Dr. Peter M. Polak, LL.M. (Berkeley)
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Peter Polak is a name partner of Polak & Partner and head of the firm´s Corporate / M&A department. He graduated from the University of Vienna School of Law with a J.D. in 1982. In 1984 he obtained a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from the University of California, School of Law (Boalt Hall) and was subsequently admitted to the California Bar in 1986. He was admitted to the Austrian Bar in 1989.
Before establishing Polak & Partner he worked as an associate for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (1984-1985) and and for Preslmayr & Partner (1986-1990; first as an associate, then as a partner). Furthermore he was associate professor at the Webster University, St. Louis, Vienna Campus (1989).
Peter Polak is author of numerous publications in the areas of corporate, tax and anti-trust law and Certified Court Interpreter for the English Language.
Peter Polak has extensive experience in the areas of international transactions, corporate law, banking and finance, antitrust law and art law.
MEMBERSHIPS: LAW, IBA, AIJA, IABA (former President).
LANGUAGES: German, English, French
- Banking and Capital Market Law
- Energy Law (Head of Department)
- Corporate Law / Mergers & Acquisitions (Head of Department)
- Infrastructure & Public Procurement Law (Head of Department)
- Art Law (Head of Department)
- Life Sciences / Pharmaceutical Law
- Litigation and Arbitration (Head of Department)
- Competition Law / Antitrust Law (Head of Department)
| "The Art Law Review Second Edition: Austrian Chapter"
Peter Polak, Philipp Felbermair, 2021 |
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| "The Art Collecting Legal Handbook: Austrian Chapter"
Peter Polak, Mark Rammelmüller, Paul Kessler, The Art Collecting Legal Handbook, Thomson Reuters, 2016 |
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| "Getting the Deal Through - Gas Regulation 2016, Austrian Chapter"
Peter Polak, April 2016. Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through: Gas Regulation 2016 (published in March 2016; contributing editors: David Tennant and Torquil Law, Dentons UKMEA LLP) For further information please visit www.gettingthedealthrough.com. |
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| "Getting the Deal Through - Gas Regulation 2015"
Peter Polak und Thomas Starlinger 2015 Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through: Gas Regulation 2015, (published in March 2015; contributing editors: David Tennant and Torquil Law, Dentons UKMEA LLP). For further information please visit www.gettingthedealthrough.com. |
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| "International Agency and Distribution Law: Austrian Chapter"
Peter Polak und Christoph Hauser (Fiebinger Polak Leon Rechtsanwälte), Alexander Klauser und Bernhard Girsch (Brauneis, Klauser & Prändl), International Agency and Distribution Law- 2nd Edition, Volume 2, Release 3/2014, Juris Publishing Inc., 2014 |
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| "ICLG: The International Comparative Legal Guide: Product Liability - Austrian Chapter"
Karina Hellbert und Peter M. Polak; This article appeared in the 2014 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability; published by Global Legal Group Ltd London |
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| "Increasing Energy Arbitration in Austria"
Peter Polak und Harald Kröpfl, The American Lawyer, May 2014 |
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| "International Agency and Distribution Law: Austrian Chapter"
Peter Polak und Christoph Hauser (Fiebinger Polak Leon Rechtsanwälte), Alexander Klauser und Bernhard Girsch (Brauneis, Klauser & Prändl), International Agency and Distribution Law- 2nd Edition, Release 2/2013, Juris Publishing Inc., 2013 |
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| "The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 2013 Edition"
Peter Polak and Karina Hellbert, 2013. This article appeared in the 2013 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. |
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| "The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 2013 Edition"
Peter Polak and Karina Hellbert, 2013. This article appeared in the 2013 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. |
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| "The Art Collecting Legal Handbook: Austrian Chapter"
Peter Polak, Sabine-Katharina Andreasch, Christian Eder, The Art Collecting Legal Handbook, Thomson Reuters, 2013 |
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| "Austria"
Peter Polak, Stefan Korab (Fiebinger Polak Leon Rechtsanwälte), Alexander Klauser und Bernhard Girsch (Brauneis, Klauser & Prändl), International Agency and Distribution Law, 2nd Ed., Juris Publishing Inc., 2012 |
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| "Zitiert, geborgt oder gestohlen"
Peter Polak und Christian Eder, Der Standard, 27.06.2012 |
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| "Ein wichtiger Faktor in der Papierindustrie"
Peter Polak, medianet, 24.04.2012 |
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| "GLG, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 2011 - Austrian Chapter"
Peter M. Polak und Karina Hellbert, publiziert von Global Legal Group Ltd, London 2011 |
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| "GLG, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 2010 - Austrian Chapter"
gemeinsam mit Karina Hellbert, London (2010) |
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| "GLG, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 2008 - Austrian Chapter"
Peter M. Polak und Karina Hellbert, London 2008 |
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| "GLG, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 2006 - Austrian Chapter"
Peter M. Polak und Karina Hellbert, London 2006 |
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| "Unter Dach und Fach"
Peter Polak und Johannes Willheim, Börsenblatt 50 vom 23.06.2000 |
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| "Kartellrecht und neue Medien in Österreich"
Peter M. Polak und Johannes Willheim, in: Pereira (Hrsg.), Kartellrecht und neue Medien, London (2000) |
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| "Austrian Competition Law"
gemeinsam mit Bernhard Gröhs, in: Austrian Law and International Business, Wien 1995 |
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| "Company Law & Accounting in Austria"
gemeinsam mit Bernhard Gröhs, in: Austrian Law and International Business, Wien 1995 |
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| "Glosse zum OGH (Thomas Muster)"
MR 1990, 141 |
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| "Grenzen des Bildnisschutzes für Prominente"
ecolex 1990, 741 |
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| "Austrian Business Taxation"
gemeinsam mit Bernhard Gröhs, in: Austrian Law and International Business, Wien 1990 |
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| "Kritische Anmerkungen zur Änderung der Verwaltungspraxis beim Umsatzsteuersatz für EDV-Programme"
gemeinsam mit Bernhard Gröhs, WBl 1987, 330 |
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| "Der Schutz von EDV-Programmen nach amerikanischem Recht - Zum Urheberrechtsschutz von Computerprogrammen in den USA"
EDV u R 1986, H4, 18 |
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| "100 Jahre Berner-Konvention - Eine Standortbestimmung zum Urheberrecht"
MR 1986, H3, 2 |