Mag Jakob Widner > GRAF ISOLA > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile
GRAF ISOLA Offices
STADIONGASSE 2
1010 WIEN
Austria
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Mag Jakob Widner
Work Department
Labour and employment law.
Position
Jakob Widner heads the firm’s Labour and Employment Law Practice and has twenty plus years of experience in advising on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, business and company sales and acquisitions, employee benefit arrangements (including pension and stock option plans) and company law issues relevant to directors and officers of Austrian companies.
Career
Admitted to the Vienna Bar in 1999; New York 2002. Partner with GRAF ISOLA Rechtsanwälte GmbH since 1999; University of Vienna (1992 Mag iur); NYU School of Law (2001 LLM corporate law).
Languages
English, German.
Memberships
Austrian Bar; New York State Bar Association.
Education
University of Vienna (1992 Mag iur); NYU School of Law (2001 LLM corporate law).
Leisure
Cycling, Skiing
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Employment
With a specialism in labour and pensions law, GRAF ISOLA is described by clients as a ‘state-of-the-art law firm with dedicated experts’. Exemplifying the team’s strength in representing clients before all relevant courts and authorities, practice head Jakob Widner also leads the firm’s dispute resolution practice group. Axel Guttmann primarily advises clients on employment issues arising in the course of corporate restructurings.
Austria > Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
GRAF ISOLA deals with disputes in the areas IP, employment, real estate and construction, with insolvency litigation being one of the team’s core strengths. Dual-qualified (Austria and New York) Jakob Widner leads the practice, while ‘top-notch attorney’ Ferdinand Graf acts in M&A disputes, and offers expertise in commercial, competition and regulatory law. Sebastian Mahr joined the team in October 2023 from PHH Rechtsanwält:innen GmbH, strengthening the team’s expertise in the insurance sector.