Scholarship

• Editor of International Arbitration in Practice (2025) (with A. Zielinska-Eisen and V. Sandler), and author of the following chapters within the book:  

  • Chapter 1:  Legal Writing for Excellence in International Arbitration (with Linda Maria Wayner).

  • Chapter 11:  The Theory and Practice of Oral Advocacy (with Peggy Forell).

  • Chapter 15:  Examination of Witnesses (with Claire Pauly).

  • Chapter 53:  Drafting the Award (with Alexey Schitkov & Romit Sarkar).

• Author of Kluwer Practical Insight on Set Aside in International Arbitration (2025, forthcoming). 

• Author of Persuasion by Design: Crafting Memorable Advocacy in Arbitration, Harvard Arbitration Review (June 2024) (with E. Chan and I. Lightbody). 

• Author of Document Production in International Arbitration – a Practical Guide, Lexis Nexis Practice Note (February 2024).

• Author of Party and Counsel Ethics in the Taking of Evidence, in The Guide to Evidence in International Arbitration (Global Arbitration Review 2023, 2nd edition) (with A. Klaesener). 

• Author of Shareholder and Corporate Claims in Investment Arbitration:  An Avenue to Bring ESG-related Claims?, in Austrian Arbitration Yearbook 2022 (with K. Plavec). 

• Author of The Role of Arbitration in the Evolution of European Gas Prices and Pricing, special edition of Der Gesellschafter on Festsheft für Günther J. Horvath zum 70. Geburtstag (October 2022).

• Author of Arbitrators’ Independent Research in Arbitration:  Permissible or Problematic?, SchiedsVZ (July/August 2022) (with I. Lightbody).

• Author of Case Note:  The Case of the Curious Arbitrator, in SchiedsVZ, 47 (January/February 2022) (with I. Lightbody).

• Editor in conjunction with Lexis Nexis on Practice Notes on ICC Arbitration, including sections on evidence and hearings; expedited procedure; Terms of Reference, ICC as appointing authority; the Award; starting an arbitration; responding to the Request for Arbitration; appointing the Tribunal; fees, advances and costs (2021).

• Author of Party and Counsel Ethics in the Taking of Evidence, in The Guide to Evidence in International Arbitration (Global Arbitration Review, 2021) (with A. Klaesener)

• Author of The Overlap between Insolvency Proceedings and International Arbitration:  A Case Study Highlighting the Potential for Abuse and Inconsistency Results, Transnat’l Disp. Mgmt. (2021).

• Author of Document Production in International Arbitration, Lexis Nexis Practice Note (March 2021).

• Author of Privilege and confidentiality in the context of cross-border co-ordinated regulatory supervisory actions, 35/6 J.I.B.L.R. 243 (2020) (with M. Huertas and I. Lightbody). 

• Author of Document Production in International Arbitration, Lexis Nexis Practice Note (autumn 2019).

• Author of Financial Sector Dispute Resolution in a Post-Brexit World, 34/3 J.I.B.L.R. 1 (2019) (with M. Huertas).

• Author of Conflicting Document Production Laws May Result in International Discovery Restrictions, 8/1 Info. L.J. 4 (2016).

• Author of Documentary Evidence and Document Production in International Arbitration, 11/4 Transnat’l Disp. Mgmt. (2014).

• Author of Investor-State Dispute Settlement Provisions in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, 22 Arb. Watch 1, 4 (2014).

• Author of Amendment of the Austrian Arbitration Law, 22 Arb. Watch 1, 4 (2014). 

• Author of Procedural and Institutional Rule Changes Set to Further Advance Austrian Presence in International Arbitration, 19/1 Arb. News 49 (2014) (with G. Horvath).

• Author of Introduction to Arbitration under the US System, in Angloamerikanische Rechtssprache 193 (Franz J. Heidinger & Andrea Hubalek eds., 2013) (with J. Power).

• Speaker on “disability inclusion,” Arbitral Women and DIS40 Diversity Retreat (Darmstadt, February 2025).

• Keynote speaker, “Learning from Each Other to Forge a Better Future”, University of Bonn FFA awards ceremony (Bonn, December 2024).

• Moderator of a panel discussion entitled “Putting the ‘International’ in International Arbitration, Berlin Dispute Resolution Days“ (Berlin, September 2024).

• Moderator of a moot-style debate on “reasonable accommodation in international arbitration,” jointly supported by the ICC, MAA, and MyAbility (Vienna, March 2024).

• Moderator of a panel discussion on Abelism in Arbitration, MAA and ICDR webinar (March 2024)

• Moderator of a debate on “reasonable accommodation:  between efficiency, procedural fairness and inclusiveness; is a clash inevitable?,” ICC Poland Conference on Disability Inclusion in International Arbitration:  Make Arbitration a Better Place (Warsaw, December 2023).

• Speaker on the ICC Guide on Disability Inclusion in International Arbitration and ADR, Mute Off Thursdays (virtual, November 2023)(with V. Sandler).

• Speaker on “Wahl in den USA,” Working Moms Clubabend (Frankfurt, September 2023).

• Speaker on “from awareness to action:  fostering diversity and inclusion in the practice of international arbitration,” Columbia Arbitration Week (virtual, September 2023).

• Speaker on “opening statements,” DIS40 Frankfurt (Frankfurt, March 2023).

• Moderator of a panel discussing “the European energy market today, its challenges, opportunities, and what’s on the horizon,” Arb|Aut and YAPP Annual Meeting and Joint Conference (Vienna, December 2022).

• Speaker on “insolvency in arbitration,” Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration / Chartered Institute of Arbitrators International Arbitration Conference 2022 (Melbourne (online), November 2022).

• Speaker reporting on “the work of the Task Force on Disability Inclusion in Arbitration,” ICC Commission Meeting (Miami, October 2022).

• Speaker on “efficient dispute management tools for protecting investments,” 4th Dispute Resolution Forum:  Navigating Through Crises – Speeding Up the Energy Transition (Vienna, October 2022).

• Speaker on “did discovery / document production ever lead to the truth?,” DIS Autumn Conference (Berlin, September 2022).

• Speaker on “how to succeed in the workplace as a junior in arbitration,” International Arbitration Juniors (online, April 2022).

• Moderator of the “World Café Panel on ESG-Related Disputes and Shareholder Actions,” Vienna Arbitration Days (online, February 2022).

• Speaker on “arbitrating in a time of Covid-19 pandemic,” podcast (July 2020).

• Speaker on “post-M&A arbitration” at the DIS40 Autumn Conference (Berlin, September 2018).

• Speaker on “confidentiality in arbitration,” Arbitration Forum for in-house counsel (Essen, November 2017).

• Speaker on “arbitration in the energy sector,” Energy Community Summer School (Ohrid, August 2017).

• Speaker on “evidence in international arbitration,” CILS International Arbitration Symposium (Salzburg, May 2014).

• Speaker on “witness preparation in international arbitration” at a Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners Roundtable (Vienna, May 2014).

• Speaker at the Pre-Congress Workshop preceding C5’s Third Annual Congress on Successfully Negotiating and Renegotiating Long-Term Gas Supply Contracts (with G. Petrochilos and C. Borris, Berlin, July 2013).

• Speaker on the 2013 VIAC Rules of Arbitration and Conciliation (Vienna, June 2013).

• Speaker on “recent trends in European gas arbitration” at the Houston International Arbitration Club (Houston, January 2013). 

I hold teaching roles, act as a coach and mentor alumni.  These include: 

• University of Bonn (2018-present), lecture on topics related to civil litigation in the United States, including the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and trial advocacy to undergraduate students in the FFA Program.

• Humboldt University of Berlin (2024-present), lecture on written advocacy in international arbitration to master’s students in the international dispute resolution LLM program.

• National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi (2024-2025), coach undergraduate law students participating in the Vis (East) Moot.

• Franklin University Switzerland (2025), alumni mentor to undergraduate student in the Pathways program.

I also hold workshops, guest lecture, and judge academic competitions:

• Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Arbitrator (since 2009).

• Humboldt University of Berlin, facilitator (2023), workshop on cross examination in arbitration.

• McGill University, Juror, the Nappert Prize in International Arbitration 2022.

• Berlin Dispute Resolution Days, facilitator (2022), workshop on cross examination in arbitration.

• ELSA Dispute Resolution Summer School, lecturer (2022) on the art of advocacy.

• Law firm, moderator (2020-2021) of a 12-part arbitration training series for associates.

• Law firm, facilitator (2014), workshop on the cross examination of expert witnesses in engineering, procurement and construction disputes.