On 17 March 2017, KNOETZL partner Patrizia Netal spoke in Kyiv at the international conference on “International Arbitration: Emerging Changes” at the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The conference that was kicked off by a welcome address of the Ukrainian Minister…

An organization committee headed by KNOETZL Counsel, Tobias Schaffner, invited leading scholars and practitioners from the UK, the U.S., and continental Europe to a conference entitled “Law as a Guide to Justice” and held at the Cambridge Law Faculty on Saturday, 4 March 2017. An illustrious panel including Judge James Crawford, former Whewell Professor of…

ArbitralWomen, VIAC and KNOETZL conducted the continued workshop on unconscious bias on Friday, 21 October 2016. The program was remarkably well attended by business leaders, government officials and a variety of professional service providers. Speakers discussed how to manage unconscious bias in the workplace and in international arbitration, and demonstrated how to apply this knowledge in the…

On October 10, 2016, the Working Group Compliance of Transparency International, Austrian Chapter, hosted a compliance event titled “Awful but Lawful Practices”. Professor Nikos Passas, who teaches at the International Anti-Corruption Academy, provided his key note speech focusing on the need to act in a social responsible way and not only to comply with the…

The European Forum Alpbach which was founded in 1945 by Otto Molden, who had been active in the Austrian resistance movement was held from August 18 to September 3 this year. Each year, more than 4000 people from over 70 countries attend and participate in the European Forum.  The Forum’s events are held in the…