New Equity Partners at Weber & Co. in Austria

New Equity Partners at Weber & Co. in Austria

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Former Contract Partner Klaus Pfeiffer and former Finad Partner Georg Burger-Scheidlin have become equity partners at Austria's Weber & Co.

Weber & Co describes Burger-Scheidlin as a leading expert in corporate law, foundation law, as well as asset and succession planning. He also advises on shareholder disputes. He has a Magister’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna and an LL.M. from the University of Edinburgh. Prior to joining Weber & Co he spent over six years with Finad financial advisory.

Pfeiffer has many years of professional expertise and experience in with real estate transactions, property development projects, construction projects, and construction litigation. Weber & Co describes him as “one of the leading experts in these areas in Austria," and says that "he is a renowned estate and construction law expert [and] he specializes in advising [on] national and international real estate projects and transactions, with a focus on residential, logistics, retail, and hospitality properties.”

Pfeiffer has a Magister’s degree from the University of Salzburg and an LL.M. from University College London. Prior to joining Weber & Co in 2019, he spent two years with Graf & Pitkowitz and nine years with Dorda.

“Weber & Co. pursues a convincing multidisciplinary approach,” said Burger-Scheidlin. “This is an ideal basis for a cooperation with all partners of the firm in matters of wealth and succession planning. Moreover, I am pleased to be able to contribute my expertise in corporate law and foundation law to the firm's outstanding corporate law practice.”

“Georg Burger-Scheidlin is the ideal partner so that we are in a position to support entrepreneurs and family offices to a greater extent in asset and succession planning,” said Weber & Co. Partner Katharina Kitzberger. “We also strengthen and broaden our corporate law practice, consolidating it in the top segment. We are proud to have Georg Burger-Scheidlin as our partner.” 

“Weber & Co. offers optimal conditions for excellent legal work,” added Pfeiffer. ”I look forward to being part of this outstanding firm as an equity partner and to expanding the real estate and construction law practice together with Daniela Witt-Dorring and the entire team.”

“As an excellent lawyer and a great personality, Klaus Pfeiffer has exactly the qualities that our clients appreciate,” commented Partner Daniela Witt-Dorring. “In recent years he has successfully positioned himself as a specialist in real estate and construction law. Not least because of him, Weber & Co., today, has firmly established itself in real estate and construction law.”