Horst Ebhardt is the Managing Partner in the Vienna office and the Co-Head of the firm-wide M&A, Corporate and Private Equity service line.

Horst brings 25 years of experience in private practice, specialising in complex cross-border M&A, privatisations, and restructuring transactions across Austria and the CEE/SEE region. He provides strategic advice to companies across various sectors, with a strong focus on financial institutions, life sciences, and private equity. Over the past 12 years, Horst has played a key role in some of the most notable M&A and private equity deals involving Austrian and Central European targets.

He has also been advising companies from a broad range of sectors—with a particular focus on financial institutions, life sciences and private equity—on corporate finance and governance matters.

What we appreciate about Horst Ebhardt is his broad and long-term experience. He has the industry knowledge and when it comes to complex transactions, he is very good.

Horst Ebhardt is excellent on all levels.

Chambers Europe, 2026

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING*

CORPORATE, M&A AND PRIVATE EQUITY

• AGROFERT, the largest group of companies in the Czech and Slovak agriculture and food industries, on the acquisition of Borealis’ nitrogen business across Europe. The transaction valued the business on an enterprise value basis at EUR 810 million. The advice encompassed multiple CEE jurisdictions, including Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Serbia, and Romania
• VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP on the EUR 830 million acquisition of Aegon's insurance business in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Turkey. The assistance included competition law clearance, regulatory approvals, and foreign direct investment (FDI) clearance
• ÖBAG, the Austrian state holding company, on the spin-off and listing of the passive mobile infrastructure operations of Telekom Austria in Central Europe, as well as the renegotiation of a long-term shareholders’ agreement concerning Telekom Austria and the spun-off entity with América Móvil
• KERRY GROUP PLC, a global leader in taste ingredients and nutrition, on the acquisition of the Lactosens Biosensor Technology, a rapid lactose detection technology, from DirectSens GmbH, a Vienna-based company specializing in biosensor development
• AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS (AIP) on the Austrian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, and Romanian legal and regulatory aspects of the acquisition of Austin Powder Holdings Company from AGCO Corporation

*Experience prior to joining Kinstellar.

EDUCATION

• 1986: London School of Economics and Political Science, LL.M.
• 1984: University of Graz, Austria, Dr. iur.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Vienna Bar Association

LANGUAGES

German, English