Peter Rižnik

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Contact Details
First Name
Peter
Firm
Konrad Partners
Position
Counsel
Area of Specialisation / Arbitration Experience
Commercial Arbitration, Competition Law, Entertainment / Media, Information Technology, Investment Dispute, Oil and Gas, Power / Energy, Sales / Purchases, Telecommunications, Transport / Infrastructure
Address
Rotenturmstraße 13
1010 Vienna
Austria
E-Mail
peter@riznik.eu
Phone
+43 1 512 95 00
Fax
+43 1 512 95 00 95
Website
https://www.konrad-partners.com/team/peter-riznik
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterriznik/
Languages
English, German, French, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene
Nationality
Slovenia
Professional Details
Education

Doctoral candidate, Section for International Law and International Relations, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, Austria (current)

Habilitated lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor, Slovenia (current)

MA equivalent degree in law, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Visiting scholar, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law UNCITRAL, Vienna, Austria

 

Publications

·        Austria – Trends and Developments | Chambers and Partners International Arbitration Practice Guide 2020 | London, 2020 (Co-author)

·        Austria – Trends and Developments | Chambers and Partners International Arbitration Practice Guide 2019 | London, 2019 (Co-author)

·        Ljubljana Arbitration Centre at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia | World Arbitration Reporter (WAR) | Juris Publishing 2015 (Co-author)

·        Legal Instruments and Practice of Arbitration in the EU | European Parliament | A study conducted by the Brunel University London | Country reporter for Slovenia, 2015

·        Art. 77 CISG: Reasonableness of the Measures Undertaken to Mitigate the Loss | Copenhagen University, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor, Faculty of Law | Copenhagen, Maribor 2009

·        Mednarodna prodaja blaga, Konvencija Združenih narodov o pogodbah o mednarodni prodaji blaga [International Sale of Goods, United Nations Convention on the Contracts for the International Sale of Goods] | Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia | Ljubljana 2009 (Co-author), 234 pages

·        Some Aspects of Loss Mitigation in International Sale of Goods | The Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration | Moot Alumni Association | September 2010, Vienna | pp. 251-274

·        Cases relating to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - The New York Convention | United Nations General Assembly, Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts      | UN Doc. A/CN.9/SER.C/ABSTRACTS/121

·        Abstracts of cases relating to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and to the Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods | United Nations General Assembly, Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts | UN Doc. A/CN.9/SER.C/ABSTRACTS/118

·        Practical implications of the case of EDF (Services) Ltd. v. Romania | Fodor, E-M., Popovici, P., Buzdugan, C. (eds.), Efficiency of legal norms | Editura Hamangiu | Bucharest 2012

·        Z novimi pravili do sodobne arbitraže: vloga in naloge arbitrov po novih Ljubljanskih arbitražnih pravilih [The role of arbitrators under the new Ljubljana Arbitration Rules]| Pravna praksa | Ljubljana, May 2014 | pp. 12-14 (Co-author)

·        Arbitražna pravila UNCITRAL: (spremenjena 2010) [Translation of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (2010) into Slovenian] | Slovenska arbitražna praksa 2/1 | Ljubljana 2013 | pp. 59-73 (Co-author)

·        Smernice IBA za zastopanje strank v mednarodni arbitraži [IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration] | Slovenska arbitražna praksa 2/2 | Ljubljana, June 2013 | p. 80

·        Časovna omejitev za izdajo arbitražne odločbe [Time-limit for the rendering of arbitral awards] | Slovenska arbitražna praksa 1/1 | Ljubljana, November 2012 | pp. 18-21

·        Digesta (2012) Vzorčnega zakona UNCITRAL [The 2012 Digest of the UNCITRAL Model Law] | Slovenska arbitražna praksa 1/1 | Ljubljana, November 2012 | p. 69

·        Težave pri uporabi konvencij Uncitrala s področja mednarodne prodaje blaga [Problems and issues in the application of UNCITRAL Conventions on international sale of goods] | Pravna praksa 31/15 | Ljubljana, April 2012 | pp. 13-15

·        Klavzula FCA Incoterms 2010 kot del prodajne pogodbe [Clause FCA Incoterms 2010 as part of a sales agreement] |Pravna praksa 30/2 | Ljubljana, January 2011 | pp. 10-11

·        Klavzula FAS Incoterms 2010 kot del prodajne pogodbe [Clause FAS Incoterms 2010 as part of a sales agreement] | Pravna praksa 30/8 | Ljubljana, March 2011 | pp. 13-15 (Co-author)

·        Vključitev novih klavzul DAT in DAP Incoterms 2010 v prodajno pogodbo [Incorporating the new DAT and DAP Incoterms 2010 clauses in a sales agreement] | Pravna praksa 30/5 | Ljubljana, February 2011 | pp.15-17 (Co-author)

·        Klavzula CFR Incoterms 2010 [CFR Incoterms 2010] | Pravna praksa 30/11 | Ljubljana, March 2011 | pp.15-17

·        Alternativno reševanje delovnih sporov s podporo socialnega dialoga ali Kaj je o tem dobro vedeti, [Alternative resolution of labour law disputes with the support of the social dialogue] | Natlačen, M. et al. (eds) | Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia | Ljubljana 2011 (Contributor)

·        Incoterms 2010: pravila ICC za uporabo trgovinskih klavzul v domači in mednarodni trgovini [ICC rules for the use of domestic and international trade terms], Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, Ljubljana 2010 (Co-author)

·        Incoterms 2010 | Pravna praksa 29/45 | Ljubljana, November 2010 | pp. II-VIII (Co-author)

·        Temeljna načela postopkov pri alternativnem reševanju sporov v delovnih razmerjih, njihov potek in odločitev [Basic principles of alternative resolution of labour law disputes], | in Natlačen, M. et al., Alternativno reševanje delovnopravnih sporov s podporo socialnega dialoga - študija | [Alternative dispute resolution in labour law with the support of social dialogue] | Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia | Ljubljana 2010

 

Professional Associations

Listed by GAR Who’s Who Legal among 13 most highly regarded arbitral arbitration practitioners under 45 (non-partners) in the EMEA region;

GAR Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration Future Leader for the jurisdiction of Austria, 2019, 2020;

Young International Commercial Arbitration Council (ICCA), Mentoring Programme, Global Co-Director

Task Force “Addressing Issues of Corruption in International Arbitration”, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, member;

ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, appointed by the ICC National Committee of Slovenia, member;

Young International Commercial Arbitration Council (ICCA), Mentoring Programme (buddy to four mentees under the mentorship of Prof. Klaus Sachs), 2018-2020

Young Arbitrators Forum of the International Chamber of Commerce (YAF ICC)

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), Student Member

Young ICCA - International Council for Commercial Arbitration

Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP)

Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)

Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) below 40

German Institution for Arbitration below 40 (DIS40)

European Centre for Space Law (ECSL)

Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)

Other Qualifications

Arbitration related experience:

 

Sole Arbitrator

- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): 3 commercial arbitrations (international sale of goods, European and national competition law)

- Vienna International Arbitration Center (VIAC): 1 commercial arbitration (international sale of goods)

 

Party Representative

- 2 commercial arbitrations (real estate and finance sectors)

 

Tribunal Secretary

- Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC): 1 investment arbitration (amount in dispute EUR 1 bn; alleged illegal expropriation and breach of FET based on criminal charges and corruption allegations), 1 commercial arbitration between a state and a foreign company (amount in dispute: USD 1.6 bn; energy pricing dispute)

- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): 4 commercial arbitrations (post M&A dispute, letter of comfort, construction contract with European Union funding, concession contract, project financing for a major infrastructure project; applicable laws: German, Romanian, Serbian, FIDIC Red Book)

- Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce: 1 commercial arbitration (insurance claims, transport of goods; applicable law: Finnish)

- Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC): 1 commercial arbitration (debt collection and regulatory issues, applicable law: Albanian)

- Ljubljana Arbitration Centre (LAC): 1 commercial arbitration (construction dispute, applicable law: Slovenian, FIDIC Silver Book)

 

Assistant to the Chairman of the Tribunal:

- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): 1 commercial arbitration (aerospace and defence industry, agency agreement; applicable law: French)

Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC): 1 commercial arbitration (purchase of enterprise, banking law; applicable law: Polish)

Assistant to the Appointing Authority:

- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA): 2 decisions on the challenge of an arbitrator