The recent announcement that the immunity of FPÖ politician Christian Leyroutz has been suspended shows that neither politicians nor lawyers or even politicians who are lawyers are protected from prosecution. The case originated in 2012, when Leyroutz received a consultancy fee from a publicly owned company in the amount of €130,000 for negotiations on the…
Promoting and nurturing the next generation of legal talents is a strong passion for KNOETZL. On July 13-14, the Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP) will hold a practice building Summer Retreat on The Art of Persuasion in cooperation with ASAB40, DIS40 and ARBIT near Berlin, Germany. KNOETZL is happy to support the brilliant minds of tomorrow…
In a recent article, published in Dispute Resolution magazine, Bettina Knoetzl highlights the importance of the cooperation between clients, legal representatives and litigation PR experts with all involved players when the media is present in the courtroom. The presence of the media and therefore the immediate publicity surrounding an ongoing legal battle leads to…
On 18 June 2018, KNOETZL partners Florian Haugeneder, Patrizia Netal and Emmanuel Kaufman together with Katarina Obradović Baklaja and Jovan Nikčević from the Belgrade law firm Baklaja Igrić Tintor Law office held a seminar on construction arbitration and Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) proceedings under the framework of the FIDIC standard form of contracts. KNOETZL’s experts…
Once again, the KNOETZL family was delighted to gather on our rooftop terrace in the heart of Vienna’s glorious imperial center to Open the Summer of 2018 with many of our cherished clients, friends, business partners, colleagues at the bar, fellow professional services providers, and members of the press – both from Austria, and elsewhere. …
CEE Legal, a well-regarded professional publication covering legal affairs, law practice news and developments in and throughout the CEE Region, caught up with KNOETZL Managing Partner, Tim Pfister for an interview in its regular feature “Expat on the Market”. The publisher was curious about how Tim came to the CEE legal market centered in…
ABA International Section Life Sciences Conference in Copenhagen, June 10-12, 2018 Some of the most innovative practitioners and academics from both sides of the Atlantic gathered at the ABA International Section Life Sciences Conference in Copenhagen this week to exchange ideas and news on developments in the life sciences business and to grapple with…
