Martin Spitzer (lawyer)

Martin Spitzer (born March 28, 1979 in Vienna ) is an Austrian lawyer and university professor . Spitzer is professor for civil law and civil procedural law at the Institute for civil and civil procedural law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business .

education

Martin Spitzer graduated from the Law studies at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna from October 1997 to July 2001, reaching there first the graduation ceremony for Master of Law (Master of Laws.). Following this, he began doctoral studies in law, which he in December 2003 with the promotion to Doctor of Law graduated (doctorate.). The title of his dissertation was "The realization of pledges in civil and commercial law". From July to November 2004, Spitzer completed his legal practice at the Higher Regional Court in Vienna .

Professional background

During his doctoral studies, Martin Spitzer initially worked as a university assistant at the Institute for Civil Law at the University of Vienna from 2001 to 2009 . At the same time, he was also a trainee lawyer at the Viennese law firm Sattler and Schanda in 2001 and 2004. In 2009 he was appointed tenure-track professor at the Institute for Civil Law, and in 2011 he was associated as Professor for Civil Law at the same institute.

From November 2011 to February 2013, Spitzer worked for the first time at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, after receiving a visiting professorship for civil and civil procedural law. During this time, namely in January 2012, his habilitation in civil law and civil procedural law followed with a habilitation thesis on "The personal right to segregation" at the University of Vienna.

In March 2013, Martin Spitzer finally accepted the call to the Vienna University of Economics and Business, where he was appointed full professor at the chair for civil law and civil procedural law, although he was originally the second-placed applicant by the appointment committee and was ultimately preferred to the first-placed Martin Schauer . WU he oversees in addition to its research-and-teaching activities as program director of the Master's program Business Law and Deputy Studies Program Bachelor Program in Business Law. The textbook on civil law, which Spitzer has been responsible for as co-editor and author together with Stefan Perner and Georg Kodek and which has been published since 2007, is particularly well-known .

Web links

• Martin Spitzer on the website of the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Civil law at WU: Susanne Kalss resigns from the chair. In: DiePresse.com . January 13, 2013, accessed November 2, 2016 .