Professional Experience
Christian W. Konrad has represented international organizations and businesses in a broad range of arbitration and litigation disputes. The disputes involved long-term energy contracts, complex construction contracts, concession agreements, entitlement to natural resources, immunity from jurisdiction, infrastructure projects, as well as mergers and acquisitions. He regularly advises clients on the protection of their investments and on the enforcement of arbitral awards and court judgments. Furthermore, he serves as Sole and Co-Arbitrator as well as Chairman to the Arbitral Tribunal in arbitration proceedings under the auspices of numerous arbitration institutions. He regularly publishes and lectures about his field of expertise.
Prior to founding Konrad & Partners, Christian W. Konrad worked as Counsel in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s International Arbitration Group in London and Vienna. He also acted as Senior Associate in the International Dispute Resolution team of the Austrian Advocates Alliance, and was General Counsel in a Real Estate Development and Construction Company for many years.
Dispute Resolution Experience and Training
- Practicing Arbitrator since 2002 (as Sole & Co-Arbitrator and as Chairman)
- Appointed to the Panels of following Arbitration Bodies:
- British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (International Panel of Experts)
- International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
- Czech Arbitration Court (Arbitrators for International Disputes)
- Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (Fellow)
- Netherlands Arbitration Institute (Foreign Arbitrator)
- Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC Panel of Arbitrators and Emergency Arbitrators)
- Public Institution of Vilnius International and National Arbitration (Arbitrator)
- Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (Panel of Arbitrators)
- Lithuanian Arbitration Association (Recommended Arbitrator)
- Permanent Court of Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS List of Arbitrators)
- Court of Arbitration of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce (List of Arbitrators)
- Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (List of Arbitrators)
- The Indonesia National Board Of Arbitration (List of Arbitrators of BANI)
- New Zealand Dispute Resolution Centre and New Zealand International Arbitration Centre
- Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce (Recommended Arbitrator)
- Permanent Court of Arbitration attached to the German-Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce
- Court of Arbitration at Lewiatan- Polish Confederation of Private Employers
- Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre (Panel of Arbitrators)
Professional and Other Activities
- Selected Publications (for full list, please see Konrad & Partners): ‘The Vienna Rules – A Commentary on International Arbitration in Austria’ (Kluwer Law International 2009), ‘Costs in International Arbitration, A Central and Southern Eastern European Perspective’ (Linde Verlag 2008), ‘Costs in International Commercial Arbitration – a comparative overview of civil and common law doctrines’ (Austrian Arbitration Yearbook, Manz 2008)
- Selected Professional Memberships (for full list, please see Konrad & Partners): Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators (Freeman), London Court of International Arbitration, London Arbitration Club, Austrian Arbitration Association, Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS)
Academic Qualifications
Qualified Lawyer Transfer Test (Solicitor)
Bar examination (with distinction), Vienna Bar Association
Master of Laws (International Business Law), University of London – King’s College
PhD in Law (Doctor Iuris), University of Vienna – Law School
Master of Jurisprudence (Magister Iuris), University of Vienna – Law School