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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
Legal system
Civil Law,Common Law,Austrian Law,German Law,European Law
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
