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• 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)

University of Vienna, Dr. iur. (1981)

• Founding member of European Employment Lawyers Association – EELA
• British-German Jurists’ Association
• Member of the Disciplinary Council of Vienna Bar Association (1993 to 2002)

• 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” (No inclusion of group options in termination claims) – Commentary on OGH 23.7.2019, 9 ObA 87/19p, ZAS 2020/17 (together with Matthias Schwarz)
• “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)

Regular seminar and lecture activities in the field of employment law; currently in particular:

• Conference on Employment Law for Sales Representatives (Manz Verlag; together with Dominik Stella)
• Lecturer in the field of employment law of the LL.M study programme “Tourism and Law” at the University of Vienna (together with Dominik Stella)
• Lecture “Employment Law Developments in Tourism” at the 1st Tourism Law Day 2022
• Seminar “Employment Law Aspects of Management Board and Managing Director Liability” (Ghezzo Conferences Seminars)

Anwaltsakademie (Law Academy): Lecturer in the context of the seminar „Employment Law“