
Bettina Knötzl
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 player in the dispute resolution space, commended for her experience advising clients on a range of big-ticket litigation mandates, including real estate, 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 embezzlement, fraud, money laundering and price fixing. She is further active on international asset recovery mandates.
Contributions
6 Contributions provided by KNOETZL
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Austria
The long-term effects of COVID-19 have continued to affect the litigation community in Austria in 2...
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Austria
Collective Redress & Class Actions 2022
At the present time, Austrian law does not provide for class actions, but that is about to change....
Collective Redress & Class Actions 2022
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Austria
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Austria
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Austria
The long-term effects of COVID-19 have continued to affect the litigation community in Austria in 2...
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Austria
Collective Redress & Class Actions 2022
At the present time, Austrian law does not provide for class actions, but that is about to change....
Collective Redress & Class Actions 2022
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Austria
The general counsel's comprehensive guide | Austria
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is very committed and prepared."
"Bettina has knowledge of many different cases and has built up a very strong team. It's always a pleasure working with her."
"Bettina is an excellent lawyer with a view to economic aspects. She is very competent and also thinks strategically."
"Bettina is professional, diplomatic and a very fast thinker."
"In some moments our case was desperate. She responded wisely and without billing every detail."
"She is very committed and prepared."
"Bettina has knowledge of many different cases and has built up a very strong team. It's always a pleasure working with her."
"Bettina is an excellent lawyer with a view to economic aspects. She is very competent and also thinks strategically."
"Bettina is professional, diplomatic and a very fast thinker."
"In some moments our case was desperate. She responded wisely and without billing every detail."
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