Education

1994 University of Vienna (1998 Dr.iur.)

1995 – 1998 teaching assistant at the Institute of Criminal Law, University of Vienna

1999 – 2001 Haarmann Hemmelrath Hügel

2002 admission to the bar

2002 partner with Viehböck Breiter Schenk & Nau

 

Languages

German

English

 

Practice Areas

Labour Law

Distribution Law

Contract Law

Litigation & Arbitration

 

Publications

“Fahrlässige Krida nach Zahlungsunfähigkeit”, 1998

“Die grob fahrlässige Beeinträchtigung von Gläubigerinteressen”, AnwBl 2000, 658

“Verlustbetrieb und Überschuldung”, wbl 2000, 537 gemeinsam mit Dr. Günther Viehböck

“Verpönte Motiv- oder zulässige Änderungskündigung”, RdW 2002, 93

“Unterschiede zwischen österreichischem und deutschem Handelsvertreterrecht”, Thume-Festschrift (2008)

“Praxisbuch Handelsagentenrecht” (2012)

“Länderbericht Handelsagentenrecht Österreich” (IDI 2014)

“Länderbericht Vertragshändlerrecht Österreich” (IDI 2014)

“Provisions- und Ausgleichsanspruch des Handelsagenten für Dauerverträge nach  österreichischem Recht”, IHR 2/2015, 45ff
“Distribution & Agency 2015 – Austria”  (https://gettingthedealthrough.com/area/75/distribution-agency-2015)

“Zum Anspruch auf Folgeprovisionen von Versicherungsagenten – eine Replik zu Hohl, ZFR 2015/80, 166”, ZFR 2015/246, 460

Anmerkung zu OGH 8 Ob 23/18t, ZVertrR 3/2019, 198

 

TRACK RECORD IN SALES LAW – DECISIONS MADE BY THE SUPREME COURT AND HIGHER LAND COURTS

Compensation claim of an authorized dealer awarded (OGH 1 Ob 10/09s)

Consequential provisions awarded by insurance agents; Commission waiver clauses are immoral (OGH 3 Ob 138/14m)

New customers also when purchasing the customer base from the insolvency administrator (OGH 10 Ob 75/14y)

A commercial agency’s claim to a book extract confirmed (OGH 1 Ob 34/15d)

Compensation claim awarded to a commercial agency (OLG Linz)

Labor court responsible for compensation claim of a (employee-like) commercial agency (OLG Vienna)

Burden of proof of a gas station tenant confirmed, initial judgment overturned (OLG Linz)

Requirements for a gas station tenant’s claim for compensation, initial judgment overturned (OLG Innsbruck)

Even when advertising through agencies, new customers are the ones who make the purchasing decision (OLG Vienna)

Averted termination without notice by the principal, damages awarded in the full amount of the lost fixed commission (OLG Graz)

Any claim for compensation raised as a counterclaim must be taken into account. Partial judgment against the sales partner is inadmissible (OLG Vienna)

Waiver of follow-up commissions is also invalid for non-employee-like commercial agents, there is a right to a book extract and follow-up commissions (OGH 4 Ob 142/21t)

Compensation claim and additional commission demands enforced against Swedish fashion suppliers (OLG Vienna)