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Anja Cervenka
Senior Associate

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Anja Cervenka

Languages
  • German
  • English
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Anja Cervenka is an attorney-at-law specializing in Dispute Resolution and Insolvency & Restructuring. Her practice focuses on arbitration, litigation, out-of-court dispute resolution, as well as transport and art law. 

She has experience in representing clients in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes before state courts and arbitral tribunals (ICC, VIAC, ad hoc) with leading law firms in Vienna and London. Ms. Cervenka has particular industry expertise with life sciences, construction as well as technology, media and communications. 

Before joining CMS, she also gained project experience with international organizations and in management consulting. During her studies, Ms. Cervenka worked as a research assistant at the University of Vienna and at Columbia University.

Publications

  • Cervenka/SchwarzDatenschutz im Schiedsverfahren - die Rolle des Schiedsgerichts, SchiedsVZ 2020, 78. 
  • Cervenka/Pickl, Back-to-Back Klauseln im Verhältnis Auftraggeber-Generalunternehmer-SubunternehmerBack-to-Back Klauseln im Verhältnis Auftraggeber-Generalunternehmer-Subunternehmer, Festschrift 40 Jahre ÖGEBAU 2019. 

Memberships & Roles

  • Austrian Bar Association
  • YAAP – Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners

Lectures list

  • Columbia International Arbitration Association, moderator for panel discussion on ‘International Arbitration in the U.S.: Procedure and Practice’ (Dec. 8, 2021) 
  • Vienna Arbitration Days 2021, moderator for table discussion on dispute adjudication boards and mediation in construction disputes

Education

  • 2022 – Admission to the Austrian Bar
  • 2022 – New York Bar Exam, USA 
  • 2022 – LL.M., Columbia Law School (Fulbright & Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), New York, USA 
  • 2015 – Mag. iur., Law School at University of Vienna, Austria
  • 2013 – Mag. phil., Art History at University of Vienna, Austria
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