On November 7th, the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law hosted a roundtable discussion to advance the participants’ understanding about the advantages of regional arbitral institutions – such as VIAC in Austria or BAC in Serbia – over larger, international institutions. More than 70 lawyers, general counsel and members of the Belgrade law faculty listened to opening…
KNOETZL partner, Bettina Knoetzl, President of Transparency International, Austrian Chapter, the local division of Transparency International, suggests checking out the organization’s new guidelines for whistleblowers. As stated in the introduction of the guide, fighting corruption often requires courageous individuals – so called “whistleblowers” – to step forward to report fraud and thereby largely contribute to…
Integrity, honesty and understanding the client’s needs are at of utmost importance in the daily operations of Patrizia Netal’s arbitration work. In a recent interview with the Ukrainian legal publication Yurydychna Gazeta, the founding member of and partner at KNOETZL shares her views on the legal market in Austria and what made her choose arbitration…
The unusual summer heat in Vienna was no deterrent for over 55 international students and volunteers from ELSA Austria to join a workshop last Thursday on Best Representation in Court hosted by KNOETZL as part of the 7th ELSA Summer Law School on Dispute Resolution. Seasoned KNOETZL advocates, Bettina Knoetzl, Emmanuel Kaufman and Natascha Tunkel…
Are you a law student and have a vision of yourself standing suited-up in the courtroom or in meeting room getting your client’s opponent to admit defeat but don’t know how to get there? On August 1st, six high profile lawyers from Baker McKenzie, Baier, Freshfields, PFKA, WilmerHale and KNOETZL’s Emmanuel Kaufman shared their stories…
Ceremonial Hall 1 of the Library and Learning Center at the WU Vienna fell silent as the finalists of the IBA-VIAC CDRC VIENNA Mediation and Negotiation Competition 2018 took the stage last Friday afternoon. Nikita Garg and Kshitija Sharma representing National Law School of India University, Bangalore as well as Victoria Pankratova and Constantine Malyukov of MGIMO-University,…
The lawyers and staff of KNOETZL salute the life and mourn the passing of Sergio Marchionne, a giant in automotives and motor sports, an industry we support and with which we are profoundly and passionately involved. His spirit will be missed by and continue to inspire all of us.
