Peter Rižnik
Arbitrator
Languages
Mother tongue: Slovenian
Working languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, English, German, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian
Nationality
Slovenia
Specialisation
CISG, Commercial Disputes & Transactions, Company & Corporate M&A, Construction, Contract Law, Damages, Energy, Information Technology (IT), Investment Arbitration, ISDS & Foreign Investment, Power Plants, Private International Law, Public Internatio
Legal system
Civil Law,Common Law,Austrian Law,European Law
Main jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Details
Year of birth
2025
Education
University of Vienna
Pending: Doctoral candidate. Dissertation in international investment law
Degree: Doctorate - Pending
University of Maribor
Degree: University Degree in Law
University of Copenhagen
Thesis on duty to mitigate under the CISG
Degree: Visiting Student - Masters Thesis
University of Zurich
Degree: Exchange Student
Practiced experience in arbitration
How many arbitrations have you participated in (domestic/international); under which Rules?
32
How often have you acted as Chairman?
How often have you acted as Sole Arbitrator?
5
How often have you acted as Co-Arbitrator?
4
How often have you acted as Counsel?
4
How often have you acted in a different function (e.g. Administrative Secretary)?
19
Publications and other activities in arbitration (e.g. training sessions, seminars, conferences, articles and others)
Investment Protection and Investor-State Dispute Resolution in Slovenia | in International Investment Law and Dispute Resolution in the Western Balkans | Brodlija and Ramić (eds) | Brill | Nijhoff |
Dates: 2025-05-01
Arbitrability of Corporate Disputes in Slovenia | Arbitration of Shareholder Disputes in the CEE | Iancu and Hauser (eds) | publication pending (Co-author of country-specific chapter
Dates: 2025-08-05
Take a Seat – A Guide to Arbitration Seats in Central and Eastern Europe | Arbitration Association of Central and Eastern Europe (ArbCEE) | Prague 2025 | co-editor
Dates: 2025-02-11
Arbitrator Selection Methods and Criteria: Approaches to Finding Your Tribunal | The Vienna Propositions for Streamlining Arbitral Proceedings | Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration
Dates: 2024-11-11
Quick Answers on Drafting Agreements, Austria | Kluwer Arbitration | Wolters Kluwer | The Netherlands, since 2020 (Co-author)
Dates: 2023-07-12
Austria – Trends and Developments | Chambers and Partners International Arbitration Practice Guide 2020 | London, 2020 (Co-author)
Dates: 2020-07-16
Arbitrability of concession disputes: digest of the case law of the Ljubljana Arbitration Centre and the Slovenian courts, Javna uprava
Dates: 2018-07-11
Ljubljana Arbitration Centre at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia | World Arbitration Reporter (WAR) | Juris Publishing 2015
Dates: 2015-07-15
Legal Instruments and Practice of Arbitration in the EU | European Parliament | A study conducted by the Brunel University London | Country reporter for Slovenia
Dates: 2015-07-22
Art. 77 CISG: Reasonableness of the Measures Undertaken to Mitigate the Loss | Copenhagen University, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor, Faculty of Law
Dates: 2009-10-20
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
Dates: 2009-12-15
Some Aspects of Loss Mitigation in International Sale of Goods | The Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration | Moot Alumni Association
Dates: 2010-09-14
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
Dates: 2012-07-10
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
Dates: 2012-07-10
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
Dates: 2012-07-09
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)
Dates: 2014-05-13
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)
Dates: 2013-09-10
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
Dates: 2013-06-10
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
Dates: 2012-11-13
Digesta (2012) Vzorčnega zakona UNCITRAL [The 2012 Digest of the UNCITRAL Model Law] | Slovenska arbitražna praksa 1/1 | Ljubljana, November 2012 | p. 69
Dates: 2012-11-13
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
Dates: 2012-04-17
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
Dates: 2011-01-11
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)
Dates: 2011-03-15
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)
Dates: 2011-02-15
Klavzula CFR Incoterms 2010 [CFR Incoterms 2010] | Pravna praksa 30/11 | Ljubljana, March 2011 | pp.15-17
Dates: 2011-03-15
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)
Dates: 2011-07-11
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)
Dates: 2010-11-23
Incoterms 2010 | Pravna praksa 29/45 | Ljubljana, November 2010 | pp. II-VIII (Co-author)
Dates: 2010-11-16
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
Dates: 2010-05-18
Membership in arbitral institutions / functions in arbitral institutions/organizations
Court Member | ICC International Court of Arbitration
Board Member | Arbitration Association of Central and Eastern Europe (ArbCEE)
Vice-President | Moot Alumni Association (MAA)
Member | ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Campaign for Greener Arbitrations – Europe Regional Committee
Mother Tongue
Slovenian
Languages
Bosnian
Croatian
Danish
English
German
Romanian
Serbian
Slovenian
In which legal system have you trained?
Civil Law,Common Law,Austrian Law,European Law
What is your main jurisdiction of practice?
United Kingdom
In which jurisdictions are you admitted to the bar?
United Kingdom
Special expertise or specialisations
CISG
Commercial Disputes & Transactions
Company & Corporate M&A
Construction
Contract Law
Damages
Energy
Information Technology (IT)
Investment Arbitration
ISDS & Foreign Investment
Power Plants
Private International Law
Public International Law
