Contact:

+43 1 532 12 10 / a.klauser@bkp.at

Year of Birth:

1959

Areas of Specialisation:

National and European law of civil procedure and insolvency law, international private law, general civil and commercial law, financial services, insurance law, consumer protection law

Languages:

German, English, French, and Italian

Education and Professional Experience:

1983 Dr. jur., University of Vienna; 1990 Diploma in Advanced International Legal Studies, McGeorge School of Law/Salzburg; 1978 through 1985 officer in the Austrian Army, as of 1983 lawyer at the Federal Ministry of National Defence; 1989 through 1990 internship with the European Commission, Brussels; Member of the International Insolvency Institute and of the International Bar Association, working group insolvency law; 1990 admission to the Vienna Bar, 1994 - 1998 partner at Willheim Klauser Prändl Rechtsanwälte and as of 1998, at Brauneis Klauser Prändl Rechtsanwälte.

Teaching an Lecturing Activities:

As of 1989, lecturer at the University of the Pacific / McGeorge School of Law (international private law, insolvency law) and at Anwaltsakademie (lawyers' academy) (European law of civil procedure), lecturer on European law of civil procedure at the University of Vienna

Publications (excerpt):

• Rechtlicher Rahmen für Unternehmenssanierungen in: Der Jahresabschluss als besondere Herausforderung (in cooperation with Arno Brauneis, Gottfried Schellmann), LexisNexis, 2010
• Art 66 – 76 EuGVVO in: Fasching/Konecny (Ed.), Vol. 5 Manz Verlag 2006 (co-author)
• EU Banking and Insurance Insolvency (National Implementation Austria), Oxford University Press, 2006 (co-author)
• JN –ZPO, Manz Verlag 2006 (co-author)
• Multinational Enterprise Liability in Insolvency Proceedings, Jurisdictional comparisons; Austria Alexander Klauser, Barbara Pogacar and Gregor Maderbacher; European Lawyer Reference 2006
• Europäisches Anerkennungs- und Vollstreckungsrecht, NetV 2005, 126
• „Private enforcement“ von EU-Kartellrecht, ecolex 2005, 87
• Von der „Sammelklage nach österreichischem Recht“ zur echten Gruppenklage, ecolex 2005, 744
• Zinsenstreit auf der Zielgeraden, ecolex 2005, 430
• Brüssel IIa-Verordnung in Kraft, ecolex 2004, 910 (co-author)
• Neues zur Sammelklage, ecolex 2004, 168
• Kreditzinsen – wie weiter?, ecolex 2003, 656
• JN - ZPO II – Europäisches Zivilprozessrecht, Manz Verlag 2002
• Gewinnzusagen sind einzuhalten!, ecolex 2002, 547
• Durchbruch der wirkungsbezogenen Beschwer?, ecolex 2002, 342
• Irreführende Gewinnzusagen national und international, ecolex 2002, 80
• Europäische Insolvenzverordnung in Kraft, AnwBl 2002, 304
• Collier International Business Insolvency Guide (Austrian Chapter), Lexis 2001
• Durchsetzbarkeit von Gewinnzusagen, ecolex 2000, 188
• Abgrenzung und Unterschiede zwischen EuGVÜ und LGVÜ, ecolex 1999, 679
• EuGVÜ und EVÜ, ecolex Spezial, Manz Verlag 1999 
• Austrian Competition Law (Kapitel Kartellrecht), Manz Verlag 1996
• European Agency and Distribution Law Reporter (Austrian Chapter), Matthew Bender 1995
• Corporate Insolvency and Rescue (Austrian Chapter), Kluwer Law International 1992