In 2025, the Linda Rauter Prize was awarded to no fewer than six young lawyers for their outstanding dissertations:
1. Mag. Matthias Brunner
: The requirements for a civil law issue to be admissible before the Austrian Supreme Court and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court
2. Mag. Lukas Eppich
The ‘subsequent neighbour’ in neighbour law – a comparative legal study between Austria and Germany
3. Mag. Karoline Kletzmayr
: Disclosure of evidence under Directive 2014/104/EU
4. Mag. Vanessa Nistelberger
Between tolerance and discrimination in dialogue: the implementation of Article 6 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in a comparative study of Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands
5. Mag. Martin Spielhofer
The primacy of EU law in conflict with recent national decisions
6. Mag. Sophia Urban ‘Cancel
Culture’ in Academia: A Legal Analysis from the Perspective of the European Convention on Human Rights
2024 Awards Ceremony
The award ceremony for the 2024 Linda Rauter Prize took place on 17 June at 4 pm at the Meerscheinschlössl.
Mag. Gila Stefanie Koch, The civil law status of unmarried partners in the event of death in Austria, Germany and France
Mag. Fabian Winkler, The determination of a dominant position in digital markets under Section 28a of the Competition Act (KartG) in a European context
Mag. Anna Zeller, The independence of the energy regulatory authority in the context of tariff setting
Mag. Lea Marie Sophie Zieger, The incorporation process for flexible limited companies in a comparative legal analysis
In 2022, six outstanding young lawyers were honoured for their dissertations:
Mag. Wolfgang Braza, Article 7(2) of the Brussels I Regulation – Place where the damage occurred in cases of purely financial loss
Mag. Antonia Erhart, Fixed-term tenancy agreements in the residential lettings sector
Mag. Franziska Guggi, Abuse of market power in the funeral sector: An analysis against the backdrop of the essential facilities doctrine
Mag. Anna Lena Hörzer, A critical appraisal of the International Criminal Court’s decisions in the case of The Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir
Mag. Felix Reinhard Hohenberg, Interim relief in European civil procedure law, illustrated by the example of the Brussels IIb Regulation
Mag. Anna Roschitz, The protection of minor heirs – a comparative legal analysis of Austria and Germany
The 2021 Linda Rauter Prize was very generously supported by the law firms Kaan Cronenberg & Partner and Dr Thomas Romauch & Dr Elke Romauch.
Six outstanding pieces of work by young legal professionals were recognised this year for their dissertations:
Mag.a Klara Kastner, Data-Related Assessment of Non-Horizontal Mergers in the Digital Sphere – A View from EU Merger Control
Mag. Stefan Heiss, ‘Towards an autonomous concept of res judicata under EU law within the scope of the Brussels Ia Regulation – On the ECJ’s judgment in the Gothaer Allgemeine case and its consequences’
Mag.a Caroline Hribar, Creditors’ actions to set aside a will in cases of renunciation or disclaimer of an inheritance – a comparison of Austria, Germany and France
Mag. Tobias Weidinger, The obligation to label advertising content in digital communication media for the protection of consumers – a comparative analysis of case law on ‘influencer marketing’ in Austria and Germany
Mag. Bernhard Sommer, The legal status of the group coordinator under the 2015 EU Insolvency Regulation compared with that of individual administrators
Mag.a Elisabeth Painsi, Civil-law environmental liability for ‘ecological damage’ – a comparative legal analysis of France and Austria
The 2021 Linda Rauter Prize was very generously supported by the law firms Kaan Cronenberg & Partner and Dr Thomas Romauch & Dr Elke Romauch.