Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Koller
Professorship for European and International Civil Procedure Law at the Faculty of Law
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Curriculum Vitae:
born 1981 in Bad Ischl, Austria
2000-2004 Diploma studies in law at the University of Vienna and Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
2004-2005 Court practice at the Higher Regional Court of Vienna
2005-2009 University assistant at the Institute for Civil Procedure Law, University of Vienna
2006-2008 Associate (part-time) at ARP Andreas Reiner & Partners, Vienna
2008 Doctorate (Dr. iur.) at the University of Vienna
2009 Award in the category "best doctoral program" in the ranking "BEST OF THE BEST" of the Career Service of the University of Vienna (1st place), furthermore with the sponsorship award of the German Institution of Arbitration (2nd place) as well as the Award of Excellence of the BMWF
2009-2010 Erwin Schrödinger Fellow and University Assistant at the University of Zurich, Switzerland
2011-2015 Postdoc at the Institute for Civil Procedure Law, University of Vienna
2015 Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (APART) at the Institute for Civil Procedure Law, University of Vienna
2016-2019 Professorship for Civil Procedure Law at the Institute for Civil Procedure Law, University of Vienna (on the article "Christian Koller: 'Globalization vermitteln'" in uni:view)
2019 Awarded the Cardinal Innitzer Sponsorship Prize
2019-2020 Professorship for Civil Procedural Law at the Institute for Civil Procedure, University of Innsbruck
since October 2020 Professorship for European and International Civil Procedure Law at the Institute for Civil Procedure Law, University of Vienna
Research areas:
* Civil procedural law
* European civil procedure law
* Arbitration law
* European and Austrian restructuring and insolvency law
* Interfaces between substantive law and procedural law
* Comparative law in these areas
"The internationalization and globalization of legal relationships is leading to a steady increase in civil proceedings with cross-border implications. The spectrum ranges from civil proceedings involving disputes arising from international business transactions, to the (collective) enforcement of consumer rights, to cross-border restructuring and insolvency proceedings involving the debtor's assets in different countries. Recent examples include mass proceedings resulting from the "VW diesel scandal" and insolvencies of international corporations such as Air Berlin or Thomas Cook. The aim of my research is to scrutinize the existing legal framework in order to contribute to the development of new solutions. The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in particular are fueling the scientific discussion about instruments that are available internationally and in Austria for the restructuring of companies." (Christian Koller)