Clemens Stegner

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW | Partner

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since 2023: fokus Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Partner

2019-2023: Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Associate, Attorney-at-Law (Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Banking & Finance Law)

2021: Austrian Bar Exam (Vienna Higher Regional Court)
with honors

2021: Doctorate in Law (Hardegg Foundation Scholarship)
with honors

2015-2018: University Assistant (prae doc)
University of Vienna (Institute for Business and Commercial Law, Prof. Ulrich Torggler)

2014: Diploma in Law
among top graduates

2009: High School Diploma (HTL Vienna Ottakring – Mechanical & Plant Engineering)
with honors

Investor litigation
Represented a listed company in defending claims worth hundreds of millions.

Sanctions law
Legal advice and representation of executives of Austrian companies in proceedings before criminal authorities.

Criminal law (sports law focus)
Defense and legal advice in criminal proceedings.

Corporate law / M&A
Advised a subsidiary of VERBUND AG on acquiring a stake in an Austrian photovoltaic company; advised a major Austrian educational institution on a shareholder change.

Financing of the Grabenhof in Vienna
Legal support in a high-profile real estate financing project in Vienna’s city centre (2021).

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Lectures at the University of Vienna (Juridicum)
Corporate law, partnership law, accounting law.

Liability of third parties for fraudulent misrepresentation in GmbH share transactions (GesRZ 2023, 41)

How safe are deposits abroad? (Die Presse, 27.11.2023).

Incomplete notarial deeds
Commentary and practical guidance (ecolex 2023/311).

Koller/Lovrek/Spitzer (eds.), Insolvency Code, 2nd edition
Commentary on §§ 36 and 37 ReO.

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