We at KNOETZL take pride in sharing our knowledge and experience with the new generation of lawyers. On Wednesday, 18 October 2023,  Florian Haugeneder lectured at the University of Vienna on the topic of arbitration clause, as part of the annual International Commercial Arbitration series of the law faculty. The lecture was attended by young arbitration…

Last week, on 12-13 October, the beautiful village of Rust in Burgenland was buzzling: The 27th edition of RuST2023 conference powered by Business Circle opened its doors. RuST (Recht und Steuern) is one of the most important events of the year for Austrian business lawyers, filled with meaningful panels and a perfect place to meet…

There is no “bad weather” in “team spirit“.  Our Team, with spouses, partners and tons of our fantastic and initially hungry kids, once again enjoyed a memorable time together during one of our very favorite fall activities – Wine Hiking, aka, participating in the always spectacular Wien Wein Wanderung. We climbed by trolley made famous…

On Thursday, 12 October, we welcomed international arbitration practitioners to the panel discussion “Reunited – Friend or Foe? How to address the challenges of settlement facilitation during arbitral proceedings” organized together with Vienna International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (VIAC) and Delos Dispute Resolution. The panel was moderated by Jurgita Petkute (KNOETZL) and…

Last night, our offices hosted a roundtable on the occasion of the UNCITRAL Working Group III, organized together with the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), bringing together practitioners of investment treaty arbitration, leading arbitrators, States’ representatives and international observers. Partner Jurgita Petkute welcomed the esteemed guests and David Probst (UNCITRAL) delivered the introductory note on…

Partner Florian Haugeneder spoke at the joint event of VIAC and Esin Attorney Partnership “Navigating evidence submission in international arbitration – the Austrian and Turkish views” during the Istanbul Arbitration Week. Florian discussed on how to align the presentation of evidence with the case strategy from the perspective of counsel. He emphasized the importance of…

Im Rechtspanorama am 09.10.2023 liefert die RAK Vize-Präsidentin Mag. Bettina Knötzl mehrere Gründe zum feiern!Dieses Jahr jährt sich der Beschluss der österreichischen Bundesverfassung zum 103. Mal. Österreich trat 1958 der Europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention EMRK bei. Von den Beschwerden, welche seit 1998 an den Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte EMGR herangetragen werden können, stammen nur 0,12% aus Österreich. Nichtsdestotrotz appelliert Vize-Präsidentin Knötzl daran sich nicht auf den Lorbeeren…