Dr iur Paul Schmidinger > KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile
KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH Offices
FLEISCHMARKT 1
1010
VIENNA
Austria
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Dr iur Paul Schmidinger
Work Department
Real Estate Law, Construction Law, Architectural Law, Representation before courts and arbitration tribunals, Copyright Law
Position
Partner
Career
Paul Schmidinger started as an associate at KWR in 2007 in Georg Karasek’s team. He has therefore been intensively involved in construction and real estate law issues for more than 15 years. In doing so, he benefited in particular from the very close cooperation with Georg Karasek and his extensive and long-standing experience in this field. His involvement in major projects, such as the Skylink construction project and the construction of the new campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, also enabled Paul Schmidinger to quickly build up a very comprehensive and broad range of experience in construction and real estate law.
After passing the bar exam with distinction, Paul Schmidinger was hired as a lawyer at KWR in 2010. Paul Schmidinger then expanded his consulting focus to include real estate law issues. In 2013, he was appointed partner and took over the management of KWR’s real estate team.
Since then, his advisory focus has been, on the one hand, on real estate law, with a particular focus on assisting institutional investors, conducting legal due diligence reviews, and executing real estate transactions, and, on the other hand, on construction law. In this area, Paul Schmidinger has specialized, inter alia, in project-related advice to clients in the public sector and has since been able to provide legal support for a number of well-known major projects. Paul Schmidinger has particular expertise in the drafting and negotiation of construction and consultancy contracts, as well as in providing legal advice during construction and in dealing with warranty and damages issues in the construction sector.
In addition to providing legal advice, Paul Schmidinger is also a regular lecturer on construction and real estate law issues.
Prior to joining KWR, Paul Schmidinger worked as a legal advisor in the Office of the Secretary of State for the Arts and Media between 2003 and 2006, which is also the origin of his interest in copyright issues.
Languages
German, English
Education
Universität Wien (Mag. iur. 2002 und Dr. iur. 2006)
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Construction
KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH‘s ‘highly motivated team’ tackles the gamut of construction-related challenges, advising contractors, architectural firms and investors on the structuring of construction contracts and assisting on both tender- and bidder-side issues. The practice demonstrates particular strength in construction litigation, acting for both defendants and claimants in disputes arising out of delays, cost overruns and damage claims. Representing clients in such disputes are Georg Karasek
and Clemens Berlakovits, both of whom also offer expertise in architectural law. Karasek and Berlakovits lead the team alongside infrastructure specialist Paul Schmidinger and Jan Philipp Schifko, whose practice spans contract drafting, damage and warranty claims and arbitration proceedings. Julian Ring offers further contract drafting and disputes capacity.
Austria > Real estate
KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH is tasked with overseeing development projects in the real estate market and is also able to handle subsequent transactions for completed projects, dovetailing with the firm’s construction law expertise to oversee real estate developments from the breaking of ground to the closing of deals. The core team consists of Paul Schmidinger, who advises on major development projects alongside Jan Philipp Schifko, who also counts transactional work amongst his specialisms, and construction experts Clemens Berlakovits and Georg Karasek.