As an international corporate law firm, CERHA HEMPEL aims to support high-quality education and practical legal training and to 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 2025) – with a total prize fund of EUR 5,000 – 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

Entries for the LAWard 2025 can be submitted from now until 31 October 2025 (date of the postmark). An expert panel of judges consisting of representatives drawn from the fields of academia and practice will decide on the awarding of cash prizes.

Facultas supports the LAWard 2025 with book vouchers and enables the publication of the award-winning dissertations.