LAWYER PROFILE

Bettina Knötzl

Europe 2026

KNOETZL HAUGENEDER NETAL GmbH

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Litigation

Austria

2 years ranked

White-Collar Crime

Austria

16 years ranked

Contributions and articles

5 Global Practice Guides

About

Provided by KNOETZL HAUGENEDER NETAL GmbH

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

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Litigation - Austria

Band 1

Individual Editorial

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.

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White-Collar Crime - Austria

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Bettina Knötzl is well known across the market, 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.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Bettina Knötzl is an outstanding attorney with very uniquely combined expertise in the law. She has very good economic understanding and is very good at negotiations in the courtroom.
LitigationChambers European Guide
She is the best litigator in Austria.
LitigationChambers European Guide
Bettina Knötzl prepares very well and delivers very high-quality work. She has a lot of experience, which means she keeps calm in difficult situations.
LitigationChambers European Guide
Bettina Knötzl thinks of creative solutions in the best interest of the client.
LitigationChambers European Guide
Bettina Knötzl is a very good lawyer with great leadership qualities.
LitigationChambers European Guide
Bettina Knötzl is an exceptional strategist. She has excellent judgement, is very commercial and is a pleasure to work with.
White-Collar CrimeChambers European Guide