Knoetzl’s Partner and Head of Employment law Practice Bert Ortner, together with Jörg Seitz and Mercuri Urval, welcomed esteemed HR managers from leading Austrian companies to the employment law business breakfast on the topic of employee poaching “Auch andere Mütter haben schöne Töchter: Abwerbung von Mitarbeitern. Wie Sie davon profitieren und wie Sie sich davor schützen können”. We would like to…

Want to know more about white-collar crime in Austria? Search no more – Bettina Knoetzl and Thomas Voppichler have authored the chapter on Law and Practice in Austria in the 2023 Chambers Practice Guide on White-Collar Crime, providing a succinct expert commentary on the legal framework, including the relevant offenses, and the fundamental procedural measures. Bettina…

The amazingly dynamic arbitration community in Bucharest co-organized and hosted the second edition of the annual YRAP-VIAC-YAAP conference, exploring “New horizons in construction arbitration”, powered by the Young Romanian Arbitration Practitioners, Vienna International Arbitral Centre and Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners, attended by lawyers, inhouse counsel and experts from the CEE and SEE regions, which took…

Katrin Hanschitz, Co-Chair of the International Litigation Committee at American Bar Association (ABA SIL), explores legal tech and AI and their impact on the practice of law, navigating recent developments and case law in Europe in her latest contribution to the publication ABA International Dispute Resolution News. In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) is used by so…

The annual IBA Conference is always a highlight for the international legal profession. When it is in Paris, as happened at the end of October, this year, it is undoubtedly a remarkable event, bringing experts from all over the world together in the renowned Ville Lumiere. With roughly six thousand lawyer attendees, including a number…