Alexander Zojer comes highly recommended by market sources who consider him a go-to name in the Austrian market for arbitration proceedingsWho's Who Legal 2020
Alexander Zojer is a Senior Associate and attorney at law at Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich, where he specializes in intellectual property as well as dispute resolution before arbitral tribunals and state courts.
Alexander regularly acts as secretary to arbitral tribunals and has participated in proceedings under the ICC, VIAC, SCC, DIS and ICSID rules, as well as in ad hoc arbitration proceedings.
Alexander graduated from the University of Vienna (Mag.iur 2014; Mag.phil 2012) and spent a semester at the University of Iceland. He passed the Austrian bar exam in 2017.
Alexander regularly speaks on procedural law topics, organizes the Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution conference series as well as the firm’s event series “tech.talks”, and teaches civil law at the University of Applied Science BFI Vienna.
Alexander works in English (fluent) and German (native).
Highlights of Alexander’s work include:
Representation of a South-Eastern European companies in a dispute regarding the construction of a power plant against an insolvent claimant (EUR 73 million, ICC).
Representation of an US entity in Czech-centred post M&A and fraud case (EUR 10 million, ICC ).
Representation of an Eastern European state in an investment arbitration against a UK company in the health care sector (EUR 30 million, UNCITRAL).
Representation of a global plant manufacturer based in Austria in court proceedings against a leading cellulose/fibre producer concerning the construction of an industrial piping system (EUR 2 million, Austrian courts).
Representation of a Turkish construction company in the enforcement of a European arbitral award (EUR 2 million, Austrian court).
Representation of an Eastern European company in arbitral proceedings against an Eastern European municipality (USD 25 million, ICC).
Representation of an Eastern European state in two investment arbitrations against UK investors in the automobile accessories industry (EUR 30 million, SCC).
Representation of an Eastern European energy company in court proceedings against two Central European entities regarding interim measures (EUR 16 million, Austrian state courts).
Are you interested in specific aspects of Alexander’s recent work? Contact vienna@zeilerfloydzad.com for further reference cases.
Professional Experience
Education
Beisteiner & Zojer (authors), “Streitbeilegung in Österreich” co-authored by Christian Koller, empirical study in collaboration with the University of Vienna, 18.11.2021.
Zojer & Herbst (lecturers), “Civil Procedural Law for Journalists”, Presseclub Concordia “Legal Basics” series, 22.03.2021.
To foster the exchange necessary for rethinking what the legal landscape could look like in a world dominated by automated, data-driven discovery, we brought together international legal experts and experts from science and technology. At the conference, the teams and individual speakers will present their approaches to topics including patent law and blackbox algorithms, protectability of AI generated inventions, access to and protection of datasets, algorithmic bias and more. Join the conference for introductions and updates on legal developments in a data-driven economy fueled by artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Speakers include Ryan Abbott (University of Surrey and UCLA, DABUS project), Dr. Ulrike Till (WIPO), Philipp Homar (University of Linz), Jacques de Werra (University of Geneva), Alexandra Ebert and Paul Tiwald (MOSTLY AI), Żaneta Zemła – Pacud (Polish Academy of Sciences), Fabian Stanke (SONN Patentanwälte), Andreas Tinhofer (ZFZ), Matteo Aldeghi (MIT), Christoph Langer (IMBA), Melina Peer (ZFZ). The conference will be moderated by Alexander Zojer (ZFZ) and Lukas Hutter (biotop).
This is an in-person event. Attendance is free of charge, but seating will be limited – for a guaranteed place at the conference, please make sure to register here.
“The Human Factor – Creation, Ownership and Infringement of IP Rights in the Age of AI”
With Alexander Zojer and Lukas Hutter.
Monday, 25 April 2022
15:00 CET / 09:00 EST
We are exicted to have been recognized by Who’s Who Legal 2021!
“The Impact of Economic Sanctions on International Arbitration” Vienna Arbitration Days 2020, Vienna (Austria)
22 February 2020
