Isabel Firneis
Europe Guide 2024
Up and Coming : Employment
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About
Provided by Isabel Firneis
Practice Areas
Isabel Firneis represents both national and international clients across a broad spectrum of individual and collective employment law matters. She specialises in employment litigation, complex restructuring matters (incl. social plan negotiations and conciliation committee proceedings), works council matters, as well as in internal investigations.
Career
Before joining Wolf Theiss in 2015, Isabel worked at other well-known Austrian law firms and gained professional experience in the field of Human Resources. In addition, Isabel worked at the Vienna University of Economics and Business as a teaching and research fellow and at the Austrian Supreme Court as a legal research fellow.
Professional Memberships
Austrian Bar Association
European Employment Lawyers Association
Publications
Isabel regularly publishes in legal journals and comments in the national media on employment law topics. She lectures at well-known Austrian professional training institutes and a university of applied sciences.
Chambers Review
Europe
Isabel Firneis debuts in the rankings this year thanks to praise for her expertise in employment law from market commentators. Her practice encompasses advice on pension schemes, workforce restructuring mandates, terminations and discrimination issues. She is also highlighted for her experience in collective bargaining agreements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Isabel Firneis is a great lawyer with deep employment law knowledge. She is strong in negotiations and empathetic."
"Isabel Firneis is hugely client and service-oriented."
"Her advice is always solid and she provides sharp analytical and communication skills with a strong business focus."
"Isabel Firneis is a great lawyer with deep employment law knowledge. She is strong in negotiations and empathetic."
"Isabel Firneis is hugely client and service-oriented."
"Her advice is always solid and she provides sharp analytical and communication skills with a strong business focus."