Dispute Resolution | Contract Law
We represent and advise companies and individuals in both domestic and cross-border litigation (out-of-court, litigation, and arbitration). In doing so, we cover the most diverse areas of Business Law.
Through Deloitte Legal’s international network, we also support our clients abroad (e.g., in the cross-border enforcement of austrian judgments).
Representation of companies in proceedings before state courts and arbitration tribunals relating, for example, to the following areas of law:
Structured extrajudicial and judicial collection of (payment) claims.
Representing businesses in consumer class action (representative action) proceedings.
Enforcement – also of foreign judgments and arbitral awards before state courts in Austria.
Drafting and reviewing of complex contracts under commercial law (e.g. cash pooling contracts, debt purchase agreements, energy supply contracts, general terms and conditions).
Representation of Spiegel and Süddeutsche Zeitung in civil proceedings against the publisher of one of Austria's largest tabloid newspapers (enforcement of a claim for injunctive relief)
Ongoing representation of well-known banks in the legal enforcement of due credit claims
Representation of a renowned Austrian bank in numerous - parallel - civil proceedings against securities investors (defense of claims based on alleged misadvice)
Representation of a leading prefabricated house manufacturer in the enforcement of warranty and damage claims in connection with a company acquisition
Representation of a well-known energy provider in the defense of claims due to alleged breach of a contractual obligation to expand a fiber optic network
Preparation of contract documentation for a citizen participation model (virtual participation in the financing of photovoltaic plants) for Innsbrucker Kommunalbetriebe Aktiengesellschaft (IKB)
Advising an Austrian federal state (local authority) on the implementation of a cash pool between its (state) companies