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1 "Legal Services & Business" Panel II: Lessons from the Economic Crisis (case studies of successful internal reforms and how they improve our client services) Moderator: Peter F. Hoffmann CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten Parkring 2, 1010 Wien www.chsh.at

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"Legal Services & Business" Panel II:

Lessons from the Economic Crisis (case studies of successful internal reforms and how they improve our client services)

Moderator: Peter F. Hoffmann

CHSHCerha Hempel Spiegelfeld HlawatiPartnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten

Parkring 2, 1010 Wien

www.chsh.at

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CHSH Areas of Practice:Banking & Finance

Capital Markets

Distribution, Antitrust, Competition

Employment Law

Litigation & Arbitration

Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law

Privatisations

Public Commercial & European Law

Real Estate & Construction

Tax Law

Lex Mundi Partner Offices

CHSH Offices:Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bulgaria

Hungary

Romania

Serbia*

Slovak Republic

* In cooperation with Janković, Popović & Mitić

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Peter F. HoffmannFunction Partner

Focus - Corporate, M&A - Real Estate - Banking & Finance - Central and Eastern Europe (since 1998)

Admitted 1989, Avocat, Barreau du Quebec 1993, Barrister & Solicitor, Law Society of Upper Canada 1998, Solicitor, Law Society of England and Wales 2004, Registered European Lawyer, Slovak Republic

Positions - Senior International Lawyer, Linklaters, Emerging Europe Team (2000-2007) - Senior Legal Counsel, Burns Schwartz, Vienna, Austria (1998-1999) - Senior Associate, McCarthy Tétrault, Montreal, Canada (1994-1998) - Associate, Simon Wakefield & Co, London, UK (1993-1994) - Associate, Ogilvy Renault, Montreal, Canada (1989-1992)

Languages English, German, French