KNOETZL partner and Co-Chair of the IBA Litigation Committee, Bettina Knoetzl, is preparing for the IBA’s Annual Conference in Sydney, Australia, in October. In doing so, Bettina has designed and is organizing a Dispute Resolution Showcase on Cultural Clashes in Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation. A globally diverse panel of ten highly experienced dispute resolution lawyers…

Fifty members of ELSA, the European Law Students’ Association, spearheaded by its chapter at WU Wien, in connection with its renowned Summer ELSA Vienna Dispute Resolution Law school 2017, visited the home of Austria’s leading litigation and arbitration practice for a day of training in the soft skills necessary for effective trial work that are…

In celebration of friends, clients, ourselves, summer and all the good stuff about all of them, the KNOETZL Family threw open its Vienna Skytop doors, once again, for its Summer Opening 2017. This time, we shifted our focus from the seriousness  of our mission as reflected in our being honored at last year’s event by…

Between 18 and 19 June 2017, the International Conference of the Club Español del Arbitraje took place in Madrid. This was the twelfth edition of the largest Spanish speaking event in Europe which gathered more than 400 arbitration practitioners and in-house counsel. The overall topic of the conference was “Substantive law in arbitration. A hot…

How to best protect trade secrets – implications of the Directive (EU) 2016/943 of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets)  The proper and timely protection of trade secrets as core corporate assets is key to a successful business. Leaks may lead to irreparable damage. Legal remedies do…