Christian Klemm

Christian Klemm is a partner at Koutny & Klemm Rechtsanwalts-GmbH & Co KG, a Vienna-based business and corporate law firm that has served clients for more than twenty-five years. Practising from offices at Wollzeile 17 in the heart of Austria's capital, the firm describes itself as a law firm for business and corporate law and works to a clear professional ethos: competent, proactive and reliable. That combination of long experience and disciplined client service underpins the firm's recognition as Aviation Finance Law Firm of the Year in Austria at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026.

An established Vienna business law firm

Founded on the partnership of its principals, Koutny & Klemm has built a durable reputation over a quarter of a century of practice in Vienna. As a partner in the firm, Christian Klemm helps lead a practice whose central identity is rooted in business and corporate law, advising companies, investors and other commercial clients on the transactions and legal structures that shape their operations. The firm's location in Vienna's first district places it close to the courts, authorities and business community that Austrian corporate work depends on, and its bilingual German and English service supports both domestic and international clients.

Aviation finance and aviation law

The 2026 award recognises the firm's work in aviation finance law, a specialised field that sits at the intersection of the firm's aviation law and corporate and finance capabilities. Aviation finance is a technically demanding area of practice concerned with how aircraft and related assets are acquired, financed and managed. It commonly involves aircraft leasing and financing arrangements, security over high-value mobile assets, cross-border transaction structures, and the interaction between commercial contracts and the regulatory framework that governs civil aviation. Because aircraft move across jurisdictions and represent very substantial capital commitments, the lawyers who advise on their financing must be comfortable with both sophisticated corporate and finance documentation and the specialist regulatory environment in which airlines and lessors operate.

Koutny & Klemm lists aviation law among its established practice areas, alongside mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. This pairing is significant: aviation finance work draws heavily on M&A and corporate skills for structuring, negotiation and documentation, while aviation-sector knowledge ensures that the commercial arrangements fit the realities of the industry. A firm that combines these strengths is well placed to support airlines, lessors, financiers and other aviation businesses with an Austrian dimension to their transactions.

Full-service corporate support

Beyond aviation, Koutny & Klemm offers the breadth of a mature business law firm, giving clients a single point of contact for the many legal issues that accompany corporate activity. Its published practice areas include:

• Aviation law
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Corporate law and general business law
• Healthcare, pharma and life sciences
• Real estate law
• Private foundations and estate planning
• Settlement and citizenship law
• Insolvency law

This range allows the firm to advise across the full corporate life cycle, from formation, financing and acquisitions through to restructuring and, where necessary, insolvency, while also serving regulated sectors such as healthcare and life sciences that demand particular care. For clients whose interests span more than one of these areas, the ability to draw on a connected team within a single Vienna firm is a practical advantage.

For airlines, aircraft lessors, financiers and corporate clients seeking Austrian counsel, Christian Klemm and Koutny & Klemm Rechtsanwalts-GmbH & Co KG offer more than twenty-five years of business law experience delivered with a proactive, reliable approach. The firm's recognition as Aviation Finance Law Firm of the Year in Austria at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026 highlights a Vienna practice that brings together aviation-sector knowledge and corporate finance capability to support complex, high-value transactions in one of the most specialised corners of commercial law.