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about Sophie Zimmermann-Meinzingen

Sophie Zimmermann-Meinzingen is an associate at DSC, primarily advising on corporate and capital markets law. Another focus of her practice is foreign investment control law, particularly in connection with international M&A transactions.

During her diploma studies in law at the University of Vienna, Sophie Zimmermann-Meinzingen worked as a student assistant at the Institute for Corporate and Business Law and gained practical experience through several summer internships at renowned Viennese commercial law firms. After graduating, she worked as a university assistant at the Center for Comparative Corporate Finance at the Institute for Corporate and Business Law at the University of Vienna.

Sophie Zimmermann-Meinzingen completed her doctoral studies in law at the University of Vienna with distinction. Her doctoral thesis examines the permissibility of national foreign investment control mechanisms, such as those under the Austrian Investment Control Act, against the background of European primary and secondary law.

Experience

since 2026
Associate at DSC Doralt Seist Csoklich

2025–2026
Associate at Oberhammer Rechtsanwälte GmbH

2025
PhD in law (Dr. iur. | University of Vienna – with distinction)

2021–2024
University Assistant at the Center for Comparative Corporate Finance at the Institute for Corporate and Business Law at the University of Vienna (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Chris Thomale, LL.M. (Yale))

2021
Master’s degree in law (Mag. iur. | University of Vienna)

2019–2021
Student Assistant at the Institute for Corporate and Business Law at the University of Vienna (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Chris Thomale, LL.M. (Yale))

 

Publications

2025
Investitionskontrolle und Einflussquantisierung, GesRZ 2025, 221 (together with Chris Thomale)
2024
Prüfungstrainer Unternehmensrecht (Verlag Österreich 2014) (together with Chris Thomale and Niklas Ludvik)