Referenzfälle

Advised a major international trading house (Singaporean plc), in respect of a cargo claim against vessel owners. Travelled to Lagos and Port Harcourt, Nigeria, to take evidence from our trading clients, surveyors, port terminal operators and harbour masters. In the arbitration proceedings, the Owners counter-claimed for wrongful arrest in Nigeria / breach of London arbitration agreement.

Advising a fertility clinic with regard to their day-to-day employment law matters.

Supporting an Austrian integrated oil and gas company in every aspect of their employment and industrial relations issues.Representing the company in court proceedings against an employee claiming higher pension entitlements than currently paid out. The case is of utmost importance, as further employees may raise similar claims (Austrian court).
Assisting the company in the court proceedings against a former contractor regarding the existence of an employment relationship.

Advising a catering service company for cruise ships on matters of employment law and industrial relations, including the applicability of Austrian collective bargaining agreement to their employees.

Assisting Japanese owned Austrian manufacturer of fine bubble aeration systems in launching their new working time and flexi-time schemes.
Supporting the client in defending the implementation of a surveillance system against the claims of the works council.

Acted for Owners in relation to a vessel collision, involving issues of English, US and Australian law. The dispute involved complex claims in General Average, under a Charterparty and under Bills of Lading.

Acted on an ad hoc arbitration claim for international London-based trading house, specialising in steel and metals trade, against an Italian receiver for liability under UK COGSA for quality issues.

Acted for a UAE steel trading company in relation to a shareholder’s rights and alleged misappropriation of company funds.

Representation of a major Czech bank as a dominant creditor in bankruptcy proceedings of a real estate project.

Representation of a US investment fund in an arbitration against Czech individuals arising out of an M&A transaction (ICC).

Advising an Austrian glass producer with regard to employment and industrial relation law matters including claims under the collective bargaining agreement, employee data protection and the implementation of home office schemes.

Supporting a leading German multinational home improvement supplies retailing company in all employment related matters, including assistance in drawing-up a data-protection law compliant HR system and its implementation, in line with the respective requirements under Austrian employment law, for about 3,500 employees in Austria.
Assisting the company in defending their current working time schemes against claims of numerous employees and the works council for introduction of a 4-day working week, based on the newly introduced collective bargaining agreement.
Representing the company in court proceedings against one of its former employees claiming re-instatement of her employment based on allegedly socially unfair notice of termination and discriminatory treatment in connection with employment termination (Austrian courts).

Assisting a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company with all their day-to-day employment law issues.
Representing the company against a former employee in a court proceeding (Austrian courts).
Assisting the company with issues involving parental part time arrangements and works-council members, including the adjustment of their contractual roles within the entity.
Supporting the company to duly conduct their works council elections in 2020 during the COVID pandemic.

Advised major LNG chartering company on midterm charter parties with multinational oil trading company.

Representation of major Danish shipowner in an off-hire and performance dispute which threw to both US and English jurisdictions.