Mag. Barbara Helene Steindl

Counsel & Arbitrator (also presiding) in arbitration proceedings (UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, VIAC, DIS, Danish, Swiss & Romanian Rules, ad hoc) involving construction, project finance, trade & distribution, copyright & licensing, IT, competition, corporate, energy (gas, renewable), investment protection, sports & New York commercial law; Litigation, transactional work & advice in above areas, research funding & consortia, e-commerce, online payment, big data, New York/ Delaware commercial & corporations law

In-house lawyer responsible for the negotiation and drafting of international IT and procurement contracts, administration of (public) procurement proceedings and legal counseling of various daughter companies, specifically with regard to their e-commerce, IT, data protection and online payment affairs.

Head of arbitration department. Continuing practice in international commercial and investment arbitration as counsel and arbitrator under various arbitration rules (including ICSID) as well as in complex litigation involving energy (gas and renewable), M&A, investment protection (BITs, ICSID), EU law (inter alia competition, state-aid, intra EU-BITs), construction, sales, corporate, IT, banking, sports and aspects of US-law.

Research Assistant at the European Legal Studies Centre to Prof. Franco Ferrari

Represented US/European clients in domestic/international commercial arbitration & litigation proceedings involving cross-border sales, plant construction, consortia, distribution, public procurement, energy & investment law. Instructed parties on trust, banking, bankruptcy, impact of French, Suisse, US, UK, German, Romanian, Slovenian law & Formula 1 dispute resolution statutes. Authored Arbitral Awards (telecommunication, engineering & corporate). Arranged and supervised secured cross-border transactions.

Administration of ICC arbitration proceedings. Drafted and presented English and French language decision memos on jurisdiction, joinder of parties and challenges to the ICC Court with reference to various national Arbitration Acts. Reviewed Arbitral Awards and proposed amendments as to form and substance. Instructed parties and arbitrators on ICC arbitration.

Reviewed and analyzed complex arbitration cases conducted under the Vienna Rules.

Composed sales, distributorship and licensing agreements, as well as legal opinions on EC-agency and competition law. Drafted submissions involving franchise, intellectual property and pharmaceutical law in civil litigation and administrative proceedings. Pleaded in courts.

Analyzed ways to serve documents and obtain evidence abroad pursuant to bilateral and international treaties. Prepared French language Arbitral Awards and Terms of Reference in arbitration proceedings concerning cross-border trade and joint ventures.

Entwurf von Urteilen und Verfügungen; Aufnahme von Klagen und Beratung in arbeitsrechtlichen Verfahren/Gerichtstag

Foreign Direct Investment & Public Policy, Transnational Litigation & Arbitration, Adv. International Law, International Investment Law & Arbitration, Evidence, Contract Law.

Civil Law & Private International Law, Law of Civil Procedure, Fundamentals of Economics & Economic Policy, Commercial & Securities Law, European & Public International Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law.