Alice Meissner

Head of Austrian Dispute Resolution

Arbitrator
Languages

Mother tongue: German

Working languages: English, German

Nationality

Germany

Gender

Female

Specialisation

CISG, Engineering, Commercial Disputes & Transactions, Technology, Construction, Investment Arbitration, Private International Law, Maritime Arbitration

Main jurisdiction

Austria

Details

Position

Head of Austrian Dispute Resolution

Year of birth

1978

Education

University of Vienna

Degree: PhD (Dr. iur)

University of Hamburg

Degree: JD Degree (Dipl. Iur.)

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Degree: Diploma in International Maritime Arbitration

Practiced experience in arbitration

How many arbitrations have you participated in (domestic/international); under which Rules?

more than 20 cases

How often have you acted as Chairman?

How often have you acted as Sole Arbitrator?

4 times

How often have you acted as Co-Arbitrator?

None

How often have you acted as Counsel?

more than 16 times

How often have you acted in a different function (e.g. Administrative Secretary)?

Publications and other activities in arbitration (e.g. training sessions, seminars, conferences, articles and others)

Meissner, Tariffs and Investment Protection Law, in Transatlantic Law Journal, Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2026, 28 (Wilske, Boykin eds., 2026)

Meissner, Case Note: Strabag et al. v. Germany: The First Ever Adverse ISDS Award Against Germany, in European Investment Law and Arbitration Review, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2025, 97 (Mistelis, Lavranos eds, 2025)

Meissner/Kirnbauer, The labyrinth beyond intra-EU investment arbitration, in Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2025, 195 (Klausegger, Klein, Kremslehner, Petsche, Pitkowitz, Welser & Zeiler, eds 2025)

Meissner, Investment Arbitration, Political Risk and the European Union, in Handbook of Political Risks, Routledge, 451 (Sottilotta, Campisi, Leitner, Meissner eds, 2025)

Meissner, Enforcement of a CIETAC Arbitral Award with Vienna as Place of Oral Hearing, in Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2020, 341 (Klausegger, Klein, Kremslehner, Petsche, Pitkowitz, Welser & Zeiler eds., 2020)

Membership in arbitral institutions / functions in arbitral institutions/organizations

German Arbitration Institute (DIS)

Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut)

Honk Kong Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow)

European Chinese Arbitrators Association (Chair)

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

HKIAC

Xi\'an Arbitration Commission

International Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration, Co-Chair of Asian Chapter

International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)

The Inter-Pacific Bar Association

ArbitralWomen

Mother Tongue

German

Languages

English

German

In which legal system have you trained?

Civil Law,Common Law,Austrian Law,German Law,European Law

What is your main jurisdiction of practice?

Austria

In which jurisdictions are you admitted to the bar?

Austria

Germany

Special expertise or specialisations

CISG

Engineering

Commercial Disputes & Transactions

Technology

Construction

Investment Arbitration

Private International Law

Maritime Arbitration