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 transations, 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):

• The Development of Due Process under the New York Convention, in: Austrian Arbitration Yearbook, published by Manz Verlag 2008
• 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, published by Verlag nwv, second edition 2007 (co-author)
• Durchsetzung ausländischer Schiedssprüche, in: Praxishandbuch Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, published by Verlag Österreich, 2007
• Longstanding reporter for International Law Office, Newsletter on international arbitration (see www.internationallawoffice.com)
• Longstanding reporter for LCIA/YIAG, Newsletter on international arbitration in Central and Eastern Europe (see www.lcia.org)