Leon Kopecký

Practice Areas

arbitration, dispute management, international law

Career

Leon Kopecký, partner at Schoenherr has considerable experience in international commercial and investment arbitration, litigation, and investigations. Throughout his career, he participated in over 120 arbitration cases. Leon regularly publishes, speaks at conferences, and teaches arbitration courses, especially in CEE/SEE and the CIS. Leon is the editor of Mondaq's Comparative Guide to International Arbitration in 14 CEE jurisdictions, published in 2019. Before joining Schoenherr, he was working for leading firms in Vienna, London, and New York.

Professional Memberships

Lawyers without Borders, UN and ECOSOC main representative

International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR Young & International)

Association Suisse d'Arbitrage (ASA below 40)

Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut/YAAP)

The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA/YIAG)

Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI40)

Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS40)

Personal

University of Manchester, School of Law, Manchester/England (LL.M. 2007)

University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Hamburg/Germany (LL.M. 2007)

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, Rotterdam/Netherlands (LL.M. 2006)

Edinburgh University, School of Law, Edinburgh/Scotland (Grad.Cert. 2006)

University of Vienna, Faculty of Law, Vienna/Austria (Mag.iur. 2006)