AUSTRIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Bettina Knoetzl, Patrizia Netal, Katrin Hanschitz and Natascha Tunkel, KNOETZL
KNOETZL is Austria’s first large-scale dispute resolu - tion powerhouse dedicated to high-profile cases that matter. KNOETZL’s diverse expertise encompasses civil, commercial, sovereign, corporate and fraud liti - gation, focusing significantly on liability claims, cor - porate (including M&A, financing and joint venture disputes), banking, insurance and financial deriva - tives cases, investor protection, digital transforma - tion, data protection and social media, business and political crime, and asset tracing, as well as provi - sional measures such as freeze orders and attach -
ments in the domestic and international contexts and in the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. The firm’s practice covers interna - tional commercial arbitration, investment protection, and arbitration-related court proceedings, mediation and ADR. KNOETZL is well regarded for its disputes work at the intersection of civil and criminal matters. Distinguished international law firms, corporate deci - sion-makers and general counsel frequently turn to KNOETZL to act as their Austrian disputes counsel.
Authors
Bettina Knoetzl is a leading trial lawyer and mediator at KNOETZL, with more than 25 years’ experience. She specialises in the resolution of national and international commercial and corporate disputes, including liability claims, investor and shareholder protection (including representation in insolvencies and disputes arising from sophisticated M&A and/or financial transactions), business crimes, and product liability issues. Bettina is active across various industries, such as banking, finance, insurance, life sciences, online services (including data protection disputes), automotive and construction. Katrin Hanschitz is a partner at KNOETZL and an active member of the American Bar Association, as co-chair of the international litigation committee. She is an experienced first-chair litigator with expertise in M&A, finance transactions and ancillary disputes. In addition to corporate and post-transactional litigation, Katrin’s primary focus is on shareholder disputes, managerial liability, governance issues and disputed M&A transactions, as well as contentious insurance coverage, financing, international trade and international insolvency matters. She regularly represents multinational clients from a wide range of industries and has experience in handling complex, disputed cases in the fields of advertising, competition law, international insolvency, and insurance.
Patrizia Netal is a co-founder of KNOETZL and co-chairs its arbitration team. Patrizia has extensive experience in arbitration proceedings under the DIS (German Arbitration Institute), ICC, Swiss, VIAC (Vienna
International Arbitral Centre) and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. She acts as both counsel and arbitrator and, as such, has been involved in numerous large-scale projects across the SEE and CEE regions – with a particular focus on energy, construction and engineering, post-M&A disputes, and international sales contracts. Patrizia is vice- president of the VIAC and a director of the Vis Moot (the world’s largest student competition in international arbitration).
Natascha Tunkel is a partner at KNOETZL and has more than 15 years’ experience in the field of complex dispute resolution as counsel in litigation and arbitration. She also sits as arbitrator under the
major arbitral rules. Natascha stands out for her in-depth knowledge of procedural law and is regularly called upon in cases that require action in different forums. As head of the firm’s investigations team, Natascha has assisted clients in a number of international asset-tracing and white-collar crime investigations, including deep forensic analysis of large data volumes. Her skill set enables her to provide sophisticated analysis and effective solutions.
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