As an international corporate law firm, CERHA HEMPEL aims to further high-quality education and practical legal training and support those students and graduates who have shown themselves to be particularly gifted and talented individuals.

To promote the academic activities of those studying Austrian, European and international corporate law, CERHA HEMPEL – in cooperation with the business law programme at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) – presents the CERHA HEMPEL Best Thesis Award – the LAWard 2020 – with a total prize fund of EUR 3,500,- to undergraduate and master's students who have written truly exceptional dissertations on a subject relating to corporate law and to one graduate of a PhD in law programme whose thesis has been judged to be of exceptional quality.

Prizes will be awarded by a jury consisting of academics and legal practitioners, in the following three categories:

Undergraduate dissertation

Master's dissertation

PhD thesis

Prizes:

Undergraduate dissertation     EUR    500.00 (awarded in respect of two dissertations)

Master's dissertation                 EUR 1,000.00 (awarded in respect of one dissertation)

PhD thesis                                  EUR 1,500.00 (awarded in respect of one thesis)

The official award ceremony was held on Tuesday 19 January 2021 in the conference rooms of CERHA HEMPEL. This year for the very first time the award ceremony could be followed online via a live stream.

Facultas supports the LAWard 2020 through publication of the dissertations in respect of which prizes are awarded.

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