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Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
SCHOTTENRING 19
1010 VIENNA
Austria

Work Department

Dispute resolution practice group

Position

Counsel

Career

Victoria Pernt specializes in international arbitration. A member of the dispute resolution practice of Schoenherr, she has acted as counsel and arbitrator in over 25 commercial and investment disputes. She was instrumental in securing the firm’s most impressive wins in investment arbitration and has been lead counsel in several high-stakes and complex international commercial arbitrations. Victoria Pernt supports various arbitration initiatives and launched her own: myArbitration – a video series and platform to promote diversity and access to international arbitration (myArbitration.eu). She regularly publishes and speaks on these initiatives and on other arbitration and ADR topics.

Languages

English, French, German

Memberships

International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA & Young ICCA)
Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut/YAAP)
Association Suisse d’Arbitrage (ASA below 40)
Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS40)
Arbitral Women (AW & YAWP)
Rising Arbitrators Initiative (RAI)
myArbitration (founder and host)
Canal Arbitragem (Austrian representative)

Education

University of Chicago, Chicago/USA (LL.M. 2013)
University of Vienna, Vienna/Austria (Mag. iur. 2011)

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation

Investor-state disputes under ICSID, UNCITRAL and other rules, as well as commercial disputes and ad hoc proceedings are at the heart of Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)‘s practice, which clients describe as ‘determined, creative and result oriented.’ Led by Christoph Lindinger, the team’s areas of expertise include national and cross-border pharma, finance and data protection disputes as well as construction matters. ‘Outstanding advocate’ Leon Kopecký offers a specialism in investment-related matters, while dual-qualified (Austria and New York) Victoria Pernt covers the full gamut of international arbitration.