Legal System:
Civil Law, European Law
Practice Areas:
Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Construction - Engineering, Insurance, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Sales - Purchases
Jurisdiction:
Austria, Germany
Publications
- Trends and Developments in Austria, in Chambers 2022 (co-author, together with Florian Haugeneder)
- International Arbitration 2022 – Austria Chapter in Chambers Global Practice Guides 2022 (co-author, together with Florian Haugeneder, Natascha Tunkel)
- “Enforcement of Judgments” in Austria in Chambers Law and Practice Guide 2022 (co-author, together with Bettina Knoetzl, Patrizia Netal)
- “DELOS Guide to Arbitration Places - Austria” (co-author, together with Florian Haugeneder and Natascha Tunkel, published by DELOS in July 2021) https://delosdr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Delos-GAP-2nd-edn-Austria.pdf
- Article „The role of the party appointed expert in arbitration“ („Die Rolle des parteiernannten Sachverständigen im Schiedsverfahren“, co-author with Florian Haugeneder, in Deutscher Anwaltsspiegel 2/2021)
- VIAC Handbook Vienna Rules - A Practitioner's Guide (2018) (Co-Author)
Teaching
Austrian Arbitration Academy of the Summer School of the University of Vienna (since 2017)
Education
University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 2004)
Uni Mail, Université de Génève (200I-2002)
Other Information
Patrizia Netal has been recognized in international directories as “a highly regarded name for construction and arbitration proceedings” and “absolutely excellent to work with”. She has been continuously ranked among “European top 10 future leaders” in Who’s Who Legal Arbitration. She was described as “an ‘extremely focused’ lawyer who is highly recommended for her outstanding work as both counsel and arbitrator in international proceedings”. Clients cited in Who’s Who Legal 2019-2021 commended her “truly excellent work” and highlighted her “very clear and straightforward way of thinking and arguing” as well as her “tenacity, reliability and diligence”.
Patrizia is Vice President of the VIAC Board (Vienna International Arbitral Centre) and a senior member of VIAC’s working group drafting the latest amendments of the new 2021 Vienna Rules. She is co-director of the Willem C. Vis Moot, the world’s largest student competition in the field of international commercial arbitration. Patrizia lectures on arbitration subjects at the Austrian Arbitration Academy of the University of Vienna and she is a faculty member of the Remote Oral Advocacy Program (ROAP) at Delos.
Patrizia is Austria’s Steering Committee member of the Pledge for Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA – The Pledge).
Patrizia serves both as counsel and arbitrator. She has more than 15 years’ extensive experience in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings. Her core practice is international commercial arbitration, focusing on construction and engineering, transportation, M&A projects, energy and international sales and supplies.
