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Kai Ruckelshausen
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Kai Ruckelshausen

Languages
  • German
  • English

Kai Ruckelshausen is a partner in the Banking & Finance team at CMS Vienna. He advises Austrian banks and European financial institutions on a broad range of financial transactions, including acquisition, corporate, project, and real estate financing.

He graduated from Columbia University in New York as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar in 2017 and is admitted as attorney in the sate of New York.

His secondment with an international technology group gave him a solid understanding of internal corporate processes. Alongside his legal work, Kai lectures at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the Academy for Law and Taxation. He combines technical knowledge with practical experience in banking and finance law, both in Austria and internationally.

Awards & Recognitions
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  • Quote
    "up & coming"
    JUVE 2025
  • Quote
    "sehr umfassend in der Transaktion informiert, stets schnelle und kompetente Beratung"
    JUVE 2025

Memberships & Roles

  • Austrian Bar Association

Education

  • 2018 - Bar exam (with very good success) 
  • 2017 - New York Bar Exam 
  • 2017 - LL.M, Columbia Law School, New York (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar) 
  • 2012 - Mag. iur., Law, University of Vienna
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