Dr Christian Konrad is an Austrian Rechtsanwalt, a solicitor of England and Wales, and admitted as Euroadvokat in the Czech and Slovak Republics.
He is the founding partner of Konrad & Partners, an international law firm offering comprehensive legal services in the area of dispute resolution, with a particular focus on international commercial and investment arbitration. The firm has offices in Vienna, Prague, Bratislava, Skopje, and London.
Dr Konrad has represented international organisations and businesses in a broad range of disputes involving long-term energy contracts, complex construction contracts, concession agreements, entitlement to natural resources, immunity from jurisdiction, infrastructure projects, and mergers and acquisitions. He regularly advises clients on the protection of their investments with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe and on the enforcement of arbitral awards and court judgments.
He frequently serves as arbitrator as well as an advocate, is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a member of the panels of various arbitration institutions worldwide. Dr Konrad regularly lectures about his field of expertise and has authored numerous publications with a particular focus on international arbitration and investment arbitration. Dr Konrad acts as Vice-President of the Kosovo Permanent Tribunal of Arbitration.
Memberships and Task Forces
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow CIArb)
• ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
• ICC Task Force on Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings
• The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators (Freeman)
• London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
• Dubai International Financial Centre -London Court of International Arbitration (DIFC-LCIA)
• London Arbitration Club
• Scottish Arbitration Centre (SAC)
• Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut)
• Founding Chairman of the Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP)
• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
• Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS)
• International Arbitration Forum
• Society of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London)
• International Fiscal Association (IFA)
• International Association for Contract and Commercial Managers (IACCM)
• International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
Arbitration Institutions Listings
• Georgian International Arbitration Centre (GIAC)
• Scottish Arbitration Centre (SAC)
• Kosovo Permanent Tribunal of Arbitration (PTA-TPA)
• Center of Arbitration of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan “ATAMEKEN”
• Vilnius International and National Commercial Arbitration p.i.
• Russian Arbitration Association (RAA)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration of the Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Romania)
• Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC)
• Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
• International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Kazakhstani International Arbitrage (KIA)
• Teheran Regional Arbitration Centre (TRAC)
• Vienna International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (VIAC)
• Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic
• British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (BCICAC)
• Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)
• Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI)
• Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
• Ljubljana Arbitration Centre at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (LAC)
• Nordic Arbitration Centre of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce (NAC)
• Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)
• Beijing International Arbitration Center / Beijing Arbitration Commission (BIAC / BAC)
• The Indonesia National Board Of Arbitration (BANI)
• New Zealand Dispute Resolution Centre and New Zealand International Arbitration Centre
• Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw
• Permanent Court of Arbitration attached to the German-Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce
• Court of Arbitration at Lewiatan-Polish Confederation of Private Employers