AUSTRIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Florian Haugeneder, Patrizia Netal, Jurgita Petkutė and Natascha Tunkel, KNOETZL
KNOETZL is Austria’s premier dispute resolution powerhouse, which has successfully developed into Austria’s largest dispute resolution team. The arbitra - tion practice encompasses international commercial arbitration, investment protection, and arbitration- related court proceedings. Key industries include construction and engineering, energy, banking, auto - motive, aviation, IT and telecommunications, life sci - ences, healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Members of
the arbitration team have successfully acted as coun - sel in some of the largest and most complex disputes in the CEE region in recent decades, under all the major arbitration rules. KNOETZL lawyers act as arbi - trators in a wide array of industries. Members of the firm are recognised as leading arbitration specialists and hold roles in major arbitral institutions and as - sociations.
Authors
Florian Haugeneder is a founding partner of KNOETZL and heads its arbitration practice. He has more than 20 years’ experience as counsel and arbitrator under the rules of the major arbitral institutions, including the German Arbitration Institute, ICC, ICSID, Danish Institute of Arbitration, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, LCIA, SCC Arbitration Institute and Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), as well as in ad hoc proceedings under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Florian lectures at the University of Vienna (receiving its Teaching Award in 2018) and is a faculty member of the Delos Remote Oral Advocacy Programme. He frequently speaks and publishes on international arbitration and investment protection. He is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and of the ICC Task Force on Corruption in Arbitration.
Patrizia Netal is a founding partner of KNOETZL and co-heads its arbitration practice. She has extensive experience in proceedings under the German Arbitration Institute, ICC, the Swiss Rules, the Vienna International
Arbitral Centre (VIAC) and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Acting as counsel and arbitrator, she has been involved in large-scale projects across the SEE and CEE regions, with a particular focus on energy, construction and engineering, aerospace, post-M&A disputes, and international sales contracts. Patrizia has been the vice-president of VIAC since 2022 and is a director of the Vis Moot. She is Austria’s steering committee member of the Pledge for Equal Representation in Arbitration. Patrizia lectures at the Austrian Arbitration Academy of the University of Vienna.
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