Lawyers

Veit Öhlberger

Veit Öhlberger

Work Department

Litigation, Arbitration, Trade & Distribution, China-Desk

Position

Partner

Career

Veit Öhlberger joined DORDA in 2005. He specialises in international arbitration and commercial contracts and is an expert for commercial disputes on contracts, corporate law, M&A, and joint ventures. He also focuses on trade and distribution. Veit works as a party counsel as well as an arbitrator and leads the firm's China desk. His arbitration experience includes working under the ICC, UNCITRAL, CIETAC, DIS and KCAB.

Before joining DORDA, Veit was a trainee at an international law firm and an intern at CIETAC in Beijing. In addition, he speaks and publishes on trade and distribution law, international arbitration, and business and disputes with Chinese parties. Between 2011 and 2016, he was lecturer for Chinese business law at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum.

Languages

German, English

Memberships

Austrian Chinese Legal Association

ASA - Swiss Arbitration Association

DIS - Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (German Society for Distribution Law)

Arb|Aut Austrian Arbitration Association

DGVR - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Vertriebsrecht (German Society for Distribution Law)

Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) International Arbitration Commission

Education

Veit Öhlberger graduated from the University of Vienna (Dr iur 2004) and the University of Oxford (M.Jur. 2004). He undertook additional legal studies at the London School of Economics and the Renmin University of China.

Mentions

Austria

Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation