024

Publications

  • Ettmayer/Hanslik, Market Disruption. Auswirkung der gegenwärtigen Liquiditätskrise auf Kredite mit variablen Zinsklauseln, ecolex 2018, 1085.
  • Wissenszurechnung beim Unternehmenskauf, ecolex 2016, 223.
  • Grossmayer/Hanslik, Big Deal? M&A-Verträge richtig verhandeln! (LexisNexis, 2013).
  • Akquisitionsfinanzierung, in Althuber/Schopper (Hrsg), Handbuch Unternehmenskauf & Due Diligence, Band I: Legal (LexisNexis, 2010), 479.
  • Grossmayer/Hanslik, MAC-Klauseln in Unternehmenskaufverträgen, ecolex 2007, 829.

Memberships & Roles

  • Austrian Bar Association

Awards & Rankings

  • Günther Hanslik is repeatedly named as a leading lawyer in the field of financial transactions by JUVE, Legal 500 and Chambers Global, among others.
  • The German business newspaper Handelsblatt ranks Günther Hanslik among the best lawyers in the field of banking and finance law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law (Best Lawyers Ranking 2020).

Lectures list

  • Günther Hanslik has been lecturing at the University of Vienna and at the Vienna University of Economics and Business for many years.

Education

  • 1998 – Dr. iur., Law, University of Vienna
  • 1995 – Mag. iur., Law, University of Vienna
Practice Areas
Banking & Finance Insolvency & Restructuring

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