Immanuel Gerstner
Dr. iur., LL.M. (NYU), RICS
Partner
Background
Immanuel Gerstner has joined SAXINGER in 2007 and has been a partner at SAXINGER since 2008. In 2005 and 2006, he was deputy director for participation management at the Austrian Ministry of Infrastructure. Before that, he was working as an associate at leading international law firms in Vienna (2003-2005) and as an assistant to Prof Dr Lurger at the University of Salzburg (2002-2003).
He received his legal education at the University of Salzburg (Mag.iur. in 2000; Dr.iur. in 2001) and at New York University (LL.M. in 2002). Further Immanuel Gerstner has been an Erasmus scholar (1999) and a research scholar (2001) at University of Naples.
Immanuel Gerstner is admitted to the New York bar since 2004 and to the Austrian bar since 2007.

Immanuel Gerstner advises domestic and foreign companies on M&A, financial and real estate transactions. In particular, he has comprehensive experience of advising on cross-border matters.
Major legal directories regularly recognize him as leading expert in the fields of Mergers & Acquisitions and Real Estate law (Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Legal 500, Juve, IFLR). Additionally, in 2014, he was listed by Chambers & Partners as one of the most outstanding 40 „up and coming“ lawyers in Europe.

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Advising IES Immobilien Group, a large real estate development company, and its affiliates on an ongoing basis on numerous real estate projects, such as the realisation of the Marina Tower.
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Advising Soravia Group on the redevelopment of the listed building "Schloss Freihof" in Vienna's prestigious 19th district.
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Advising UBM, the leading Austrian real estate developer, and ARE, Austria's largest property developer, in the development of the Village im Dritten. The project comprises 4 buildings with residential and commercial units.
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Advising UBM Development Österreich GmbH on the development “LeopoldQuartier” in Vienna, consisting of an area of around 22,900 square meters.
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Advising Soravia Group on the development of the project “Seeviertel” in Gmunden, Upper Austria. Besides a hotel development, Soravia Group develops approx. 150 condominum units.