DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach today announces that Maria Doralt has joined the firm's Corporate practice as a partner in Vienna. Maria, joins from Cerha Hempe Spiegelfeld Hlawatit, where she was a senior attorney, providing corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, cross-border transaction planning and structured finance advice.

Christopher Mager, partner and Head of the Vienna Corporate group stated: "I am delighted that Maria is joining DLA Piper. With her outstanding professional competence and her entrepreneurial approach she will be a perfect fit for our clients".

Maria Doralt started her career at Goldman Sachs as an investment banking analyst. There she advised clients from an economic perspective on cross-border M&A transactions, corporate sales and prevention of hostile takeovers.