Mag Jan Philipp Schifko > KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile
KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH Offices
FLEISCHMARKT 1
1010
VIENNA
Austria
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Mag Jan Philipp Schifko
Work Department
Construction Law including Contract Drafting and Support of Construction Projects, Real Estate Law and Real Estate Transactions, Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Jan Philipp Schifko is a partner at KWR and specializes in construction and real estate law.
He began his legal career as an associate in Georg Karasek’s team. In 2015, he passed the bar exam with distinction and has been practising as an attorney since 2017. He has been a managing partner at KWR since 2020. Already during his university education, Jan Philipp Schifko worked as a student assistant in a Graz business law firm and was involved in Club Alpbach Styria, the Austrian Student Union and the AktionsGemeinschaft, among others, during his studies. He was also a member of the disciplinary council of the Vienna Bar Association from 2013 to 2014. In the renowned lawyer directory “The Legal 500” (2021), Jan Philipp Schifko is named as a “Next Generation Partner” in the area of “Construction”. In the ranking of the German JUVE publishing house (2021/22), he is “often recommended” in real estate and construction law.
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
- Member of the Austrian Society for Construction Law & Construction Industry (ÖGEBAU)
Education
Universität Graz (Mag. iur. 2012), Winner of the Austrian Civil Law Moot Court (2012), Bar exam with honours (2015)
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Construction
(Next Generation Partners)Jan Philipp Schifko – KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH
KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH offers clients ‘practical solutions and advice’ across the spectrum of construction law issues, assisting with the drafting of contracts for major projects, while also representing clients before the courts. The team is sought after for major infrastructure projects by public bodies, private developers and investors, whom it advises across the life cycle of construction projects, working closely with the firm’s procurement team. Leading the practice are co-founding partner Georg Karasek
, whose expertise includes construction, procurement and architectural law, infrastructure project specialists Clemens Berlakovits and Paul Schmidinger, both of whom also assist with real estate transactions, as well as Jan Philipp Schifko, who handles both contractual matters and disputes.
Austria > Real estate
The ‘solution-driven’ KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH real estate practice oversees projects from start to finish, advising on initial construction contracts through to the disposal of property to investment funds via share and asset deals. The practice has expanded its presence in the hotel markets in recent years, frequently assisting with transactions in this space. The team is led by a four-man leadership group consisting of Clemens Berlakovits, Georg Karasek, Jan Philipp Schifko and Paul Schmidinger.