Five Reasons to Choose VIAC
VIAC offers a trusted platform at the crossroads of East and West, where neutrality, legal tradition, and regional insight converge to ensure efficient and balanced dispute resolution.
VIAC Arbitrations are Tailored to Users' Needs
VIAC arbitration proceedings are fully tailored to the parties’ needs. Under the modern and adaptable Vienna Rules, parties choose the language, applicable law, and arbitrators – ensuring maximum flexibility and control.
Parties benefit from efficient procedures, including expedited proceedings, joinder and consolidation options. VIAC also offers mediation and other ADR options.
VIAC Arbitration is Cost-Effective
Vienna offers excellent global connectivity and Schengen access – alongside top-tier legal services at a lower cost than London, Paris, or Zurich.
VIAC provides hearing facilities with hybrid options and logistical support. The transparent fee structure, lower costs, and the possibility of expedited proceedings (final awards within six months) ensure efficiency and cost control for parties. Digital case management via the VIAC Portal streamlines every step.
Austria is an Arbitration-Friendly Forum
Austria offers a politically neutral and legally stable environment for arbitration. Its law aligns with the UNCITRAL Model Law, ensuring global compatibility.
The Austrian Supreme Court is the sole forum to set aside awards, limited to narrow legal grounds. The judiciary actively supports arbitration, enforces arbitral tribunal measures, and intervenes only as permitted by law.
VIAC is Diverse
VIAC champions diversity across language, nationality, gender, and professional background. Hearings are frequently conducted in multiple languages. VIAC staff also speak French, Spanish, Croatian, Polish, Serbian, Slovenian, and Hungarian, and are happy to assist with inquiries in these languages.
The institution actively promotes gender balance in appointments and proudly supports global initiatives such as the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge.
Excellence and Experience
Administrative excellence is the focus of every case, which is made possible by the allocation of an individual dedicated case manager, who oversees the case from start to finish and remains your reliable point of contact throughout. The respective case manager can elevate urgent issues to the Secretary General and her Deputy who also boast decades of experience in international dispute resolution.
The VIAC Board currently consists of 20 members and two Honorary Presidents, all of whom are among the most highly regarded arbitration experts and practitioners nationally and internationally. Its members include leading lawyers, university professors, and the President of the Austrian Supreme Court. The VIAC Board is characterised by significant gender and regional diversity, comprising members from Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Switzerland, Romania, Serbia, Germany and Slovenia.
