KNOETZL hosts second Workshop in cooperation with ELSA WU Wien On 15 May 2018, KNOETZL hosted the second workshop in cooperation with the European Law Students’ Association, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Business Law Chapter (ELSA WU Wien). About 20 highly motivated students were given a lecture on cross examination techniques by KNOETZL partner…

KNOETZL is proud to participate, along with other global elite law firms in, and providing the Austria Chapter for, this newly published seminal work on the critically important area of internal corporate investigations. The book, entitled The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations, is the product of a rare, concerted, effort by several of the world’s most distinguished…

KNOETZL thanks our clients and many co-counsel law firms across the globe for reviewing our work and allowing us to further progress our recognition in the legal market. In its newly-released Chambers Europe 2018, this market-leading international directory, ranked our firm among a very small number of Austria’s most highly decorated firms (of any description) by the organization. KNOETZL appreciates…

Kritiker der Frauenquote warnen vor einer Flucht von der Börse und anderen Ausweichmanövern. Doch betroffen sind weniger als 100 Großunternehmen. Seit Jahresanfang gilt auch in Österreich eine verpflichtende Frauenquote von 30 Prozent für den Aufsichtsrat von Unternehmen mit mehr als tausend Beschäftigten sowie börsennotierten Gesellschaften. Schon davor gab es heftige Diskussionen, ob eine Quotenregelung ein…

With reference to our KNOETZL alert of January 19, 2017, we are again reminded that, whenever violations of criminal laws and internal compliance regulations by executives and directors of the company come to light – particularly if they are sizable and systematic – rapid action is key: immediate and extensive internal investigation should result in the implementation of effective…