The oral hearings of the 28th prestigious Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot were held virtually. The Vis Moot team of the University of Vienna (Alena Bischinger, Jonathan Brunner, Emily Madl, Anna Weinzierl, Gabriel Wunderlich and Sarah Zedlacher) finished among the best eight teams in the oral phase of the competition among 384 teams.…

While many arbitration conferences over the past year were cancelled due to the persisting Covid-19 pandemic, the organizers of the Vienna Arbitration Days 2021, with KNOETZL partner and ArbAut President Florian Haugeneder at the helm, opted for a different path: On 12 February 2021, Austria’s leading arbitration conference was for the first time held remotely. More than…

KNOETZL partner Florian Haugeneder, President of the Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut), organizes the first remotely conducted Vienna Arbitration Days taking place on Friday, 12 February 2021. The Vienna Arbitration Days (“VAD”) are the leading arbitration conference in Austria and welcome participants from around the globe for an intense exchange of academics and practitioners on topical issues in…

Die „RuSt in Rust“, top organisiert vom Veranstalter Business Circle, fand heuer im gewohnt erfolgreichen Format jedoch mit strengsten Sicherheitsvorkehrung, darunter Covid Test für alle, viel Abstand halten und fix zugewiesenen Sitzplätzen statt. Ein Lob dem Veranstalter, der keine Mühen scheute, hochkarätige Vorträge von mehr als 60 führenden Experte zu präsentieren und zeitgleich auch die…

We are delighted to note that Nicolás Caffo, Associate at KNOETZL, has been part of the Executive Committee organizing the Latin American International Arbitration Course (“LAIAC”), which started on July 20th, 2020 and will finish on August 7th, 2020. We are grateful to Nicolás and to his fellow organizers for their important work.  LAIAC is a…