Attorney at law since 1988
Court interpreter for English and French (Mag. phil.)
University lecturer (University of Innsbruck)

 

 

g.riess(at)solicitors.at

Languages: English, French

 

• One year study abroad in France (Paris, Sorbonne)
• Several months in a major London law firm
• Chairman of SKILEX (www.skilex.at), an international association of lawyers, judges and public prosecutors dealing with the special features of skiing and mountain law.

 

Preferred fields of activity:

• Banking law
• Tenancy law
• Marital and divorce law
• Tyrolean land transaction law (acquisition of real estate by foreigners)
• Real estate law
• Insolvency law (contestation rights under bankruptcy law)
• Law on damages, in particular
  • International (cross-border) claims for damages
  • Investor losses
  • Casino liability (damages for pathological gamblers)
• Skiing and mountain law (skiing and avalanche accidents, accidents on lifts)
• Foreign law (Great Britain, France, USA)
• International contract law