On 21 February 2017 KNOETZL Partners Bettina Knötzl and Katrin Hanschitz lectured on the challenges facing the chairperson of a general assembly of a stock corporation (“Hauptversammlungs-Vorsitzenden”) as part of a day-long seminar hosted by Business Circle in Vienna and Dr Rupert Brix. As highlighted by the summary of the tasks and requirements of this…

KNOETZL contributed the chapter on Litigation in Austria to the prestigious Chambers Law and Practice Guide. The guide which is available online provides succinct expert commentary on key legal issues. KNOETZL is proud to be among the leading law firms worldwide chosen to contribute on the basis of their excellence in the field of litigation.…

As of 1 January 2017, an interesting amendment of the Austrian Code of Criminal Procedure came into effect. The amendment effectively implements the EU Directive 2013/48/EU, regarding the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings, widens the scope of application of so called “diversion” proceedings, and adds a number of other new regulations.…

KNOETZL lawyers, Bettina Knötzl, Judith Schacherreiter, and Professor Alexander Schopper in JBl 2017,2: “Der Rückschaufehler bei der richterlichen Urteilsfindung im Schadensprozess”.  (Hindsight Bias Affecting Judicial Rulings in Civil Cases). The human brain is not able to ignore facts that are part of its available knowledge. In liability litigation proceedings judges are required, by law, to…

As part of an update/specialist knowledge session of Business Circle, on 21 February 2017, KNOETZL partners Bettina Knötzl and Katrin Hanschitz will be lecturing on the issues facing Chairpersons in General Assemblies.  Critical issues include — in particular — decisions on the admission of shareholders to the shareholders meeting, decisions on voting rights and decisions…