Dr. iur. Michael WALBERT, LL.M. (Virginia)

Attorney at Law since 2008
University of Vienna (Dr. iur.)
University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)
Schönherr Attorney at Law, Vienna
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vienna

Areas of Practice

General commercial and contract law, corporate law, private foundation law, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, arbitration

Presentations

Manz Legal Academy: Liability of Executive Employees and Managing Directors,
29.09.2022, Vienna

Manz Legal Academy: Liability of Executive Employees and Managing Directors,
08.04.2019, Vienna

ICC Austria: Crisis Communication & Litigation-PR,
23.05.2018, Vienna

ARS Annual Conference: Update for Managing Directors,
16.05.2018, Vienna

Manz Legal Academy: Liability of Top Executives and Managing Directors,
14.03.2018, Vienna

Foundation 2.0 – The Future of Private Foundations,
18.05.2017, Vienna

D&O and Criminal Defence Insurance,
09.05.2017, Vienna

Litigating NPLS and other hot Problems,
22.04.2017, Parma

ICC Austria: Crisis Communication & Litigation-PR,
02.03.2017, Vienna

Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring,
28.01.2017, La Clusaz

Insolvency – Which is the safest Security?
24.11.2016, Verona

Management Liability – detecting and hedging Risks,
21.09.2016, Vienna

ARS Seminar Series: Managing Directors – Minimize your Liability Risks,
31.05.2016 (Salzburg), 04.07.2016 (Pörtschach), 12.09.2016 (Vienna)

Management Liability – D&O and Criminal Defense Insurance,
24.09.2015, Salzburg

Battening down the Hatches – A discussion on Crisis Management in Litigation and Public Proceedings,
14.06.2014, Vienna

Due diligence in M&A Deals: What are the Liability Traps to be avoided?
21.06.2013, Marseille

Publications

Liability of Executive Employees and Managing Directors,
2020, Manz Verlag

How Family Foundations can avoid Courts
11.02.2019, Der Standard

Why Companies must disclose their beneficial Owners
09.01.2018, die wirtschaft

Too much Transparency in Private Foundations
(with Berndt Zinnöcker) 01.12.2017, Der Standard

Private Foundations: Will there finally be a Relaunch?
21.09.2017, die wirtschaft

Change in Foundation Management – what must be considered?
Stiftungsbrief Schoellerbank, Edition 2/2017

Efficient And Expeditious Dispute Resolution In M&A Transactions (with Eliane Fischer) Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2017, 2017, Manz Verlag

D&O Insurance – Material Terms and practical Tips,
Handbuch für den Vorstand, 2017, Facultas Verlag

The Management Board in German Stock Corporations (with Frank Fischer, Lars Freytag und Karl Koenen), Handbuch für den Vorstand, 2017, Facultas Verlag

Cyberattacks also affects Managing Directors,
23.05.2016, Der Standard

Best Practice Guide on Party Constitutional Complaints
(with Anna Satek and Elisabeth Wielinger) 2015, Manz Verlag

What degree of Diligence do Managing Directors owe?
04.09.2014, Die Presse

Challenge of Shareholder Resolutions
14.11.2013, WirtschaftsBlatt

War of Roses after M&A-Transactions
06.06.2013, WirtschaftsBlatt

D&O Insurance: Practical Tips in the Event of Damage
09.05.2013, Börsen-Kurier

No absolute Liability of Managers
13.02.2013, WirtschaftsBlatt

Ad hoc Publicity in Company Crisis
(with Christian Pindeus) 2013, ecolex

General Meetings held abroad
(with Wendelin Ettmayer), 2011, ecolex

Managing Directors require Room for Discretion
21.11.2011, Die Presse