Practice Areas
Civil Law & Litigation
Criminal Law
Crisis Counseling & Compliance
Sanctions Law
Languages
German
English
Czech
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curriculum .vitae
ab 2024: fokus Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Partner
2010-2023: Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Partner, previously Counsel, Attorney-at-Law and Associate
2013: Austrian Bar Exam
with honors
2012: Doctorate in Law
with honors
2008-2010: Wolf Theiss Attorneys at Law
Associate
2007: Legal trainee (Vienna Higher Regional Court district)
2006: Diploma in Law
2003: High School Diploma (Bundesgymnasium Zwettl, Lower Austria)
with honors
Truck Cartel
Represented a leading truck manufacturer in approx. 30 damages proceedings related to the truck cartel.
Capital markets & investor litigation
Represented a listed company in defending investor claims worth hundreds of millions.
Representation of a company in criminal proceedings
Defended an accused corporation in a high-profile investigation by the Austrian Public Prosecutor for Economic Affairs and Corruption.
Internal investigation (abuse case)
Supported the main sponsor (a listed company) of a sports club in an internal investigation into alleged sexual harassment.
Sanctions law
Represented an executive in criminal proceedings regarding alleged sanctions violations.
Compliance and White Collar Crime
Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland (2025).
US companies to sue in Austrian commercial courts?
(Die Presse, Legal Panorama 2024).
More emphasis on sanctions against Russia
(Die Presse, Legal Panorama 2023).
Can costs for internal investigations be reclaimed from the employee?
(ecolex 2022/47).
Liability for corporate crimes under the VbVG
Conditions for attribution to associations (ecolex 2022/231).
Vienna Bar Association
Austrian White Collar Crime Association (AWCCA)
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