CERHA HEMPEL is growing its Banking & Finance practice with the addition of Oliver Völkel and his team.
Dr. Oliver Völkel, LL.M., will join CERHA HEMPEL as a new partner in the Banking & Finance team on 1 April 2025. A team of six, including two lawyers, are going to join CERHA HEMPEL with him. Dr. Völkel is a founding partner of Stadler Völkel Rechtsanwälte in Vienna.
A recognised expert in cryptocurrency law, Dr. Völkel regularly publishes articles in relevant journals on various legal issues related to blockchain technology and also holds teaching positions at Austrian universities. Together with Prof. Christian Piska, he is the editor of 'Blockchain rules' (second edition, MANZ, 2024). Most recently, he co-edited a commentary on the EU regulatory framework for cryptocurrency law entitled 'Crypto Assets' (Beck, 2024) with Prof. Su-sanne Kalss and Prof. Christoph Krönke.
Oliver Völkel advises in particular on issues related to FinTechs. His clients include numerous well-known domestic and foreign companies and banks. Oliver Völkel is regularly ranked highly in national and international directories, for example in the area of Fintech Legal (Chambers, Band 1, 2025) and Capital Markets (Trend Anwaltsranking, 2024).
Oliver Völkel studied law at the University of Vienna and at Columbia Law School in New York.
"We're delighted to welcome Oliver Völkel to the firm as a partner and in so doing reinforce our strategic goal of being a leading Austrian law firm in all areas of commercial law", said Managing Partners Dr. Albert Birkner, LL.M. and Dr. Clemens Hasenauer LL.M./MBA.