Our team
LAWYERS
René Schneider
Mag.iur. LL.M.(LSE)
CONTACT
P +43/1/269 87 97-0
F +43/1/269 87 97-10
E nachname@harrerschneider.at
ADMISSION
Attorney at Law (since April 1998, admitted to the Austrian Bar at the Vienna Bar Association)
LANGUAGES
German, English
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Company law and commercial law as well as contract law
- National and cross-border M&A transactions, corporate restructuring and reorganisation
- Real Estate Transactions
- Private foundation law, estate planning and advice in asset matters
- Construction and turn-key-contract law
- Arbitration and litigation
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
- Since June 2012 Partner at Harrer Schneider Attorneys at Law, Vienna
- Partner at Dullinger Schneider Attorneys at Law, Vienna (2004 to 2012)
- Since 2011 lecturer in the Master of Business Law (Corporate Law) programme of the WU Executive Academy
- Partner and Office Managing Partner at Haarmann Hügel Attorneys at Law, Vienna in cooperation with Haarmann Hemmelrath (2001 to 2004)
- Partner at Schneider & Wagesreiter Partnership of Attorneys at Law, Vienna (1998 to 2001)
- Associate at Heller Löber Bahn & Partners, Attorneys at Law, now Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vienna (1994 to 1998)
- Associate at Eiselsberg Natlacen Walderdorff Cancola, Attorneys at Law, Vienna (1993)
- Traineeship with various courts of the Court of Appeals in Graz (1991 to 1992)
Martina Harrer
Mag.iur.
CONTACT
P +43/1/269 87 97-0
F +43/1/269 87 97-10
E nachname@harrerschneider.at
ADMISSION
Attorney at Law (since March 2007, admitted to the Austrian Bar at the Vienna Bar Association)
LANGUAGES
German, English
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Public procurement law, drafting of invitations to bid and calls for tender, realisation of tenders
- PPP-projects, reorganisation and privatisations
- Advice of bidders in tender review proceedings
- Representation of clients and bidders in tender review proceedings before courts-of-law
- Civil law and construction contract law
- Corporate and company law
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
- Since June 2012 Partner at Harrer Schneider Attorneys at Law, Vienna
- Partner at Dullinger Schneider Attorneys at Law, Vienna (2007 to 2012)
-
Representation before State Courts
-
Guest Lecturer at TU Graz (2013 to 2017)
- Since 2008 lecturer in Public Procurement Law at the Institute of Civil Law of the J.K University in Linz
- Lecturer in Commercial Law at the Institute of Company Law of the J.K. University in Linz (2007)
- Lecturer in Public Procurement Law at the College of Higher Education Upper Austria, Campus Steyr (2006)
- Assistant at the Institute of Company Law of the J.K. University Linz with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Karollus (2006)
- Senior Associate at Dullinger Schneider Attorneys at Law, Vienna (2004 to 2006)
- Associate at Wietrzyk Dullinger Attorneys at Law, Vienna (2002 to 2004)
- Assistant at the Institute of Civil Law of the J.K. University in Linz with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Rummel and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Silvia Dullinger (2002)
- Assistant at the Institute of Civil Law of the J.K. University in Linz with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Apathy and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Riedler (2000 to 2001)
- Traineeship with various courts of the Court of Appeals in Linz (2000 and 2001)
Publications
- Casebook commercial and company law (with Karollus/Huemer), 5th Edition, 2014
- Insolvency from the Point of View of Public Procurement Law (with Steiner) in Heck/Mauerhofer (Ed.), 7th Grazer Seminar on Construction Operation and Building Law 25, 2014
- The “Arbeitsvertragsrechts-Anpassungsgesetz” in Public Procurement Procedures, RPA 2014, 55 (with Lumenta)
- Commentary on the decision of BVwG 8.4.2014, W139 2000175-1/44E, RPA 2014, 204
- Commentary on the decision of BVwG, 11.02.2014, W187 2000002-1/23E, RPA 2014, 165
- Commentary §§25-28 WAG in Gruber/Raschauer (Hrsg), regulative securities law (2009)
- Possibilities for organisation of distribution - selected questions on corporate governance (in S. Dullinger/Kaindl [Hrsg], yearbook bank and capital markets law 2008), 2009
- Outsourcing at credit institutions and investment service providers, ZFR 2007,62
- Commentary on the decision of the ECJ 19.4.2007, Rs C-295/05 "Asemfo/Tragsa", ZVB 2007, 225
- Amendment of the conduct rules based on Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and their implementation rules, ÖBA 2007, 98
- Commentary on the Opinion of Adcovate General Kokott, 15.6.2006, Rs C-220/05 "Auroux", ZVB 2006/80
- Commentary on the decision of the ECJ 11.5.2006 Rs C-340/04 "Carbothermo Spa", ZVB 2006/63
- Commentary on the decision of VKS Salzburg 13.1.2006, 20001-SVKS/43/38-2006, ZVB 2006/54
- Contribution to public procurement law in Keiler/Grumböck; Current case law of the courts of the European Communities, 2006
- The delivery of construction services by a third party within the meaning of § 3 Abs 1 Z 3 BVergG 2002 (with Dullinger) in Sachs (Hrsg) Positions on public procurement law 133 (2005)
- Commentary on the decision of the Austrian Administrative Court (VwGH) 21.12.2004, 2004/04/0161, ZVB 2005/51
- Green Paper on public private partnership, ZVB 2004, 287
Lectures
- Changes in the Corporate Structure during the Procurement Procedure, ARS (March 2014)
- Insolvency from the Point of View of Public Procurement Law (with Steiner, January 2014)
- Guest lectures at the Technical University of Graz on public procurement law (since 2013)
- Current jurisdiction on public procurement law of the ECJ and the national institutions for public procurement law; ARS (July 2008)
- Lecture public private partnership and public public partnership, ARS (July 2007)
- Lecture MiFID - new organisational requirements, ARS (July 2007)
- Lecture Amendments of conduct rules due to the MiFID, MiFID-conference, ÖÜWZ (February 2007)
- Lecture PPP and public procurement law, ARS (July 2006)
- Various lectures at the J.K. University Linz on commercial law, accounting as well as commercial aspects of environmental protection and public procurement law. Various lectures on the drafting of invitations to bid in particular for waste transport and fair trade food within the framework of the government of Lower Austria (October 2003 to January 2005)
- Legal aspects of real estate investment in Austria - Berliner Immobilienrunde (June 2003)
ADMISSION
Attorney at Law (since January 2020, admitted to the Austrian Bar at the Vienna Bar Association)
LANGUAGES
German, English, Croatian
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Public procurement law, drafting of invitations to bid and calls for tender, realisation of tenders
- PPP-projects, reorganisation and privatisations
- Advice of bidders in tender review proceedings
- Representation of clients and bidders in tender review proceedings before courts-of-law
- Contract law, construction and turn-key-contract law
- Company law and commercial law
- Arbitration and litigation
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
- Since January 2020 Partner at Harrer Schneider Attorneys at Law, Vienna
- Senior Associate at Harrer Schneider Attorneys at Law, Vienna (2012 to 2019)
- Associate and Senior Associate at Dullinger Schneider Attorneys at Law, Vienna (2006 to 2012)
- Traineeship with various courts of the Court of Appeals in Vienna (2005 to 2006)
Wolfgang Berger
Dr.iur.
CONTACT
P +43/1/269 87 97-0
F +43/1/269 87 97-10
E nachname@harrerschneider.at
ADMISSION
Attorney at Law (since October 2015, admitted to the Austrian Bar at the Vienna Bar Association)
LANGUAGES
German, English
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Public procurement law, drafting of invitations to bid and calls for tender, realisation of tenders
- Advice of bidders in tender review proceedings
- Representation of clients and bidders in tender review proceedings before courts-of-law
- Civil law and construction contract law
- Legal assistance for construction projects (from structuring the tender process/offers to the final invoice)
- Claim- und Anti-Claim-Management
- Public economic law, Regulatory
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
- Since March 2018 Attorney at Harrer Schneider Attorneys at Law, Vienna
- Partner at MSW Attorneys at Law, Vienna (2015 to 2018)
- Associate at MSW Attorneys at Law, Vienna (2014 to 2015)
- In-house Lawyer at ASFINAG, vienna (2009 to 2014)
- Associate at Schönherr Attorneys at Law, vienna (2006 to 2009)
- Legal Assistant at Schramm Öhler Attorneys at Law, vienna (2003 to 2006)
- Traineeship with various courts of the Court of Appeals in Vienna (2002 to 2003)
Associates / Legal Staff
Doris Cvach
LL.M.(WU)
Legal Staff
ASSISTANTS
Bettina Schmaus
Linda Lorenz
LL.B.(WU)
Elisabeth Sandner
BA
English 
German