CERHA HEMPEL has every reason to celebrate after receiving yet another international accolade. At this year's JUVE Awards, CERHA HEMPEL was named Austrian Law Firm of the Year 2026 by JUVE, the renowned German industry magazine.
On Thursday 29 October 2026, the JUVE publishing house presented awards to the law firms and in-house teams of the year, naming CERHA HEMPEL "Austrian Law Firm of the Year". CERHA HEMPEL took home this prize thanks to its large and international transactions, its competence in Central and Eastern Europe, its forward-looking strategy and its excellent management of the firm.
"Law Firm of the Year" is an award presented in recognition of the overall development of Austrian law firms, and in selecting the winner JUVE looks beyond individual legal fields and recognises management achievements and performance in particular. Furthermore, in this category, the editorial team specifically takes into consideration aspects relating to sustainability, continuity and consistent action, as compared with previous years. The criteria include, inter alia, strategic achievements, client orientation, the firm's structure, its policy on promoting up-and-coming talent, profitability, growth in personnel and expansion into new business areas or markets. There must have been a dynamic development over the course of the past 12 months.
CERHA HEMPEL's Managing Partners, Dr Albert Birkner, LL.M., and Dr Clemens Hasenauer, LL.M./MBA, accepted the award during a ceremony at Frankfurt's Alte Oper.
"We're absolutely delighted to have won this award. Our thanks go to all of our clients and to our entire team. It is only by working together with them that such successes are possible", explained Dr Albert Birkner, LL.M., and Dr Clemens Hasenauer, LL.M./MBA, CERHA HEMPEL's Managing Partners.