This fall is off to a good start: the Third Annual Armenian International Arbitration Week will take place from 3–5 September 2025 in Yerevan, Armenia, organized by AMCA. The week brings together leading arbitration and mediation professionals from across the globe, with discussions on the latest trends, challenges, and developments in the field. Partner Florian…

Formality over Fiction: Austrian Supreme Court upholds enforcement on internet domain. As successful claimants increasingly turn to enforcement proceedings to realise the value of their awards, Austrian law continues to stand out for its creditor-friendly enforcement framework. Rooted in the principle that debtors have already had ample opportunity to be heard in the underlying proceedings,…

Just one week to go until one of the summer’s most anticipated events: the CDRC Vienna – The IBA-VIAC Mediation & Negotiation Competition! Every July, Vienna becomes the global hub for dispute resolution professionals, negotiation coaches, and aspiring students from leading universities around the world. Think of it as the Vis Moot for Negotiation and…

In the latest edition of Dispute Resolution by Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Bettina Knoetzl explores the risks entrepreneurs face when they are targeted for fraud, drawing on over 30 years of experience in representing victims of fraud. She shares practical insights and highlights things both business leaders and judges should watch for in fraud scenarios. Her core…

On 12 June 2025, the Congress Center Casino Baden set the stage for the Austrian Lawyers’ Academy (Anwaltsakademie (AWAK)) advanced training course “Civil Procedure à la Carte: What the Courts Are Currently Serving” („Prozessrecht à la carte: Was die Gerichte aktuell servieren“). Among the distinguished faculty was our Bettina Knoetzl, who shared her experience and…