Big Deal

On 14 October 2025 it will be that time again: CERHA HEMPEL is offering undergraduates, graduates and PhD students of law or commercial law the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes of an M&A transaction. Take part in a workshop and see for yourself how a large-scale M&A transaction is executed! The Big Deal Workshop will culminate in a panel discussion during which distinguished panellists will explore the topic of “International Joint Ventures” and offer career tips to students of law. This year, we look forward to welcoming the Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of OMV AG, Mr. Alfred Stern, as our special guest.

Following the panel discussion, the successful closing of the M&A transaction simulated during the workshop will be celebrated at an event organized in cooperation with "Der Standard".

After a short project description by CERHA HEMPEL lawyers, participants will turn their attention to the basic considerations underlying the M&A project and set a schedule. 

Participants will perform a variety of tasks ranging from organising the sales process, drafting a confidentiality agreement, and dealing with restructuring issues, to performing due diligence, overseeing merger control, signing and closing the deal, and implementing post-merger integration. Using real life M&A model documents, participants will work together in groups to develop solutions and then present them under the watchful eye of a coach. 

Undergraduates, graduates or PhD students of law and commercial law will simulate an M&A transaction alongside experienced CERHA HEMPEL lawyers with a view to shedding light on all aspects of such a deal. 

CERHA HEMPEL is offering talented young people the opportunity to put the knowledge they have acquired at university into practice and to take a look behind the scenes of an M&A transaction. 

After the workshop, CERHA HEMPEL invites all participants of the Big Deal Workshop and anyone accompanying them, as well as selected students, to a panel discussion and subsequent networking event in the Bel Etage.

When?
14 October 2025, from 9:00 to 17:30 

Where?
CERHA HEMPEL Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Entrance: Bel Etage 
Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna

• You are currently studying for or have completed a degree in law (at least your second period of study) or commercial law (master's programme or toward the end of your bachelor's degree), and

• You have an interest in international commercial law.

We accept applications on our webpage until 22 September 2025 COB. Please make sure you submit all required documents. Should you have any questions, please email to golegal(at)cerhahempel.com.