Dr. Klaus Oblin, LL.M

Dr. Klaus Oblin, LL.M. Lawyer

Specialisation:

• Litigation, especially commercial and civil law-related disputes
  
• Counsel and arbitrator in arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (VIAC), the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), the Swiss Chambers of Commerce (Swiss Rules), the Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, the UNCITRAL Rules (focus: commercial law, supply contracts, M&A, joint ventures, construction) etc
  
• Advice with regard to various matters of commercial, contract and construction law
  
• Establishment of businesses and regular advice on partnerships and corporations
  
• Mergers and acquisitions
  
• Directors' and officers' liability
  

Education:

Legal studies at the University of Vienna (Mag.iur., Dr.iur. "with high honours") and postgraduate legal studies at the University of San Diego (LL.M. Comparative Law)

Career:

• Independent since 2004
  
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vienna
  
• McDougal Love Eckis Smith&Boehmer, San Diego
  
• Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati, Vienna

Languages:

German (native), English (fluent), French (basic)

Memberships:

• International Chamber of Commerce ICC (Austria)
  
• International Centre for Dispute Resolution ("ICDR")
  
• Austrian Arbitration Association ("ArbAut")
  
• German Institution of Arbitration ("DIS")
  
• International Bar Association ("IBA")

Publications:

• Regular contributions to the litigation-newsletter at the "International Law Office"
  
• Austrian chapter to "The Willis Worldwide Directory of Directors and Officers Liability" (Willis, 2005)
  
• Lectures on International Supply Contracts (ICC Austria)