KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Construction Law including Contract Drafting and Support of Construction Projects, Real Estate Law and Real Estate Transactions, Litigation

Partner

Jan Philipp Schifko is a partner at KWR and specializes in construction and real estate law.

He began his legal career as an associate in Georg Karasek's team. In 2015, he passed the bar exam with distinction and has been practising as an attorney since 2017. He has been a managing partner at KWR since 2020. Already during his university education, Jan Philipp Schifko worked as a student assistant in a Graz business law firm and was involved in Club Alpbach Styria, the Austrian Student Union and the AktionsGemeinschaft, among others, during his studies. He was also a member of the disciplinary council of the Vienna Bar Association from 2013 to 2014. In the renowned lawyer directory "The Legal 500" (2021), Jan Philipp Schifko is named as a "Next Generation Partner" in the area of "Construction". In the ranking of the German JUVE publishing house (2021/22), he is "often recommended" in real estate and construction law.

German, English, French

Member of the Austrian Society for Construction Law & Construction Industry (ÖGEBAU)

Universität Graz (Mag. iur. 2012), Winner of the Austrian Civil Law Moot Court (2012), Bar exam with honours (2015)