With the new year, KNOETZL Partner Florian Haugeneder began his term as the Vice–President of the Austrian Arbitration Association (Arb|Aut). He has been elected to serve on the Arb|Aut Board for a two-year period in 2018/2019. The Austrian Arbitration Association – Arb|Aut is a non-profit association dedicated to promoting domestic and international arbitration. It is particularly focused on promoting Austria…

The lawyers and staff of KNOETZL were delighted to receive their advance copies of THOUGHT LEADERS 2018, an elite publication of WWL, described by its publisher as an edition “which brings together the insight, expertise and wisdom of some of the world’s foremost lawyers in a single book.”  “Through thousands of votes and nominations in the course…

Florian Haugeneder is regarded as “excellent” and enjoying a “fantastic reputation in the market”. One source recognized him as “one of the leading practitioners in Austria”. Patrizia Netal is recognized as one of the future arbitration leaders in Austria. Patrizia is described as an “excellent lawyer and organizational talent”. One source states that she is “definitely one…

Intellectual property and trade secrets are essential company assets. The core topics of this recent ICC seminar were building awareness for protection of these assets, pro-active risk management, and specialized international dispute resolution mechanisms. Teresa Bogensberger gave insight on IP protection by official registration and by private contracts on a national and international level. Participants were especially…

Judith Schacherreiter, KNOETZL senior associate, lectured recently at the Vienna University for Economics and Business Administration, about the law applied in an action for indemnity properly allocated between insurers. On 14 September 2017, the “ZVR Verkehrsrechtstag” took place at the Vienna University for Economics and Business Administration. This was the 14th edition of the largest event…