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…