Transparency International recently released its 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories around the globe by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, scoring on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).  Even if Western Europe and EU stay on top in the ranking, the regional score…

Come join us on 9 February for the second edition of the VIAC Community Ambassador Network (VIAC CAN) – one of the most anticipated arbitration events in the region gathering the VIAC Community Ambassador Network. It will bring together leading arbitration experts from the CEE/SEE region to discuss the most recent developments in the market and…

Im Rechtspanorama am 29.01.2024 berichtet RAK Vize-Präsidentin Mag. Bettina Knötzl über die positiven Entwicklungen in der Rechtsanwaltschaft. Besonders erfreut zeigt sich Vize-Präsidentin Knötzl über die Tatsache, dass das Berufsbild für Frauen immer attraktiver wird. So stieg die Zahl der Rechtsanwaltsanwärterinnen um 7,5% (+86). Wer rechtliche Unterstützung benötigt, findet diese bei der Wiener Rechtsanwältin oder beim Wiener Rechtsanwalt des Vertrauens: www.rakwien.at

Bettina Knoetzl, Katrin Hanschitz, Natascha Tunkel and Kirstin McGoldrick explore the latest developments in litigation in Austria in the Chambers Practice Guide on Litigation, providing a succinct description of the legal framework, including litigation funding, discovery, damages, ADR, as well as the ongoing proposal for the dispute resolution reform, namely the implementation of the Collective…

On Monday, 22 January 2024, Vienna hosted the first United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III session of 2024 on the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform. The Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) and KNOETZL provided a forum for the discussion of the topic of damages and, particularly, of Draft Provision 23: Assessment…