"Highly knowledgeable, experienced and diligent."
Claus Schneider is a member of the Banking & Finance team as well as the firm's Management Board. Claus specializes in debt, hybrid and structured capital market issues and regulatory advisory for financial institutions. He is consistently recognized as one of the leading lawyers in Austria in these fields. Claus has worked on some of the most innovative and first-time debt and hybrid issues in Austria and has been one of the key legal advisors in relation to bank support measures after the 2008 financial crisis. Prior to joining the firm, Claus gained valuable experience working at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
Expertise
Regulation of the Financial Industry
Admitted to the Bar
Admitted to the bar in Austria, 2003Education
University of Innsbruck (Dr. iur. with distinction), 1999The London School of Economics (LL.M. with merits), 1997
University of Innsbruck (Mag. iur.),1995
Languages
German, English