Georg Wabl is partner in the Restructuring & Insolvency Team. He has extensive experience in national and cross-border restructurings, reorganisations and transactions in the crisis and insolvency context.
He focuses on
- restructurings and reorganisations
- distressed and accelerated M&A
- duties of directors and corporate bodies
- representation of creditors
- capital maintenance and avoidance issues
Renowned legal directories recognize him as a “Next Generation Partner” (The Legal 500, EMEA Edition 2025), “Band 4” (Chambers Europe 2025), “Rising Star Partner” (IFLR 1000, 2025) and “Aufsteiger” (Rising Star) (Juve, 2024) in the Austrian insolvency law market.
He started his career with ScherbaumSeebacher and has been with Binder Grösswang since 2017. In 2021, he was seconded to De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in Amsterdam. He studied at the University of Graz (Mag. iur. 2011), Queen Mary University of London (LL.M. 2017), where he also worked as research assistant, and the University of Vienna (Dr. iur. 2022).
Georg teaches international insolvency law as a guest lecturer at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He is a frequent speaker, regularly publishes on current topics and is member of the IBA, INSOL Europe and ReTurn as well as founder and former president of the QMUL Austrian Society.