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About
Provided by Bettina Knötzl
Practice Areas
Litigation
White Collar Crime
Mediation
Career
Bettina Knoetzl, Head of Litigation and Business Crime Departments at KNOETZL, is a distinguished litigator, with more than 25 years’ experience in major Austrian and international cases. She concentrates her practice on international and commercial litigation, focusing on investor protection, liability claims, data protection, business crime, fraud & asset tracing, corporate disputes, banking, insurance and financial derivatives cases, and life sciences. She has obtained excellent results in class action lawsuits, including one of Austria’s largest-ever civil litigation cases. She also provides elite-level, private counsel to significant government institutions. She is routinely sought-after co-counsel by and for top-tier global law firms.
Professional Memberships
• Vice President of the Vienna Bar
• Chair of Austria’s oldest Lawyers Association “Soupirium”
• heavily involved in the IBA’s leadership, Co-Chair of the Litigation Committee in 2016/2017
• Founder “Global Women Litigator Breakfast”
• exclusive Austria representative of the ICC Fraud Net
• President of Transparency International, Austrian Chapter
• Member of the Honorary Committee of the Juristenverein
• Member of the ZBP of the University of Economics, Vienna
Publications
In the last 12 months, Bettina has published articles on Litigation Trends and Developments, Implementing an International Commercial Court in Austria, Compliance including the newly implemented Whistleblower Protection Act, Anti-Corruption, and Diversity in Legal Practice.
Chambers Review
Europe
Bettina Knötzl is a top lawyer in the dispute resolution space who is commended for her experience advising clients on a range of big-ticket litigation mandates, including life sciences, data protection, banking and liability disputes. She also assists with post-M&A disputes and is regularly retained by clients from the technology, pharmaceutical and automotive fields.
Bettina Knötzl is well known across the market and leads the firm's white-collar crime practice, representing clients in a wide range of financial crime cases. Her expertise includes matters connected to internal investigations, fraud and money laundering. She is further active in international asset recovery mandates and whistleblowing initiatives.
Contributions
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Bettina is a strategic thinker."
"She is fast and flexible, as well as solution-oriented."
"One of Bettina's biggest strengths is, aside from her command of Austrian law, constantly evaluating and re-evaluating what the client's needs are and if they are being met in the most efficient and effective manner."
"She is one of the best lawyers in court."
"Bettina is well aware of the challenges and implications of urgent cases."
"Bettina is an outstanding lawyer with a down-to-earth, practical approach."
"She is a very strong lawyer with the right level of detail and a fast mind that finds the right solutions."
"She is a kind of a rock star in Vienna and a pleasure to work with."
"Bettina is a strategic thinker."
"She is fast and flexible, as well as solution-oriented."
"One of Bettina's biggest strengths is, aside from her command of Austrian law, constantly evaluating and re-evaluating what the client's needs are and if they are being met in the most efficient and effective manner."
"She is one of the best lawyers in court."
"Bettina is well aware of the challenges and implications of urgent cases."
"Bettina is an outstanding lawyer with a down-to-earth, practical approach."
"She is a very strong lawyer with the right level of detail and a fast mind that finds the right solutions."
"She is a kind of a rock star in Vienna and a pleasure to work with."
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