Dr. Mario A. König, LL.M.

Mario A. König was educated at the University of Graz from 1991 to 1997, gaining a Mag iur in 1997 and a Dr iur in 2004; and at Fordham Law School, New York from 1998 to 1999, gaining a Master of Laws (LLM) in 1999.

He took the New York Bar examination in 1999, the Austrian Bar examination in 2002 and the Liechtenstein Bar examination in 2007. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 2001 and to the Liechtenstein Bar in 2009.

He practised as a judicial clerk at the Provincial Court of Appeal, Graz, from 1997 to 1999, was a trainee attorney in Vienna from 2000 to 2004 and has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) since 2003. He was an associate at Marxer & Partner from 2004 and has been a partner since 2009.

He advises clients in the process of setting up structures such as trusts, foundations and corporate legal entities, mainly in the context of tax and succession planning, and in implementing proper governance mechanisms. He also acts as arbitrator and party representative in ad hoc arbitral proceedings and arbitrations conducted under the Liechtenstein Rules in disputes involving trusts and foundations. He regularly publishes articles and contributes to the Liechtenstein Chapter of international arbitration treatises.