Michael Ibesich
My approach as a lawyer is to offer hope but also to communicate realistically about what to expect. As a passionate amateur photographer, I have a trained eye for the essentials. I recognize the important details and can quickly assess how your legal prospects are and whether a procedure is worthwhile based on my experience. Because even a bad settlement is often better in practice than a lost trial. If a procedure is still unavoidable, I will represent your interests vigorously in court.
I value individual and personal advice. You can ask me for advice on specific issues, but it is best if we develop a comprehensive solution.
I feel at home as a lawyer for individuals as well as in advising companies, from formation and contract law to corporate law issues and economic criminal law, to arbitration and litigation.
My path to becoming a lawyer may seem straightforward at first glance. But my education in Vienna and London, as well as professional stations in renowned law firms and corporations in Austria and also in New York with different legal focuses, reflect my versatility, especially concerning my clients.
You benefit from this because this broad experience and expertise is a perfect basis for tailor-made solutions that are legally sound and strategically thought out. So you can be sure that your legal matters are in competent hands, whether they are private or business challenges.
Attorney-at-Law
2022
Completion of the University Course on Information and Media Law at the University of Vienna (LL.M.)
2020
Foundation of the IBESICH law firm
2018
Bar exam
2015 – 2020
Trainee lawyer in several renowned Viennese law firms; secondment to an Austrian credit institution
2014 – 2015
Legal internship within the judicial district of the Vienna Higher Regional Court
2014
Graduation from Vienna University law school (Mag. iur.); term abroad in London at the LSE – London School of Economics and Political Sciences
until 2014
Legal trainee in national and international law firms and interest groups; completion of a several-month internship with a bank in New York City, USA
Languages
- German
- English
Teaching and Lecturing
- since 2022 ongoing lecturing activity at the Lawyers Academy (Anwaltsakademie, AWAK)
Memberships
- Vienna Bar Association
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Association for Austrian Defence Attorneys
- Scientific Interest Group for Information Law (IG IT-LAW.AT)
- Viennese Legal Society
- Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP)
- Alumni Association of the University of Vienna and the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna
Publications
- Ibesich, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Business Crime 2025, Austrian Chapter, GLG, 16 October 2024
- Ibesich, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Business Crime 2024, Austrian Chapter, GLG, 14 October 2023
- Gassner/Ibesich/Metzl, SPG Sicherheitspolizeigesetz, LexisNexis, 2023
- Ibesich, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Business Crime 2023, Austrian Chapter, GLG, 6 October 2022
- Neuburger/Ibesich/Oblin, Sanctions Against Russia And International Arbitration: Four Questions And Answers, mondaq, 29 March 2022
- Ibesich/Neuburger/Oblin, Seven More Years! The Principal Witness Rule in Austria – Extended and Revised, mondaq, 8 March 2022
- Ibesich/Neuburger, The New Austrian Warranty Law – An Overview, mondaq, 27 December 2021
- Neuburger/Ibesich, The UNCITRAL Expedited Arbitration Rules – Six Questions And Answers, mondaq, 5 November 2021
- Ibesich, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Business Crime 2022, Austrian Chapter, GLG, 6 October 2021
- Ibesich, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Business Crime 2021, Austrian Chapter, GLG, 30 April 2021
- Eckel/Ibesich, Compliance Due Diligence bei Unternehmenskäufen, Compliance-Praxis 3/2014, 26