Profile: Christian Dorda

Mergers and Acquisitions

Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions

Christian Dorda is the founding partner of Dorda Brugger Jordis. He specialises in corporate law (M&A) and related litigation and arbitration. He has advised on a wide range of transactions, including privatisations, in Austria and Western and Central Europe. He also has broad experience in joint ventures and in leveraged buyouts. He has regularly counselled board members on corporate governance issues and has assisted in complex business transactions. Recent transactions include the EUR 1.6 billion acquisition of a majority stake in SEE-focused bank Hypo-Alpe-Adria by BayernLB. He also advised on the acquisition of a majority stake in Austria Card, a major smart card producer, by the Greek company Inform Lykos.

He is regularly sought after as a chairman, sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator and counsel in both international commercial arbitration (eg, ICC, Vienna International Arbitral Centre) and domestic ad hoc panels.

Christian Dorda acts as a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, belongs to the Board of Trustees of the American Chamber of Commerce in Austria and is permanent legal counsel to the French-Austrian Chamber of Commerce and chairman emeritus of the M&A Commission of the UIA. He is a member of the editorial board of "the European Lawyer".

Christian Dorda graduated from the University of Vienna in 1971, was admitted to the Austrian Bar in 1976 and established his own law firm in the same year. He is the author of numerous articles in professional magazines and the co-author of several books, including Handbuch Mergers & Acquisitions (Vienna 2007); Praxishandbuch Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (Vienna 2007); and Directors' Liability: a Worldwide Review (London 2006). He also regularly speaks at seminars and conferences and is fluent in German, English and French.

Dorda Brugger Jordis is a leading law firm in Austria, providing legal services in all areas of corporate, civil and commercial law. Clients range from large international corporations and their Austrian subsidiaries to big and medium sized Austrian business entities (banks, industrial and commercial enterprises). For projects in Central and Eastern Europe, the Dorda Brugger Jordis "Best Friends" Network, a close cooperation with independent top-tier law firms in CEE countries, has well proven its worth.

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