Czernich, Dietmar

Attorney (Senior Partner) at CHG Czernich Rechtsanwälte (Vienna, Innsbruck); Professor for International Civil Procedure and Conflicts of Laws (University of Innsbruck)

• International Arbitration
• Corporate Law
• Post M&A Arbitration
• Corporate Finance
• Joint-Ventures
• Sales Law

• After studies at the University Tübingen (Germany) and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private Law (Hanburg, I graduated in 1995 from the University of Innsbruck with a JSD (Dr. iur). I earned a Masters degree from the University of New York School of Law (class of '94). I got my lawyering Training at Schönherr Rechtsanwaälte, a premier Austrian law firm. I was admitted to the bar in Austria in 1998. In 2014 I was appointed Professor. In 2016, I earned a degree in International Arbitration (CIArb).

Chairman and wing arbitrator in numerous arbitral proceedings. Party representation in many cases with a Focus on contract law. See also www.arbitrator.at

• (Selection) The Law Applicable to the Arbitration Agreement, Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration, 2015
• International M&A Transactions before the Arbitrator, GeS 2014, 44
• Arbitration Agreements in Austrian Corporations, SchiedsVZ 2014, 86
• The Consumer in the Arbitration Agreement: Applicable Law, RdW 2014, 251
• Vacating an Arbitral Award for Lack of Due-Process under Austrian Law, JBl 2014, 295
• Determining the Proper Law in Arbitration: National Conflicts of Law or Rome-I Regulation ? wbl 2013, 554
• The New York Arbitration Convention and Arbitration involving Trusts and Foundations, LJZ 2012, 59
• No Need for the Translation of Foreign Arbitral Awards, RdW 2012, 649
• Liechtenstein under the New York Arbitration Convention, News & Jus 2012, 17
• The Law Applicable to the Arbitration Agreement in Transnational Contracts, ZVglRWiss (111), 2012, 429
• The New Liechtenstein Law on Arbitration, RIW 2012, 751
• Commentary to the New York Arbitration Convention (2007)
• Choice of Law Clauses in International Arbitration, wbl 2004, 458.

• German
• English

• Scientific Association for International Procedural Law
• Austrian Arbitration Association
• Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• New York Bar Association
• International Association of Defense Lawyers.