Law School (Vienna University), Dr.iuris 1970;
studies in economy (Vienna Business School)
Career
Training in the judiciary, district judge (Vienna court of appeals); head of legal department in the production industry (EUMIG, SEMPERIT), 1985 - 2016 private practice
Experience in Arbitration and ADR:
numerous arbitrations as chairman, party-appointed and sole arbitrator (UNCITRAL, VIAC, ICC, Swiss Chambers, Budapest and Ad Hoc); listed in several arbitration institutions (PSSP Polish Arbitration Association, CCIS Arbitration Court of Slovenia, KLRCA Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, SOUD.CZ Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic, IAI International Institute, LCIA London Court of International Arbitration) and in the ICDR Roster; chairman of a Dispute Board (ICC Rules)
Editor:
SchiedsVZ Co-editor
CYArb Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration: Member of the Editorial Board
Author:
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“, Vienna International Arbitral Centre (2013)
Country author “Austria” in “Transnational Litigation – A Practitioner’s Guide”, OCEANA publications;
“The conduct of Ad Hoc Arbitration Proceedings / Part 1”, “Praxishandbuch Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit”, edited by H. Torggler (2007)
Speaker:
IBA Committee O Conference July 5, 2002 (Fuschl, Austria): Speaker “International Commercial Litigation in Europe: the New Regime”
IBA Annual Conference September 2003 (San Francisco, USA): Speaker Committee M “Seller’s rights in purchaser’s insolvency”
IBA Annual Conference October 2004 (Auckland, New Zealand): Speaker “International Sales Transactions” under CISG
IBA Annual Conference September 2005 (Prague, Czech Republic): Panel Chair “Terms of Trade”
UNCITRAL / VIAC Conference on CISG and UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, March 2005 (Vienna, Austria): Panelist
Joint Conference Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) / European Branch and Österreichische Vereinigung für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (ArbAut), December 1 and 2, 2006 (Vienna, Austria): Organizer
IBA Annual Conference, September 2008 (Buenos Aires): Speaker “The UNCITRAL Convention on Electronic Contracting”
Vienna Arbitration Days 2009: Panel Chair “Impact of Crime on Arbitration Proceedings”
Romania Austria Bilateral Conference organized by the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Austrian Arbitration Association (CIArb), 11 and 12 June 2010 (Bucharest, Romania): Panel Chair “International Arbitration Practice in Romania and Austria”
Kiev Arbitration Days, November 2011: Panel Chair “Integrity of International Commercial Arbitration”
CIArb Regional Conference on International Arbitration, March 2014 (Bratislava, Slovakia): Speaker “How to become an Arbitrator”
Dreiländer-Konferenz, September 2014 (Zurich, Switzerland): Speaker “Neue IBA-Richtlinien und die Anwendung im lokalen Schiedsrecht”
Petersberger Schiedstage (Beck-Seminare) February 2015: Speaker “Gesellschaftsrechtliche Konfliktlagen – ein rechtsvergleichender Überblick aus österreichischer Sicht”
Teaching:
Lectures occasionally at universities; regularly speaks and moderates at ADR-conferences
