Vienna Economic Forum is proud to congratulate Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Member of Vienna Economic Forum, for their international recognition as Austrian M&A Legal Advisor of the year.

At the ceremony of the M&A awards on 8 December in London, the ‘Financial Times’ and Mergermarket nominated the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP as „Legal Advisor of the Year” in the category “Austria / Switzerland”.

As one among few international law firms, Freshfields has a traditionally strong presence in Central Europe. In the region alone, the firm operates with around 600 attorneys from seven locations in all areas of business law and Vienna acts as an important hub for the activities in CEE.

Dr. Willibald Plesser, Partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Co-Head for CEE: “In 2011 Freshfields advised numerous important deals in Austria”.