Transparency International is a non-profit and non-partisan NGO movement that stands against corruption and for greater transparency worldwide. The Austrian Chapter is one of over 100 National Chapters, all of which engage on a systematic level with local stakeholders. Last Monday, on June 13, the NGO held its first annual general assembly in person since…
„Wir wollen einen gläsernen Staat, aber keinen gläsernen Bürger.“ Dieses Zitat bringt den Beitrag von Bettina Knötzl zur Podiumsdiskussion „Wie können wir in der Demokratie das Vertrauen in die Politik wieder herstellen?“ auf den Punkt. Diese wichtige Frage wurde vergangenen Montag im „Bürgersalon“ der Diplomatische Akademie Wien debattiert. Neben KNOETZL Partnerin Bettina Knoetzl, die auch…
The 2022 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, recognizes KNOETZL with three practice rankings, and honors three individual KNOETZL Partners as leading lawyers, distinguished among all practitioners for their dispute resolution acumen. Highlights from the 2022 edition include the firm’s “Band 1” ranking in Dispute Resolution in Austria and the rankings…
The ‘Home Office Act’ (the ‘Act’) entered into force on April 1, 2021. The original text in German may be found in the Official Gazette: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblAuth/BGBLA_2021_I_61/BGBLA_2021_I_61.html ‘Home Office’ means that the employee works his job at the employee’s (or a close relative’s) private residence (including vacation homes), but excluding co-working spaces, hotel rooms, cafeterias, parks…
In April 2020, the 27th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot was concluded successfully – an outcome that only weeks before did not seem attainable in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. Shortly after the necessary cancellation of the in-person oral hearings in Vienna at the end of March 2020, the Vienna Vis Moot…
