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Dr. Helmut Preyer
Partner

Working Experience
- Partner, Burgstaller & Preyer Rechtsanwälte GmbH since January 2001
- Partner, Cerha, Hempel & Spiegelfeld (1998 to 2000)
- Partner, Schönherr Barfuss Torggler & Partners (1989 to 1998)
- Attorney at law, Schönherr Barfuss Torggler & Partners (1987 to 1988)
- Admitted to the bar, 1987
- Associate, Schönherr Barfuss Torggler & Partners (1984 to 1987)
- Foreign Associate at Pritchard Englefield & Tobin, London (1982-1983)
Legal Education
University of Vienna, Dr. iur. (1981)
Memberships
- Founding member of European Employment Lawyers Association – EELA
- British-German Jurists’ Association
- Member of the disciplinary council of Vienna Bar Association (1993 to 2002)
Publications
- Co-editor and co-author of the “Kommentar zum Angestelltengesetz” (Commentary on Austrian employment law, F. Marhold, G. Burgstaller, H. Preyer [eds.], Manz-Verlag, 2007, with regular updates).;
- Co-author of the “Handbuch Arbeitsrecht” (Labour Law Manual, Kuras [ed.], Manz-Verlag, 1997, with regular updates).
- “Kein Einbezug von Konzernoptionen in Beendigungsansprüche” – OGH 23.7.2019, 9 ObA 87/19p, ZAS 2020/17
- “Ausgewählte arbeitsrechtliche Aspekte des Schwarzarbeitsbekämpfungsgesetzes” (Selected labour law aspects of the Act to Combat Undeclared Work and Unlawful Employment) in Mayer (ed), Schwarzarbeit: Pfuscht der Gesetzgeber (Undeclared work: the legislator’s blunder) Manz-Verlag 1999;
- Chapter on “Austria” in “Employment in the European Union” (Clifford Chance, 1996);
- “Race and Religious Discrimination in Context” (AIJA manual, 1996).
Lecturing
Regular seminar and lecture activities in the field of labour law; Anwaltsakademie (Academy of the Austrian Bar Association)
Languages
German, English
Contact
Dr. Helmut Preyer
T (+43 1) 532 85 80 – 0
F (+43 1) 532 85 80 – 10
preyer@bpr.at