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i.gerstner@saxinger.com
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Main areas

Corporate
Company foundation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Sucession
Banking and Financial Law
Real Estate
China / South East Asia


Press Coverage

JUVE Handbuch - JUVE-Ranking Corporate and M&A
Salzburger Nachrichten - New SAXINGER Office in Salzburg
juve.de - Liquid gas specialist Hexagon Composites and Worthington Enterprises, a construction and consumer goods producer, have reorganised two business units.
juve.de - SAXINGER doubles the number of equity partners
Global Legal Chronicle - Hexagon’s Acquisition of 40% Stake in Cryoshelter’s Liquid Hydrogen Storage Business


Publications

Retailvertrieb unter dem "AIFMG neu"
Geschlossene Immobilienfonds und kollektive Immobilien-Investments im Fokus des AIFMG
Experten informieren: Dr. Gerstner und Dr. Meingast über das „Grundbuch neu“
Immobilien, Kaufen – Verwerten – Entwickeln
The Austrian Legal System and Laws: a Brief Overview
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Languages

German, English, Italian

Immanuel Gerstner

Dr. iur., LL.M. (NYU), RICS
Partner


Background

 

Immanuel Gerstner has joined SAXINGER in 2007 and has been a partner at SAXINGER since 2008. In 2005 and 2006, he was deputy director for participation management at the Austrian Ministry of Infrastructure. Before that, he was working as an associate at leading international law firms in Vienna (2003-2005) and as an assistant to Prof Dr Lurger at the University of Salzburg (2002-2003).

He received his legal education at the University of Salzburg (Mag.iur. in 2000; Dr.iur. in 2001) and at New York University (LL.M. in 2002). Further Immanuel Gerstner has been an Erasmus scholar (1999) and a research scholar (2001) at University of Naples.

Immanuel Gerstner is admitted to the New York bar since 2004 and to the Austrian bar since 2007.


Immanuel Gerstner advises domestic and foreign companies on M&A, financial and real estate transactions. In particular, he has comprehensive experience of advising on cross-border matters.

Major legal directories regularly recognize him as leading expert in the fields of Mergers & Acquisitions and Real Estate law (Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Legal 500, Juve, IFLR). Additionally, in 2014, he was listed by Chambers & Partners as one of the most outstanding 40 „up and coming“ lawyers in Europe.

  • Advising IES Immobilien Group, a large real estate development company, and its affiliates on an ongoing basis on numerous real estate projects, such as the realisation of the Marina Tower. 

  • Advising Soravia Group on the redevelopment of the listed building "Schloss Freihof" in Vienna's prestigious 19th district.

  • Advising UBM, the leading Austrian real estate developer, and ARE, Austria's largest property developer, in the development of the Village im Dritten. The project comprises 4 buildings with residential and commercial units.

  • Advising UBM Development Österreich GmbH on the development “LeopoldQuartier” in Vienna, consisting of an area of around 22,900 square meters.

  • Advising Soravia Group on the development of the project “Seeviertel” in Gmunden, Upper Austria. Besides a hotel development, Soravia Group develops approx. 150 condominum units.