
Dr. Bernhard Girsch, LL.M.
POSITION: Lawyer, Partner
FOCUS: Dispute Resolution, Real Estate Law, Competition and Antitrust Law; Company and Corporate Law,
LANGUAGES: German, English, Swedish
Bernhard Girsch, an expert in contract law, is recommended. (Legal 500)
Bernhard Girsch is highly responsive, loyal and a team player. (Legal 500)
Brauneis Klauser Prändl Rechtsanwälte GmbH’s private client practice focuses on inheritance disputes, and is also closely linked to the firm’s real estate practice. Bernhard Girsch is the main contact. (Legal 500)
ADMISSION:
Since 2002 as attorney-at-law
CAREER:
Partner at bkp since 2006
2002-2006 Attorney at bkp
1998-2002 Associate at bkp
1997-1998 Internship at the European Commission in Brussels (DG Competition - Merger Task Force)
1997 Internship at the Austrian Cartel Court
1995 Internship in Great Britain with various judges, barristers and solicitors
TEACHING AND LECTURING:
Lectures for ICC Austria, international organisations, in particular on international distribution agreements, European & Austrian antitrust law, avoidance of pittfalls in contracts, choice of the ideal employment relationship, manager liability
EDUCATION:
2001 Dr.iur., University of Vienna
1996 LL.M., Postgraduate studies in European Law at the University of Lund (Master of European Law)
1994 Mag. iur., University of Vienna
1994 Exchange Student at the University of Göttingen (Erasmus scholarship)
MEMBERSHIPS:
Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht eV, IBA, ICC, Federal Logistics Association Austria
Vienna Bar Association
Books
Fusionskontrolle in konzentrierten Märkten
Das theoretische Konzept der oligopolistischen Marktbeherrschung und dessen Anwendung in der Praxis, Verlag NWV 2002
Articles
Internationale Streitanhängigkeit im grenzüberschreitenden Straßengüterverkehr
in: ecolex 2006, 622
International Transactions and Merger Control under Austrian Jurisdiction
in: International Business Transactions and Standard Forms, Kluwer Law International 2006
Different Regimes for Cartels and Vertical Distribution Agreements further delineated
in: European Update 2004, 5
Mergers in Oligopolistic Markets – Proposal for guidelines for the assessment of effects on competition of transactions on highly concentrated markets
European Update 2002, 15
Oligopolistisches Parallelverhalten von Fähren- und Eurotunnel-Unternehmen
in: ELR 2000, 30
Kartellgesetznovelle 1999 als Regierungsvorlage
in: ecolex 1999, 410 (Mitautor)
Klassische juristische Berufe und Gerichtssystem in Großbritannien
in: AnwBl 1998, 550
From Notification to Approval
Austrian Competition Law, From Notification to Approval, European Counsel 1997 (Mitautor)
Other publications
Neue Kartellregeln erleichtern Schadenersatzklagen
Schwere Zeiten für Große Unternehmen
in: ecolex 2000, 367 (Mitautor)
Änderungen beim Unternehmensübergang
bkp Legal News
Exekution der Stiftungsvermögen
bkp Legal News
Unternehmensgesetzbuch NEU
bkp Legal News
Grundzüge des neuen (strengeren) Kartellgesetzes
bkp Legal News
Neuerungen bei Technologielizenzen
bkp Legal News
Kartellrecht als Schranke von Unternehmensstrategien, Änderungen in der Europäischen Fusionskontrolle
bkp Legal News