Helmut Ortner

Practice Areas

Helmut Ortner specializes in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes, leveraging extensive experience from practicing law in New York, Vienna, and the London office of a leading US-based international law firm. He is experienced in arbitral practice and procedure in civil and common law systems and regularly advises clients on conflict of law issues and the international enforcement of arbitration awards and judgments. He also has extensive experience advising clients on drafting the contractual basis and framework for their international business projects.

Helmut Ortner has acted as counsel and arbitrator in ad-hoc proceedings and under the rules of major arbitral institutions (including ICC, LCIA, AAA, SIAC, DIS, VIAC, SCC, NAI, CAS and ICSID), at multiple seats and governed by a variety of substantive and procedural laws.

Career

Helmut Ortner completed his studies in economics and law in Austria (Vienna, Innsbruck) and the US (Yale, Harvard) and is admitted to the New York bar as well as the Austrian bar..

Helmut Ortner specializes in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes, leveraging extensive experience from practicing law in New York, Vienna, and the London office of a leading US-based international law firm.

Helmut Ortner has been awarded numerous honours and commendations, including the conferral of the doctorate by the Federal President of the Austrian Republic (Promotion sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae), the Würdigungspreis of the Austrian Ministry of Education for excellence in academic studies, the Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund, and multiple awards for excellence in legal research and writing (including the Franz Gschnitzer Award).

Languages Spoken

English, German, Italian.