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Angelika Pallwein-Prettner

Angelika Pallwein-Prettner

Europe 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Angelika Pallwein-​​Prettner is a partner in the firm's Employment Law Team and has extensive experience in representing national and international employers in all fields of employment and labour law as well as in employment related court and administrative proceedings. Furthermore, she specialises in advising on data protection compliance and represents clients in proceedings before the data protection authority.

She focuses on

-employment litigation

-emplyoment agreements, in particular manager contracts and benefit schemes

-optimisation and implementation of working time models including shift schedules

-advice in connection with transfers of undertakings

-collective labour law

-shop agreements, negotiations of social plans and works council elections

-data protection matters, representation in connection with proceedings before data protection authority

Career

She started her career in 2005 as an associate at Binder Grösswang and was appointed Partner in 2015. She received her PhD from the University of Vienna (Dr. iur.) in 2004 and her postgraduate degree from New York University (LL.M.) in 2007. Angelika co-authored and published Austria’s first textbook on the GDPR which was recently released in a third edition (Jahnel/Pallwein-Prettner, Datenschutzrecht, published by facultas Verlag).

Professional Memberships

She is a member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA), the IBA (International Bar Association) and IT-law.

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Chambers European Guide

Employment - Austria

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Angelika Pallwein-Prettner remains a trusted adviser for well-known companies from the TMT, consumer and finance industries due to her expertise across the full spectrum of employment law. While particularly experienced in employee termination, she also covers issues such as social plans and restructurings, TUPE and works council matters, as well as internal investigations and data protection.

Strengths

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  • Angelika Pallwein-Prettner is simply wonderful. She is very knowledgeable but also commercial, pragmatic and empathetic. She is the person you want on your side for a tricky employment dispute.

    EmploymentChambers European Guide
  • Angelika Pallwein-Prettner is just excellent in all areas of cooperation.

    EmploymentChambers European Guide
  • Angelika is outstanding, both as an employment lawyer and in understanding the human elements of employment issues.

    EmploymentChambers European Guide

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Austria

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