Attorney-at-law under Austrian law. Supervising authority: Vienna Bar Association.
SPECIALISATION
• Litigation, especially commercial and civil law-related disputes
• Counsel and arbitrator in arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (VIAC), the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), the Swiss Chambers of Commerce (Swiss Rules), the Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Danish Institute of Arbitration, the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, the UNCITRAL Rules
Focus: commercial law, supply contracts, M&A, joint ventures, construction, etc
• Advice with regard to various matters of commercial, contract and construction law
• Establishment of businesses and regular advice on partnerships and corporations
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Directors' and officers' liability
CAREER
• Vice Chairman Euro-American Lawyers Group
• Dispute Resolution Steering Committee member at IR GLOBAL
• Independent since 2004
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vienna
• McDougal Love Eckis Smith & Boehmer, San Diego
• Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati, Vienna
PUBLICATIONS
• Getting the Deal Through - International Arbitration, Austrian Chapter
• International Comparative Legal Guide - Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Austrian Chapter
• Litigation-Newsletter at www.internationallawoffice.com
• Austrian chapter to "The Willis Worldwide Directory of Directors and Officers Liability" (Willis, 2005)
• Lectures on International Supply Contracts (ICC Austria)
MEMBERSHIPS
International Chamber of Commerce ICC (Austria)
International Centre for Dispute Resolution ("ICDR")
Austrian Arbitration Association ("ArbAut")
German Institution of Arbitration ("DIS")
International Bar Association ("IBA")