This Yearbook is a collection of articles on current issues and hot topics in arbitration. It provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field. The present 19th edition contains 9 contributions from altogether 40 leading practitioners and academics.
It includes “The Vienna Propositions: Setting a New Beat in Resolving ESG Disputes, Embracing Innovation, and Tackling Legal Challenges for Streamlining Arbitral Proceedings” which summarize the discussions held at the VAD World Café in 2024.
This year’s contributions address a variety of trend topics and current challenges, predominantly concentrated on commercial and investment arbitration, including
- arbitrability of corporate disputes under Austrian Law, and
- institutional expedited procedures.
„All Time Highs” in arbitration are featured as well, such as
- intra-EU investment protection,
- interim relief in commercial arbitration as well as the staying of proceedings.
The contributions also include reports providing insights into the successful work of VIAC and publications in the field of arbitration.
The Editors
Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Florian Kremslehner, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Irene Welser, Gerold Zeiler.
The Authors
Michael Barnert, Antje Baumann, Maria Bejan, Ondrej Cech, Philippa Charles, Daniel Dibon, Marija Dobrić, Gerard Doolin, Samuel Farokhnia-Mimnagh, Brian Gabriel-Oiwoh, Nata Ghibradze, Anne-Karin Grill, Amelie Huber-Starlinger, Ilma Kasumagić, Johanna Kathan-Spath, Katherine Khan, David Kirnbauer, Marios Kourtis, Sofia Kovačević, Niamh Leinwather, Torsten Lörcher, Arnela Maglić, Kamalia Mehtiyeva, Alice Meissner, Maximilian Menz, Ludmila Meszarosova, Isabelle Michou, Nazli Morali, Nina Pichler, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Jessica Puhr, Peter Rižnik, Violeta Saranciuc, Milica Savić, Friederike Schäfer, Nicol Schneider, Alfred Siwy, Marina Stanisavljević, Caroline Strohmeier, Irene Welser.
The Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2024 is a collection of articles on current issues and hot topics in arbitration. The present 18th edition contains 14 contributions from altogether 42 leading practitioners and academics.
The edition includes the “The Vienna Propositions for Streamlining Arbitral Proceedings” which summarize the discussions held at the VAD World Café in 2023. This year’s contributions address a variety of trend topics and current challenges, predominantly concentrating on commercial and investment arbitration, including
- environmental counterclaims in investment treaty arbitration,
- diversity as well as transparency in international arbitration, or
- adapting arbitration to the construction sector.
“All Time Highs” in arbitration are featured as well, such as
- determining the standard of proof, obstructing arbitral proceedings at their beginning, or
- shielding secrets and safeguarding confidentiality in the taking of evidence.
The contributions also include reports providing insights into the successful work of VIAC and an update on recent Austrian court decisions and publications in the field of arbitration.
The Editors
Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Florian Kremslehner, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Irene Welser, Gerold Zeiler
The Authors
Marianela Bruno Pollero, Marija Dobrić, Laurenz Faber, Samuel Farokhnia-Mimnagh, Aleksander Ghode, Manuela Grosu, Thomas Herbst, Enikő Horváth, Johanna Kathan-Spath, Robert Keimelmayr, Judith Knieper, Florian Kremslehner, Paul Krepil, Stefan Kröll, Niamh Leinwather, Aija Lejniece, Peter Machherndl, Sean McCarthy, Michael Mcilwrath, Lena Milacher, Maximilian Albert Müller, Renato Nazzini, Wing Nga (Karen) Ngai, Toni Nogolica, Marion Novak, Helmut Ortner, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Jessica Puhr, Ann-Kathrin Reschny, Peter Rižnik, Markus Schifferl, Alfred Siwy, Malte Stübinger, Takashi Takashima, David Tebel, Tigran Ter-Martirosyan, Panos Theodoropoulos, David von der Thannen, Heidi Walsh, Irene Welser, Stephan Wilske, Mathias Wittinghofer
The Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration is a collection of articles and essays on current issues and hot topics in commercial and investment arbitration and provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in arbitration.
The present 17th edition contains 19 contributions from altogether 45 leading practitioners and academics. The contributions include reports providing insights into the successful work of the VIAC and an update on recent Austrian court decisions and publications in the field of arbitration.
The Yearbook includes the keynote speech at the VAD 2022 and the “Vienna propositions for the Resolution of Shareholder and Corporate Disputes”. Other contributions address a variety of topics, predominantly concentrating on commercial and investment arbitration, including
- disputes in Austrian private foundations and arbitration agreements in foundation deeds,
- third-party funding, or
- ECJ decisions on investment arbitrations after Achmea,
and other hot topics such as
- the Energy Charter Treaty, sustainability, or
- multiparty–multicontract arbitrations.
The Editors:
Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Florian Kremslehner, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Irene Welser, Gerold Zeiler
The Authors:
John Beechey, Markus Beham, Miklós Boronkay, Daniel Busse, Viktor Cserép, Stefan Dobrijević, Philip Exenberger, Alice Fremuth-Wolf, Brian Gabriel-Oiwoh, Manuel Gyarmati-Buchmüller, Bernard Hanotiau, Thomas Herbst, Miodrag Jovanović, Johanna Kathan-Spath, Rafał Kos, Florian Kremslehner, Han Ah Lee, Niamh Leinwather, CourtneyLotfi, Abanoub Malak, Samuel Mimnagh, Maximilian Albert Müller, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Katharina Plavec, Désirée Prantl, Jessica Puhr, Ann-Kathrin Reschny, Petra Rihar, Stephanie Rohmann, Arbenita Rrmoku, Friedrich Rüffler, Oonagh Sands, Markus Schifferl, Nicol Schneider, Sheila Schwaighofer, Philipp Schwarz, Sarah Seper, Ajla Serdarević, Alfred Siwy, Elisabeth Tretthahn-Wolski, Elisabeth Vanas-Metzler, Robert Wachter, Irene Welser, Tadeusz Zbiegień
The Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration is a collection of articles and essays on current issues and hot topics in commercial and investment arbitration and provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in arbitration.
The present 16th edition contains 19 contributions from altogether 45 leading practitioners and academics. The contributions include reports providing insights into the successful work of UNCITRAL and VIAC and an update on recent Austrian court decisions and publications in the field of arbitration.
The Yearbook includes the keynote speech delivered by Karl Pörnbacher at the VAD 2021 and the “Vienna propositions for Construction Arbitration” which summarize the discussions held at the VAD World Café in 2021.
Other contributions address a variety of topics, predominantly concentrating on procedural issues, including
- the introduction of new claims and the arbitrator’s power to adapt contracts,
- emergency arbitration, or
- the arbitrability of insolvency disputes
and other hot topics such as the termination agreement of intra-EU BITs or cyber security.
The Editors
Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Florian Kremslehner, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Irene Welser, Gerold Zeiler
The Authors
Thomas Anderl, Claudia Annacker, Sophie Aulitzky, Katherine Bell, Sorin Dolea, Eliane Fischer, Anna Förstel-Cherng, Nils Hanfstingl, Julia Hildebrandt, Thomas Hofbauer, Hu (Yves) Yupeng, Johanna Kathan-Spath, Emmanuel Kaufman, Rita Kaufmann, Katharina Kitzberger, Judith Knieper, Hermann Knott, Michael Komuczky, Florian Kremslehner, Aman Lekhi, Pranay Lekhi, Sebastian Lukic, Samuel Mimnagh, Elias Nigsch, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Karl Pörnbacher, Désirée Prantl, Anna Katharina Radschek, August Reinisch, Mariella Rieder, Katharina Riedl, Markus Schifferl, Moritz Schmitt, Patricia Schoeffmann, Sheila Schwaighofer, Alfred Siwy, Philipp Stadtegger, Alice Stocker, Johannes Tropper, Elisabeth Vanas-Metzler, Irene Welser, Martin Winkler, Clarisse von Wunschheim, Nicolas O. Zenz, Alexander Zojer.
The Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2021 is a collection of articles and essays on current issues and hot topics in commercial and investment arbitration by leading practitioners and academics.
The present 15th edition contains 17 contributions from altogether 41 authors. The contributions compiled in the current edition address a variety of topics, featuring articles dealing with topical issues such as
- data protection and international arbitration,
- the legal nature of third-party funding agreements,
- transparency in institutional decision making and
- ethics in arbitration.
Other articles focus on the conduct of proceedings, such as advice on how to avoid disappointing the parties and the arbitrator’s competency to moderate contractual penalties.
Procedural issues addressed are, inter alia, “gateway matters” under the U.S. FAA, statutory limitation of the enforcement of international awards and the decision of jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal under English law.
The chapter “Investment Arbitration” deals with investment protection in the annexed Crimea and stabilization clauses.
The Editors
Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Florian Kremslehner, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Irene Welser, Gerold Zeiler
The Authors
Alexey Anischenko, Jonathan Barnett, Markus Beham, Andrea Carlevaris, Gernot Fritz, Ulrike Gantenberg, Thomas Herbst, Matthias Hofer, Werner Jahnel, Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Ulrich Kopetzki, Richard Kreindler, Florian Kremslehner, Gaudenz Küenburg, Niamh Leinwather, Veronika Macha, Samuel Mimnagh, Andrijana Mišović, Maximilian Albert Müller, Ihor Muryn, Ilya Nikiforov, Paul Nimmerfall, Matthias Pendl, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Désirée Prantl, Hendrik Puschmann, Anna Katharina Radschek, Evgeny Raschevsky, Elisabeth Rath, Markus Schifferl, Alfred Siwy, Ana Stanič, Clemens Treichl, Irene Welser, Bernhard Wychera, Gerold Zeiler, Ilona Zekely, Alexander Zojer, Roman Zykov
The Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2020 is a collection of articles on current issues and hot topics in commercial and investment. The present 14th edition contains 25 contributions from altogether 57 leading practitioners and academics.
Inspired by the theme of the Vienna Arbitration Days 2019, “Science and Innovation in Arbitration”, the Yearbook encompasses contributions dealing with
• the impact of sciences in arbitral proceedings,
• psychology in arbitration, and
• the Hofstede Dimensions in international arbitration.
Other issues addressed are foreseeability of damages, third party funding and data protection in arbitration. Yearbook articles further deal with developments in Brazil, Belarus, and Austria. Procedural issues addressed relate to confidentiality, how to make effective use of experts, and strategies for mock arbitration.
The chapter on Investment Arbitration deals with the change in effective control over a territory and its influence on BITs, security for costs, and arbitrating under the Energy Charter Treaty.
The editors:
Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Florian Kremslehner, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Irene Welser, Gerold Zeiler.
The Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2019 is a collection of articles on current issues and hot topics in commercial and investment arbitration. The present edition contains 27 contributions from altogether 71 leading practitioners and academics.
The Yearbook encompasses contributions dealing with the future of arbitration and innovation, the impact of artificial intelligence and the future of soft laws. The Vienna Innovation Propositions identify among others new fields and ways of arbitration.
Other issues addressed are
• consumer arbitration in Europe,
• arbitrating cartel infringements and tax issues
• the impact of One Belt One Road Initiative
• developments in Austria, Paris, Hungary, Taiwan and of course the much debated Prague Rules.
The chapter on Investment Arbitration deals with the recurring idea of an ISDS appeals mechanism, the nature of state consent in BITs, the local remedies rule in non-ICSID investment arbitration and recently incorporated procedural innovations in USMCA and CETA.
The editors:
Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Florian Kremslehner, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Irene Welser, Gerold Zeiler.
The Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2018 is a collection of articles and essays on current issues and hot topics in commercial and investment arbitration by leading arbitration practitioners.
The Yearbook covers a number of areas of both topical and enduring importance which are likely to be of relevance to academics, practitioners or persons who may become involved in arbitration in Austria or in any other place. Some of the articles in the Yearbook analyze significant trends in international arbitration, like
• the idea of a multilateral investment court,
• the enforcement of settlement agreements,
• transparency in international commercial arbitration and in arbitration institutions,
• arbitration as a mean of private enforcement as well as
• unilateral arbitration clauses.
It also includes the Vienna Repositioning Propositions, a proposal by many experts on how to reposition actors and actions in international arbitrations.
The editors:
Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Florian Kremslehner, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Irene Welser, Gerold Zeiler.
The authors:
Dirk Buschle, Lucia Dulovicova, Philip Exenberger, Simon Gabriel, Johannes Gasser, Catrice Gayer, Shiva Ghahremani, Beata Gessel, Monika Hartung, Gefion Hauer, Duarte G. Henriques, Thomas Herbst, Laurent Hirsch, Katharina Kitzberger, Gregor A. Klammer, Nefeli Lamprou, Johannes Landbrecht, Niamh Leinwather, Brian Lin, Martin Magal, Natalie Morris-Sharma, Michael Nueber, Sonja Otenhajmer, Irina Paliashvili, Nada-Ina Pauer, Ulrike Paukner, Victoria Pernt, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Karl Pörnbacher, Michele Potestà, Dietmar Prager, Iain Quirk, Lucia Raimanova, Tobias Schaffner, Markus Schifferl, Philipp Schwarz, Barbara Sesser, Anke Sessler, Alfred Siwy, Sherlin Tung, Bianca Vogt, Lukas Wedl, Kay-Jannes Wegner, Irene Welser, Valentina Wong
The Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2017 is a collection of articles and essays on current issues and hot topics in commercial and investment arbitration by leading practitioners.
Many contributions in this current 11th edition reflect the topic of the Vienna Arbitration days 2016 „The Road to Predictability in International Arbitration“. The article „The Vienna Predictability Propositions” has been co-authored by 26 leading practitioners from different jurisdictions giving a broad range of opinions on this topic.
Further contributions deal with
• Third Party Funding
• Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions and
• Relevance and Applicability of Trade Usages.
The Authors are all experts in Arbitration Law.
The Editors:
Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Florian Kremslehner, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Jenny Power, Irene Welser, Gerold Zeiler.
The authors:
Lisa Beisteiner, Klaus Peter Berger, Tobias Birsak, Stavros Brekoulakis, Katharina Brückner, Yuliya Chernykh, Giuditta Cordero-Moss, Dietmar Czernich, Chloë Edworthy, Eliane Fischer, Ulrike Gantenberg, Jonas von Goeler, Diego Brian Gosis, Wolfgang Hahnkamper, Heidrun Halbartschlager, Christoph Hauser, Michael Hofstätter, Emmanuel E. Kaufman, Judith Knieper, Christopher Koch, Ulrich Kopetzki, Wolfgang Kühn, Innhwa Kwon, Michael McIlwrath, Reza Mohtashami, Corinne Montinieri, Helmut Ortner, Vladimir Pavić, Silvia Petruzzino, Gunnar Pickl, Sylwester Pieckowski, Jarred Pinkston, NikolausPitkowitz, Roman Prekop, Katharina Riedl, Markus Schifferl, Dorothée Schramm,Yoanna Schuch, Alfred Siwy, Alexandra Stoffl, Selma Tirić, Ezequiel H.Vetulli, Michael Walbert, Irene Welser, Stephan Wilske, Mathias Wittinghofer, Venus Valentina Wong and Rabab M.K. Yasseen.
10th Edition!
The Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2016 is a collection of articles on current issues in the area of commercial and investment arbitration. Many contributions in the current edition reflect the topic of the Vienna Arbitration Days 2016 “Does Arbitration Deliver?” including Peter Rees’ keynote speech. In addition, the Austrian Yearbook contains the Bergsten Lecture 2015 “TTIP – Myths and Facts” delivered by John Beechey.
Further articles address
- The New Vienna Mediation Rules 2016
- Transparency in International Arbitration and
- Consumers in Arbitration.
The Authors are all experts in Arbitration Law.
The Editors:
Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Florian Kremslehner, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Jenny Power, Irene Welser, Gerold Zeiler.
The Authors
John Beechey, Andrea K. Bjorklund, N. Jansen Calamita, Gabriele Ehlich, Constantin Eschlboeck, Gustav Flecke-Giammarco, Alice Fremuth-Wolf, Ulrike Gantenberg, Lucy Greenwood, Anne-Karin Grill, Dieter Hofmann, Boris Kasolowsky, Christian Klausegger, Pascale Koester, Ruth Mahfoozpour, Michael McIlwrath, Georg Naegeli, Amanda Neil, Veit Öhlberger, Tamsyn Pickford, Jarred Pinkston, Peter Rees, Nicolas W. Reithner, Catherine A. Rogers, Markus Schifferl, Alfred Siwy, Alexandra Stoffl, Michael Swangard, Ema Vidak-Gojkovic, Simon Vorburger, Irene Welser, Venus Valentina Wong, Ewa Zelazna.
The Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2015 is a collection of articles on issues in the realm of commercial as well as investment arbitration. The Yearbook is published annually. All contributions are of relevance to academics and practitioners in the field, which is also reflected by the composition of the authors of this edition.
The contributions compiled in the current edition address a variety of topics, but predominantly focus on the applicable law in international arbitration. Further articles, inter alia, deal with
- the status of soft law in international arbitration,
- corruption,
- set-off in international arbitration,
- costs,
- diplomatic Protection under Investment Treaties, or
- the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in the United Arab Emirates.
The Editors
Christian Klausegger, Peter Klein, Florian Kremslehner, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Jenny Power, Irene Welser, Gerold Zeiler.
The Authors
Sebastian Baur, Gordon Blanke, Laura Bräuninger, Yuliya Chernykh, Dietmar Czernich, Mariel Dimsey, Michael Dunmore, Christina Florescu, Simon Greenberg, Paula Hodges, Thomas Huber-Starlinger, Patrick Kimla, Richard Kreindler, Greg Lourie, Lars Markert, Elisabeth Metzler, Alexis Mourre, Katharina Müller, Michael Nueber, Wiliam W. Park, Alexander Petsche, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Karl Pörnbacher, Katharina Riedl, Catherine Rogers, Maxi Scherer, Markus Schifferl, Ana Stanic, Stephan Steinhofer, Alexandra Stoffl, Monika Hartung, Irene Welser, Stephan Wilske, Venus Valentina Wong.
The Austrian Arbitration Yearbook is a collection of articles on domestic and international arbitration by leading Austrian practitioners.
Some of the articles in the Yearbook analyze the implications of the most significant legislative changes in Austria and also compare these with other arbitral regimes elsewhere in Europe and abroad.
The Yearbook covers a number of areas of both topical and enduring importance which are likely to be of relevance to academics, practitioners or persons who may become involved in arbitration in Austria or in any other place.
The Authors:
Emanulea Banfi, Lisa Beisteiner, Erhard Böhm, Gianfranco Di Garbo, Michael Dunmore, Maciej Durbas, John Fellas, Anne-Catherine Hahn, Günther J. Horvath, Tijana Kojovic, Christian W. Konrad, Rafal Kos, Marie-Christine Motaabbed, Michael Neuber, Vladimir Pavic, Nikolaus Pitkowitz, Alfred Siwy, Irene Welser, Rainer Werdnik, Michael Wietzorek, Johannes P. Willheim, Reinmar Wolff, Venus Valentina Wong, Gerold Zeiler.
The Austrian Arbitration Yearbook is a collection of articles on domestic and international arbitration by leading Austrian practitioners.
Some of the articles in the Yearbook analyze the implications of the most significant legislative changes in Austria and also compare these with other arbitral regimes elsewhere in Europe and abroad.
The Yearbook covers a number of areas of both topical and enduring importance which are likely to be of relevance to academics, practitioners or persons who may become involved in arbitration in Austria or in any other place.
The Austrian Arbitration Yearbook is a collection of articles on domestic and international arbitration by leading Austrian practitioners.
Some of the articles in the Yearbook analyze the implications of the most significant legislative changes in Austria and also compare these with other arbitral regimes elsewhere in Europe and abroad.
The Yearbook covers a number of areas of both topical and enduring importance which are likely to be of relevance to academics, practitioners or persons who may become involved in arbitration in Austria or in any other place.
The Austrian Arbitration Yearbook is a collection of articles on domestic and international arbitration by leading Austrian practitioners.
Some of the articles in the Yearbook analyze the implications of the most significant legislative changes in Austria and also compare these with other arbitral regimes elsewhere in Europe and abroad.
The Yearbook covers a number of areas of both topical and enduring importance which are likely to be of relevance to academics, practitioners or persons who may become involved in arbitration in Austria or in any other place.
Editors: Klausegger • Klein • Kremslehner • Petsche • Pitkowitz • Power • Welser • Zeiler
The Yearbook is a collection of articles on It ist published annually. A source of relevant and up to date information on international arbitral trends, the fourth edition of the Yearbook covers areas such as:
- The Arbitration Agreement and Arbitrability
- The Arbitrator and the Arbitration Procedure
- The Award and the Courts
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Investment Arbitration