Current activity

Independent Arbitrator

Professional focus

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  • Distribution law
  • Intellectual property
  • Telecom
  • Energy and raw materials
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Industry plants
  • Complex technical / economic disputes
  • East-West disputes

Areas of law

My career

  • Dr. iuris, University Vienna Law School, studies of economy (University Vienna and Business University Vienna)Training in the judiciary, district judge (Vienna court of appeals)
  • Training in the judiciary, district judge (Vienna court of appeals)
  • Head of legal department in the production industry (EUMIG, SEMPERIT)
  • Rechtsanwalt (Vienna Bar) 1988 through 2016
  • Euroadvokat (Slovakia) since 2004
  • Other qualifications:disciplinary judge for lawyers 1997-2016; 2016 member of the appeals tribunal at the Supreme Court ("Anwaltsrichter beim Obersten Gerichtshof")

Arbitration experience

Chairman, party-appointed and sole arbitrator (VIAC, ICC, Swiss Chambers, Budapest Chamber, UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and Ad Hoc), chairman of a Dispute Board (ICC Rules), listed as arbitrator: VIAC, KLRCA, CCIS, SOUD.CZ, ICDR

Publications

  • SchiedsVZ Co-editor
  • CYArb Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration: Member of the Editorial Board
  • Co-author "Die Neuen Wiener Regeln", SchiedsVZ (3/2013)
  • Co-author "Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit für die Finanzmärkte", Österreichisches BankArchiv (6/2013)
  • "Dispositionsgrundsatz in Gefahr? - Zur Behandlung unbestimmter Klagebegehren in internationalen Schiedsverfahren aus der Sicht des österreichischen Rechts" in FS Torggler (2013)
  • Co-author "Handbook Vienna Rules - A Practitioner's Guide", VIAC (2013)
  • Country author "Austria" in "Transnational Litigation - A Practitioner's Guide, OCEANA Publications

Languages

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  • German
  • English
  • French

Memberships

  • Association operating the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot: member of the executive board
  • Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut): member of the executive committee 2006-2011, president 2010/2011
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb): vice chair European Branch 2009-2013
  • IBA
  • ASA
  • PSSP
  • IAI

Further informations

Teaching: Lectures occasionally at universities, regularly speaks and moderates at ADR-conference

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