Wulf Gordian Hauser

Hauser Partners has more than 35 years of experience in complex cross-border commercial disputes, in particular in the fields of post-M&A disputes and construction disputes.

Wulf Gordian Hauser is, besides Austria, admitted to the bars of the state of New York, Washington, D.C. and the Principality of Liechtenstein. He has spent about 4 years practising law in Washington, D.C. in top-rated law firms there. His work there was very much focused on litigation and arbitration.

Wulf Gordian Hauser has participated in about 100 arbitrations, mostly cross-border and both as an arbitrator and a counsel to parties.

From 2012 to 2018, Wulf Gordian Hauser has been the Austrian representative in the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. He has done many arbitrations under ICC, VIAC, LCIA and UNCITRAL Rules as well as ad-hoc arbitrations.

As an expert in his field, he regularly gives lectures on arbitration-related topics. He is also a co-author of the VIAC Handbook on the 2018 VIAC Rules.

Mr. Hauser has started his career at Ernst & Young and therefore has a solid accounting background. He has been lead counsel to hundreds of cross-border M&A transactions, which is why he has also specialised expertise in post-M&A disputes. He has been appointed by the ICC as an expert of US GAAP under the ICC Rules of Expertise.

Engineering and construction disputes are another specialty of Mr. Hauser, and the ICC Bulletin has published one of his decisions under the FIDIC Red Book.