Christian Dorda
Dr-Karl-Lueger-Ring 10
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Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions
Christian Dorda is the founding partner of Dorda Brugger Jordis. He specialises in corporate law (M&A), corporate finance and related litigation and arbitration. He has advised on a wide range of transactions, including privatisations, in Austria and western and central Europe, and also has broad experience in joint ventures and in leveraged buyouts. He has regularly counselled board members on corporate governance issues and assisted in complex business transactions.Mr Dorda 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.
He is vice-president of ICC Austria – International Chamber of Commerce, member emeritus of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, member of the board of trustees of the American Chamber of Commerce in Austria, permanent legal counsel to the French-Austrian Chamber of Commerce and past chairman of the M&A commission of the UIA. He is also a member of the editorial board of the European Lawyer.
Mr 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 Gedächtnisschrift für Michael Gruson (Berlin 2009), 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 include major domestic and multinational corporations, banks, insurance companies, service providers, governmental entities and medium-sized companies. 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 demonstrated its worth.
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