Contact:

+43 1 532 12 10 / b.steindl@bkp.at

Year of Birth:

1975

Areas of Specialisation:

National/international commercial arbitration (ICC, VIAC, UNCITRAL, Swiss Rules, CCIR, ad hoc), investment protection, cross-border trade, secured transactions, energy law, national/international litigation

Languages:

German, French and English

Education and Professional Experience:

1999 Mag.iur., Johannes Kepler University of Linz; 1999/2000 legal clerkship, Vienna; 2000/2001 junior associate with Wolf Theiss Attorneys-at-Law, Vienna; 2001-2003 Assistant Counsel with the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and internship with Paris law firm; 2003 internship with the Vienna International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber; 2003-2007 senior associate and junior partner with Schönherr Attorneys-at-Law, Vienna; 2005 MCIArb of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; January 2007 admitted to the Vienna Bar; 2008 junior partner with Torggler Attorneys-at-Law; Research Assistant at the European Legal Studies Center and Master of Laws (2009 LL.M.), Columbia University, New York; as of January 2010 attorney-at-law with BKP.

Lecturing activities and membership with working groups(excerpt):

Regular lecturing and seminars on international arbitration, enforcement of arbitral awards (ICC Austria - internationale Handelskammer; LCIA), international litigation issues; Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration; Representative for Eastern Europe of YIAG/the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

Publications (excerpt):

• Country Q&A Austria, PLC Arbitration Handbook (PLC, 2010, see www.practicallaw.com)
• The Dispute Resolution Review, An introduction to Dispute Resolution in Austria (Law Business Research, 2nd edition, 2010, co-author)
• Aufwärtstrend bei ausländischen Direktinvestitionen und deren Schutz, BKP-Legal News September/October 2010
• Austrian legislation & courts and their stance on securing enforcement of foreign awards in YIAG E-Letter 07/10
• Abschluss von Schiedsvereinbarungen & Insolvenz, BKP-Legal News May/June 2010
• Learned Lawyers attest: It's advantageous to be right in an [Austrian] court, Journal of International Arbitration 4/2010
• Vorteilhafte Bedingungen für Streitbeilegung durch Schiedsgerichte, BKP-Legal News January/February 2010
• The 2010 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, Transnational Dispute Mangement 1/2010
• The Development of Due Process under the New York Convention, in: Austrian Arbitration Yearbook (Manz 2008)
• Report on Austrian Arbitration Law in YIAG E-Letter 12/08
• Watch out and act - Recent case law on due process in light of Austrian law and the 1958 New York Convention, Journal of International Arbitration 4/2008
• A Basic Primer to Arbitration in Austria (nwv Verlag, 2nd edition 2007; co-author)
• Enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Torggler (Editor) Practise Handbook Arbitration (Verlag Österreich, 2007)
• Report on Slovenian Arbitration Law in YIAG E-Letter 12/07 (co-author)
• Report on Croatian Arbitration Law in YIAG E-Letter 07/07
• Report on Romanian Arbitration Law in YIAG E-Letter 12/06 (co-author)
• Reports on Austrian, Bulgarian, Serbian and Slovenian Arbitration Law in YIAG E-Letter 07/06 (see for all YIAG E-Letter articles: http://www.lcia.org)
• The New Austrian Arbitration Law, Transnational Dispute Mangement 3/2006
• Longstanding reporter for the International Law Office Arbitration Newsletter (see www.internationallawoffice.com)
• Longstanding reporter for the LCIA/YIAG Arbitration E-Letter (see www.lcia.org)