"Alfred Siwy "is identified as a "superb counsel" who is "easy to work with" and has "a sharp mind". His expertise lies in commercial and corporate disputes in the competition and consumer protection fields"."Who’s Who Legal 2020
Alfred Siwy is a partner at our firm and an expert in national and international dispute resolution, with a strong focus on international arbitration and litigation.
Alfred regularly advises clients in commercial and investment arbitration under various rules, including the ICC, VIAC, UNCITRAL and ICSID Rules. Alfred also represents clients before Austrian courts in commercial and corporate matters. Alfred has acted as counsel in disputes across all industries, recently including in particular disputes involving competition law, consumer protection law and international investment law.
Alfred lectures on dispute resolution at international conferences and has authored numerous publications in his and adjacent fields. He was admitted to the Austrian bar in 2011 and as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2019. He is a graduate of the University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 2003, Dr. iur. 2011) and King’s College London (LL.M. 2006). Prior to co-founding zeiler.partners in 2014, Alfred worked as a dispute resolution attorney for a major international Vienna-based law firm.
Alfred works in English (fluent) and German (native).
Highlights of Alfred’s work include the following:
Representation of a Lithuanian transport company in a debt collection case against an Austrian transport agency.
Representation of two subsidiaries of a global packaging and pager company in an arbitration proceeding against a Czech chemical supplier (EUR 2.4 million, VIAC).
Representation of a Central European state in an investment arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules against a German natural person claiming violation of his/her rights by a court decision on squeeze-out (USD 100 million, PCA).
Representation of a global leader in packaging and paper in a post M&A dispute regarding the purchase of an Asian company ( EUR 70 million, ICC/Singapore).
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 Southern European state in an investment arbitration against a Slovenian investor regarding the privatisation of a power plant (EUR 720 million, ICSID).
Representation of a major global oil & gas company in arbitral and court proceedings against a Western European gas pipeline operator regarding European competition law matters (EUR 70 million, ICC, Austrian energy regulator, Austrian Administrative Court).
Representation of an Eastern European state in an investment arbitration against a Dutch investor in the commodity trading sector (EUR 120 million, PCA).
Representation of a Southern European state in an investment arbitration against EGS regarding the privatisation of a power plant (EUR 72 million, ICSID).
Representation of a North American OEM-supplier in arbitration proceedings against Central European integrator in the aerospace industry (USD 11 million, VIAC).
Interested in specific aspects of Alfred’s recent work? Contact vienna@zeilerfloydzad.com for further reference cases.
Professional Experience
Education
Siwy (speaker), “Fraud and corruption and investments” workshop, Dutch Arbitration Day 2022, Amsterdam/Netherlands, 02.06.2022.
Siwy (panelist), “World in chaos. How to reflect uncertainty“, European Valuation Conference 2022, Prague/Czech Republic, 24.05.2022.
Siwy (author), “The Decision on Jurisdiction of an Arbitral Tribunal Under English Law”, Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2021.
The war in Ukraine will have a significant impact on international commodities trade. We will focus on several likely scenarios commodity traders may face as a consequence of this war, including: Price fluctuations | Failure to make delivery | Failure to make payment.
Speakers: Joseph Gosden (London), Alfred Siwy (Vienna), Philip Vagin (London, New York)
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
08:30 GMT | 09:30 CET
This is our second update to keep our clients informed as we monitor the rapidly changing security situation in Ukraine. As described in our earlier sanctions circular, we believe we are uniquely placed to assist our clients in this current fast-moving situation with our teams of international lawyers based in USA, UK and EU. We have experience and expertise to assist all our clients’ requirements.
This update is the first of several which ZFZ will produce to keep our clients informed as we monitor the rapidly changing security situation in Ukraine. We believe we are uniquely placed to assist our clients in this current fast-moving situation. Support is likely to be needed in a variety of contexts, for example advice as to whether a client is captured by the sanctions or whether a contract with a Russian counterparty can be performed and support on opportunities and projects that arise in relation to alternative energy sources because of the sanctions on Russian energy providers. We have the experience and expertise to assist all our client’s requirements.
“US Class Action and European Representative Actions”
US Class Actions are a feature of US litigation, which is well-known and sometime misconceived far beyond the United States. The member states of the European Union will introduce representative actions for the protection of collective interests of consumers by 25 December 2022 under Directive 2020/1828.
Join us on 9 December 2021 for a discussion on the principles of class actions and whether or not they could serve as a model for representative actions in the EU with class action focused attorney Mike Lowenberg and our Vienna partner Alfred Siwy moderated by our New York/Houston of counsel Nicholas Paine.
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 8:30 EST / 14:30 CET
We are proud to be ranked by the Legal 500 once again for our work in Arbitration and in Employment!
We are delighted to have all of our Vienna partners ranked in the 2021 edition of Chambers Europe!
We’d like to thank all of our wonderful colleagues and clients who recommended us both as a firm and as individuals to be included in the Chambers and Partners Global 2021 Guide.
We are exicted to have been recognized by Who’s Who Legal 2021!
