Be Prepared: Austria’s new era of collective redress is coming! This year, Austria introduced its own groundbreaking legislation to comply with EU Directive 2020/1828, now in force.  The new law enables  collective actions to be filed with the Commercial Court in Vienna. For the first time in Austrian jurisprudence, groups of 50, with similar claims…

Bettina Knoetzl, Katrin Hanschitz, Natascha Tunkel and Kirstin McGoldrick all contribute to the latest developments in litigation in Austria in the Chambers and Partners Practice Guide on Litigation, with a succinct description of the legal framework, including litigation funding, discovery, damages, ADR, as well as the implementation of the Collective redress Directive, which entered into…

KNOETZL contributed to the latest edition of the Austrian chapter for the Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide on Enforcement of Judgments. Authored by Bettina Knoetzl, Patrizia Netal, Katrin Hanschitz and Natascha Tunkel, the article provides a comprehensive exploration of the enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments in Austria, as well as the enforcement of…

We are thrilled to receive the superior global ranking bestowed in dispute resolution in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners Global, which recognizes the firm’s arbitration and litigation practices in Band 1, as well bestowing distinguished recognition to Bettina Knoetzl (Litigation), Florian Haugeneder and Patrizia Netal (Arbitration), among all practitioners for their dispute resolution…

Bettina Knoetzl and Kirstin McGoldrick explore the recent developments in Austria on collective redress and class action in the latest Chambers and Partners Practice Guide on Collective Redress and Class Action.  They provide a detailed review of the current legal framework and mechanisms available, as well as the legislative reform in view of Austria’s implementation of the…