White-Collar Crime
Europe Guide 2024 : Austria
Band 2
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Provided by KNOETZL HAUGENEDER NETAL GmbH
KNOETZL is particularly well-recognised for obtaining outstanding results at the intersection of civil litigation and criminal law. The firm is well-known, effective and unique in its experience in handling criminal and civil law assignments. KNOETZL masterfully handles the technical legal aspects of white collar crime matters and is equally adept at mitigating commercial and reputational risks, and their collateral effects upon clients and their businesses.
The firm represents companies and individuals during fraud, criminal and business-irregularity investigations, and guides them through preliminary proceedings and trials when they arise. The members of the firm have supported enterprises and executive-level clients in large-scale white-collar crime matters over many years and have helped them to successfully manage and resolve those challenges to their significant, ultimate, advantage.
The business crime practice most often derives from: banking and finance, corporate and commercial law and foreign investment wellsprings. Key industries represented by KNOETZL, subject to criminal charges and investigations, have included financial services, derivatives, aviation, automotive, accountancy, energy, defence, gaming, hospitality, manufacturing, intellectual property, leisure & travel, IT & telecommunications, life sciences, healthcare & pharmaceuticals as well as sports.
In 2019, Chambers and Partners awarded KNOETZL its Boutique Law Firm of the Year award for Austria.
Chambers Review
KNOETZL HAUGENEDER NETAL is a well-reputed dispute resolution boutique which draws on its impressive experience in corporate and commercial litigation to support multinational companies and financial institutions on complex white-collar crime matters. The team is notably well versed in compliance matters and criminal proceedings regarding embezzlement, fraud and money laundering, and possesses additional skills handling internal investigations, as well as whistleblower and transparency initiatives. KNOETZL also represents individual defendants in white-collar crime cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"KNOETZL is responsive, cost-efficient and effective, and understands what it knows and what it needs to explore more with the client. The lawyers think strategically about how to respond to the issue and how to respond in the future too."
"The firm has specialists for every needed field of expertise."
"We are very impressed by the lawyers' ability to think like entrepreneurs."
"KNOETZL understands our commercial focus and doesn't get lost in academic disputes and experiments."
"Both the service levels and responsiveness are very strong."
"KNOETZL is responsive, cost-efficient and effective, and understands what it knows and what it needs to explore more with the client. The lawyers think strategically about how to respond to the issue and how to respond in the future too."
"The firm has specialists for every needed field of expertise."
"We are very impressed by the lawyers' ability to think like entrepreneurs."
"KNOETZL understands our commercial focus and doesn't get lost in academic disputes and experiments."
"Both the service levels and responsiveness are very strong."
Notable Practitioners
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.
"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."
Thomas Voppichler acts for private individuals accused of sanctions violations, fraud and embezzlement.
"Thomas is very effective and reliable."
"He knew every detail of our case. He was always available for us and could answer all our questions in a reliable and understandable way."
"Everything I asked him to do, he was very precise and never tried to make a bigger case out of it. He handled it absolutely brilliantly."
"Thomas is easy-going and straightforward."
"He is incredibly persuasive in court."