Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz

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Dr Nikolaus Pitkowitz is a founding partner and heads the Dispute Resolution practice group at Pitkowitz & Partners. He is also President of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC). Dr Nikolaus Pitkowitz is one of the leading international practitioners in the field of Dispute Resolution. He has acted as party representative and arbitrator in well over 130 international arbitrations, ranging from small to multi-billion dollar cases, based in Europe, the USA and Asia. Dr. Pitkowitz has experience with various industries, such as energy and commodities, automotive, telecommunications, arts, (postal) M&A, as well as real estate and construction law. Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz graduated from the University of Vienna (Mag. jur. and Dr. jur.) and the University of St. Gallen (MBL-HSG) and is also certified as a mediator. Dr Nikolaus Pitkowitz is an arbitrator and panel member of all leading arbitration institutions, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), Vice-Chair of the International Arbitration Committee of the Section of International Law of the American Bar Association (ABA) and member of the Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Centre (CIMAC). Dr Nikolaus Pitkowitz lectures regularly and is the author of a number of publications. These include a monograph on the setting aside of arbitral awards and the Handbook on Third Party Funding in International Arbitration. He is also co-editor of the annual Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration and co-organiser of the Vienna Arbitration Days.