Managing Partner
- company-/business law
- mergers & acquisitions (M&A), due diligence
- corporate law, new business development, start-up investor
- project development and financing (private equity & venture capital)
- trusts, private client
- renewable energie sources (EAG), especially photovoltaics and windpower
- international contract law
- bank and capital market law, protection of investors
- real estate law / transactions
- litigation and arbitration / mediation
- interdisciplinary consulting, legal coaching
- compliance & investigations
CV
- born in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
- Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (Mag. iur. 1999)
- Research at the European University Institute in Florence (2000)
- Post-graduate studies at the renowned London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M. 2001)
- Bar exam with distinction (March 2004)
- Internship at the Austrian Trade Commission in Los Angeles (1997)
- Internship at “Kreditsondergestion” of the RLB Carinthia (1998)
- Court of Justice (1999)
- Associate with well-known law firms in Graz and Vienna (2001 to 2005)
- since 2004 Certified Mediator for familiy-, environmental- and business matters
- since 2005 Attorney at Law
- since 2005 Arbitrator at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) und since 2015 at the VIAC
- since 2007 Leading-Partner with Company-Companions
- since 2008 Managing Partner with LIKAR Law Offices (LIKAR Rechtsanwälte GmbH)
- since 2009 (Start-up) Investor and Business Angel
- since March 2014 Lector at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and at the TU Graz (by terms)
Languages: German (mother tongue), English
Functions:
- HAI Smart Equity GmbH, managing partner (CEO)
- Company Companions OG, managing partner (CEO)
- GLT Immobilien GmbH, managing partner (CEO)
- LIKAR Group GmbH, managing partner (CEO)
- Auditor of the ruder club graz
- Chairman of the board of AFL Privatstiftung
- Member of the board of GP Privatstiftung
Memberships:
- “Treuhandrevision” of the Styrian Chamber of Lawyers
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- LSE-Alumni-Association
- Chamber of Commerce Switzerland-Austria-Liechtenstein (HK SÖL)
Arno F. Likar regularly lectures on specific legal topics.