Columbia Arbitration Day (CAD) brings together scholars, practitioners, arbitrators, judges, and students for an annual discussion about the challenges of the international arbitration community.

Nikolaus Pitkowitz, who is head of the firm's dispute resolution and real estate practice group, held a guest lecture on January 28, 2021 at the University of Innsbruck on the annulment of arbitral awards.

Nikolaus Pitkowitz spoke at the “Belt and Road Arbitration Institutions Roundtable Forum” on the occasion of the China Arbitration Summit on 7 November 2019 in Beijing.

Partner and real estate expert Martin Foerster spoke at the Annual Real Estate Meeting of the OEGSW (Austrian Society for Tax Advisors and Auditors) on the topic "Rent and Lease".

This year’s AIJA Annual Congress on the topic “Sustainability and the Law: Planet, People, Future” took place from 3 to 7 September 2019 in Rome. The firm was represented by Partner Martin Foerster and Attorneys Stefanie Swatek, Anna Katharina Ratschek and Roxanne de Jesus.

On the occasion of the 26th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court (`Vis Moot’) the firm hosted a reception of the Vienna City Chapter of the ABA (American Bar Association, Section of International Law) on Thuesday, 16 April.

More than 130 lawyers joined the seminar 'The Real Deal in M&A: All about transactions involving real estate property' in Utrecht, from 4-6 April, organised by aija, the only global network of young lawyers.

The leading Austrian arbitration conference has taken place on 1–2 March, 2019 in Vienna.

Nikolaus Pitkowitz was speaker at the ASA Annual Conference 2019, Geneva. The ASA Annual Conference is the leading Swiss Arbitration Conference attracting around 300 delegates from around the world each year.

Partner Nikolaus Pitkowitz was panel moderator on the session “Expedited Procedures in Arbitration“ on 6 November, 2018. The discussion was part of the 7th Asia Pacific ADR Conference “Innovating the Future of Dispute Resolution” in Seoul, South Korea.

Partner Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz war Keynote Speaker beim Young ICCA Seminar on Cross Examination am 5. November 2018 in Seoul, Südkorea.

Von 12. bis 13. Oktober fand in Krems die ÖGSW Immobilientagung zum Thema „Zweifels- und Spezialfragen aus der Praxis im Bereich Investition und Übertragung von Immobilien im Familienbereich“ statt.

AIJA, the International Association of Young Lawyers, organized the 56th International Young Lawyers’ Congress in Brussels this year, from 28 August to 1 September 2018. Martin Foerster, President of the Real Estate Commission of AIJA, was one of the key contacts for Workshop B “The Journey of Your Favourite T-shirt via the new Silk Road to Your Local Retailer: Challenges from a transport, distribution and lease law perspective.” and gave a talk on the topic “Logistics agreements: an alternative to distribution agreements?”.

On 15. Mai 2018, CBRE and the firm organised the RETAIL 2030 BREAKFAST above the roofs of Vienna. In the Rooftop bar of the 25 Hours Hotel, Walter Wölfler (CBRE) and Dr. Martin Foerster talked about the development of the retail business and the relevant current legal topics.

On the occasion of the 25th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court („Vis Moot Court“) the traditional Pre-Moot Event, organized by the firm took place in the distinguished hearing rooms of the Austrian Supreme Court at the Vienna Palace of Justice on March 23rd 2018.

This year the conference will focus on “The Way Forward: International Arbitration Meets a New Global Reality”.