Katrin is a highly experienced and trusted first-chair litigator with a strong background in M&A and finance transactions and 25 years of experience. As a partner with KNOETZL since its establishment in 2016, she has built a track record of successfully representing predominantly multinational clients in complex, high-stakes and high-profile disputes.

Her practice focuses on shareholder and investment disputes, manager liability, disputed M&A transactions, as well as contentious matters involving insurance, financing, international trade (B2B, B2C, distribution), and cross-border insolvency. In recent years, she has acted in cases spanning the banking, energy, construction, social media, and life sciences industries, often with dispute values reaching into the billions of euros.

Katrin’s geographical reach is as extensive as her subject matter expertise. She advises and represents clients in arbitration, litigation, and asset recovery proceedings across Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Italy, the UK, Cyprus, Singapore, Brazil, and the United States.

Katrin is recognised and ranked in international directories including Chambers and Legal500. Clients appreciate her quick grasp of complex interrelations, high professionalism and innovative solutions.

Current work highlights include:_

• Advising in connection with multiple civil and criminal proceedings in Russia, Liechtenstein, Austrian and Cyprus regarding claims of over EUR 1 billion (with account freezes for over EUR 300 million) in the banking industry;
• Advising a large creditor (several hundred million Euros) in complex cross-border arbitration and insolvency proceedings in the real estate industry;
• Advising a client in the energy industry in connection with the enforcement of a multi-billion Euro interim injunction;
• Advising a world-wide social media platform in a high-stakes GPDR litigation

Katrin is admitted to the Vienna Bar. She is also a member of the International Section of the American Bar Association, where she is currently serving as Senior Advisor of the International Litigation Committee.