About us
Team
Dr. Georg Rihs
Dr. Georg RihsDr. Georg Rihs
Languages: German, English
Legal Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria, and Leiden, the Netherlands
Research Assistant at the Institute of Constitutional and Public Law at the University of Vienna, Department Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rudolf Thienel
Court internships in Vienna
Associate at various law firms in Vienna (Fellner Wratzfeld, Haslinger Nagele et al.) with emphasis on public law, esp. public procurement, infrastructure, energy, public procedural law, public commercial law, law of expropriation
Doctoral thesis on the liberalization of infrastructural networks in Austria and its European, constitutional and statutory foundations
Author of various contributions to renowned Austrian legal journals (ZVR, ÖZK, migralex)
Admitted to the Viennese Bar Association in January 2011
Dr. Philipp Haas, LL.M. (WU)
Dr. Georg RihsDr. Philipp Haas, LL.M. (WU)
Languages: German, English
Studied business law at WU Vienna (Dr. iur, graduated with distinction; LL.M., graduated with distinction) and in Great Britain (University of Aberdeen)
January 2023 Bar examination
Oct. 2020 – July 2023 Associate in a renowned commercial law firm in Vienna with a focus on public law, in particular residence law, citizenship law, administrative criminal law, construction law, appeal proceedings before the courts of public law
Court practice in Vienna
Nov. 2014 – Sept. 2020 University assistant prae doc at the Institute for Austrian and European Public Law at WU Vienna (Department Univ.-Prof. Dr. Harald Eberhard)
Dissertation on the topic “Binding effect of administrative court decisions in continued proceedings”
Various tutoring activities at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Department of Prof. DDr. Michael Potacs; Department of Prof. Dr. Georg Lienbacher; Department of Prof. Dr. DDr. h. c. Michael Lang) as well as activities in law firms (bpv Hügel, law firm Dr. Metin Akyürek,…) during his studies
Author of various legal publications in public law (see list of publications, in German)
Erich Rihs, BA
Dr. Georg RihsErich Rihs, BA
Languages: German, English
studies of history of art at the University of Vienna and at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands.
Graduation title Bachelor of Arts (BA).
Freelance cooperation with the fotos archive at the Federal Authority for historical monuments.
Cultural guide at the Spanish horse riding school (German, English) and at the archaeological site Carnuntum (German).
Divers courses for legal assistance and paralegals, for instance seminar organized by the Petronas Association at the court of first instance of Vienna.
Regular activities is cultural guide in Carnuntum.
Working for RIHS Rechtsanwalt since 2012.
Responsible for contact with authorities, courts, inspectional files etc.
Hofrat (i.R.)
Dr. Erich Rihs
Dr. Georg RihsHofrat (i.R.) Dr. Erich Rihs
Legal studies at the University of Vienna
Internship at court in Vienna and Austria
Legal practice in a renowned industrial company
Lawyer for the Austrian police in Vienna
legal executive for the Lower Austrian regional government (district authorities Melk and Gmünd, later traffic department of the Lower Austrian regional government).
Since retirement is legal executive for the low Austrian regional government senior advisor and of counsel at RIHS Rechtsanwalt
Moritz Kargl
Dr. Georg RihsMoritz Kargl
Languages: German, English
2019: voluntary internship at the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance (DÖW)
March 2020 – January 2022 website manager at ABZ – Austria
March 2022 – May 2022: legal internship at a law firm in Vienna
February 2023 – June 2023: Erasmus stay at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Michelle Pfeiffer, LL.M. (WU)
Dr. Georg RihsMichelle Pfeiffer, LL.M. (WU)
Languages: German, English, Italian
Ms. Michelle Pfeiffer, LL.M (WU), supports the team as a legal assistant since November 2020 and has completed her master’s degree in business law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in June 2023.
Internship at Raiffeisenbank International Vienna in the area of Head Office Operations, May – November 2020.
Relevant professional experience in a renowned law firm in Vienna
Matura at the commercial academy in Stegersbach with a focus on sports management 2016
Jennifer Glatt
Dr. Georg RihsJennifer Glatt
Languages: German, English
June 2008: school-leaving examination in Vienna
2010 – now: worked as a secretary/assistant in renowned Viennese law firms