Dr. Lothar Hofmann, LL.M., Attorney at Law, Vienna / New York,

Address: Johannesgasse 15, A-1010 Vienna

Phone: (+43-1) 51 888

Fax: (+43-1) 51 888 15

e-Mail: LH@hlaw.at

Homepage: www.hlaw.at

EDUCATION

Dr. jur., University of Vienna 1983; LL.M., University of Chicago 1992, admitted: 1992 Austria, 1993 New York.

EXPERIENCE

Partner with Austrian law firm (Vienna); Law practiced in Chicago, Washington and New York; Ass. Professor for Commercial Law, University of Vienna.

Teaching and Research Interests:

IInternational Business and Finance, Construction Law, Telecommunications Law, Energy Law; Intellectual Property Law; Competition Law; EU-Law.

Publications:

Arbitration Clause & Proxy, 1991; Exclusion of Compensation in German & Austrian Agency Contracts, 1993, Austrian Merger Control, 1996; various other publications in German and English.