Erhard Böhm and Paul Proksch have contributed the Austria chapter to the 2012 edition of Getting The Deal Through – Dispute Resolution. The article gives a concise overview of the legal framework and the practice of litigation, arbitration and ADR in Austria. It is reproduced with the permission from Law Business Research Ltd. who first published the article online (contributing editor: ...
On the 13 December 2011 the meeting of the Austrian Economic Forum took place in the famous Moscow restaurant Petrowitsh. The firm hosted this event where numerous representatives of Austrian corporations got together. The Austrian Economic Forum was founded in September 2008 by Austrians who were active in Russia for years. The Austrian Economic Forum serves Austrian corporations as a platform ...
To support the non-profit organisation Women Without Borders and its initiative Sisters Against Violent Extremism (SAVE), Specht Rechtsanwalt GmbH has agreed to host an all-day meeting for the forum of Mothers Opposing Violent Extremism (MOVE). Women from all over the world will congregate in our Vienna office on Tuesday, 7 June 2011 to share their stories and efforts to ...
By invitation of the Austrian ambassador, Dr. Margot Klestil-Löffler, members of the firm, Dr. Leopold Specht and Florian Heindler, presented key changes to corporate law provisions that will be introduced in an upcoming revision of the Russian Civil Code. The presentation on 26 January 2011 was based on insights gained through the firm's active participation in the Working Group on ...
Alpha Projektholding GmbH, represented by Specht Rechtsanwalt GmbH, wins International Centre on Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID) case against Ukraine. In the case Alpha Projektholding GmbH v Ukraine (ICSID Case No ARB/07/16), Specht Rechtsanwalt GmbH client, Alpha Projektholding claimed losses incurred in relation to an investment in Ukraine. The case marks the first ICSID ruling recognizing expropriation under a 1996 agreement ...
Specht Rechtsanwalt GmbH is pleased to announce the first annual IGLP Austrian Workshop to take place from 16 to 21 August 2010 in Seggau, Austria. The Austrian workshop is modeled on the annual IGLP Workshop, the first of which took place in June 2010 at Harvard Law School. The Austrian workshop will focus on the theme, Law as a Regulatory ...