How can assets against which a claim can be enforced be identified in Austria? What types of domestic judgments are there, how can they be challenged,  and what makes them unenforceable?  What about foreign judgments and their enforceability in Austria? Or arbitral awards? The latest chapter on the current situation in Austria by KNOETZL sheds…

In an M&A dispute, can you stop the target’s subsidiaries from taking measures that threaten to dissipate their assets, thus de-evaluating the parent company? This was a question that was very recently put before the Austrian Supreme Court (6 Ob 142/19d). The Facts The underlying dispute arose after a Brazilian investment company contracted to acquire 100%…

London/Vienna – 16th May, 2017 – A special international recognition as “Lawyer of the year” in Asset Recovery has been awarded to Bettina Knoetzl by Who’s Who Legal, Law Business Research Ltd., London.  Ms. Knoetzl is the first lawyer from Europe to receive this award. “This is a wonderful success for our team, a very…

Even in the year 2016, corruption is still a widespread phenomenon affecting not only third world countries but industrialized states as well. According to Transparency International, not a single country in the world is free of corruption. In its introductory sections, ISO 37001:2016 states that corruption causes various problems such as moral, economic and political…