Contact
E florian.stefan@vhm-law.at
T +43 1 512 03 53
Specialization
Education
- Austrian Bar Exam with merit (Vienna Bar Association)
- University of Vienna, Master's degree in Law (Mag.iur.)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), LL.M. (with merit)
Publications
- Chambers Global Practice Guide: Litigation 2019 (2) - Law and Practice in Austria
- PSL LexisNexis News Analysis: A reflection on the Czech Republic's solar investment arbitration successes (10/2019)
- Chambers Global Practice Guide: International Arbitration 2019 (2) - Law and Practice in Austria
- Intra-EU Disputes under the Energy Charter Treaty: Quo Vadis?, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (08/2019)
- Chambers Global Practice Guide: Litigation 2019 - Law and Practice in Austria
- Arbitrating Climate Change-Related Disputes, Corporate Disputes Jan-Mar 2019, 150 et seq (together with Nikolaus Vavrovsky)
- Chambers Global Practice Guide: International Arbitration 2019 - Law and Practice in Austria
- Brace for Impact? Examining the reach of Achmea vs Slovakia, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (06/2018)
- Fair behandelt trotz ungleicher Fristen im Schiedsverfahren (OGH 7.9.2017, 18 ONc 1/17t), ecolex 1/2018, 40 et seq (together with Nikolaus Vavrovsky)
- Austria: Insurance & Reinsurance, International Comparative Legal Guides, The In-House Lawyer (2017) (together with Philipp Strasser)
- Sleeping Beauty No More – Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Schoenherr Roadmap, 2016 (together with Anne-Karin Grill)
Languages
German, English, French
German, English, French
Memberships & Activities
- Regional Representative of the Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Regional Representative, Willem C. Vis Moot
- Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP)
- Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage Below 40 (ASAb40)
- Deutsche Initiative junger Schiedsrechtler (DIS40)
- ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
- LSE Alumni
- Moot Alumni Association
Lectures
- Speaker at the Young Austiran Arbitration Practitioners' 15th Anniversary Conference in Vienna, November 2019
- Lecturer at the Certified Training Course on Domestic and International Commercial Arbitration, Indian Council of Arbitration / Swiss Arbitration Academy, Mumbai, November 2018
- Regular speaker on international dispute resolution, in particular investment arbitration; most recently at Humboldt University Berlin (2015) and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest (2016)
Florian Stefan
Florian Stefan is an attorney at law at Vavrovsky Heine Marth. He represents clients in international arbitration proceedings according to the rules of leading arbitral institutions such as ICC, VIAC, HKIAC and DIS as well as in investor-state arbitrations according to the ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules. In addition, he regularly serves as arbitrator and administrative secretary to arbitral tribunals.
Florian frequently gives lectures and publishes in the field of international arbitration. He acts as Regional Representative of the Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) for the Willem C. Vis Moot.