About Patrizia Netal

Patrizia Netal is a founding partner of KNOETZL and co-heads the firm’s arbitration practice. Patrizia has extensive experience in arbitration proceedings under the German Arbitration Institute, ICC, Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. She acts as both counsel and arbitrator and has been involved in numerous large-scale projects across the SEE and CEE regions, with a particular focus on energy, construction and engineering, post-M&A disputes, and international sales contracts. Patrizia has been the vice-president of VIAC since September 2022 and is a director of the Vis Moot, the world’s largest student competition in international arbitration. She is Austria’s steering committee member of the Pledge for Equal Representation in Arbitration. Patrizia also lectures on arbitration subjects at the Austrian Arbitration Academy of the University of Vienna and is a faculty member of the Delos Remote Oral Advocacy Programme (ROAP).