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Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
SCHOTTENRING 19
1010 VIENNA
Austria

Work Department

Dispute resolution practice group

Position

Partner

Career

Leon Kopecký has considerable experience in international commercial and investment arbitration, litigation, and investigations. Leon regularly publishes, speaks at conferences, and teaches arbitration courses, especially in CEE/SEE and the CIS. Leon is the editor of Mondaq’s Comparative Guide to International Arbitration in 14 CEE jurisdictions, published in 2019.

Languages

English, German, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian

Memberships

International Bar Association
Lawyers without Borders, UN and ECOSOC main representative
International Centre for Dispute Resolution
Association Suisse d’Arbitrage
Austrian Arbitration Association
The London Court of International Arbitration
Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation
Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit

Education

University of Manchester, School of Law, Manchester/England (LL.M. 2007)
University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Hamburg/Germany (LL.M. 2007)
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid,  Rotterdam/Netherlands (LL.M. 2006)
Edinburgh University, School of Law, Edinburgh/Scotland (Grad.Cert. 2006)
University of Vienna, Faculty of Law, Vienna/Austria (Mag. iur. 2006)

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation

(Next Generation Partners)

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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.