Abanoub Malak

Abanoub Malak focuses on litigation and arbitration, representing both national and international clients in complex disputes before state courts and arbitral tribunals. His practice includes high-profile matters with significant national and cross-border implications. He has advised across a wide range of legal areas, including construction, real estate, distribution, executive employment, insolvency, and liability.

In addition to his dispute resolution work, he regularly advises on litigation preparedness, financing strategies, and litigation-related public communications. His international practice is further supported by a strong network in the Middle East.

Abanoub is also a certified Compliance Officer (Austrian Standards) and advises clients on regulatory matters, internal investigations, and the implementation of effective compliance frameworks. He provides strategic guidance to executive leadership and contributes regularly to leading legal publications.

• Ongoing legal advisory for a holding company of luxury hotels and resorts: Providing comprehensive legal support across all aspects of day-to-day operations, including corporate governance matters involving the management and supervisory board. Representation in multiple disputes, including a failed transaction involving a high-value luxury property in Vienna’s city center, a lease conflict with a parking garage operator, and other contentious matters arising from ongoing business operations.
• Representing a self-storage provider in franchise-related disputes with a former franchisee.
• Representing a food retail franchisor in a contractual dispute with a former franchisee.
• Representing a major fast food restaurant chain in a dispute concerning the termination of a franchise agreement under ICC rules.
• Representing a façade construction company in a warranty dispute related to the construction of a corporate headquarter.
• Representing a technology company in a dispute with its former CEO regarding post-termination claims.
• Representing a technology company in a dispute over employee inventor compensation.
• Advising an industrial manufacturer in a warranty dispute concerning the repair of a production machine.
• Representing a banking institution in insolvency clawback proceedings initiated by an insolvency administrator.
• Representing the Austrian branch of a multinational table manufacturer against a damage claim from the former proprietary of the retail space dealing with a highly controversial legal matter related to real estate.
• Advising a plant engineering consortium member on strategic risk assessment and dispute avoidance under a consortium agreement.
• Advising a real estate developer on claims arising in the context of a corporate liquidation.
• Advising a global leader of business cloud software in disputes arising from the implementation of its ERP system in court and mediation proceedings.

• Vienna Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer Wien) – Member
• Austro-Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC) – Member
• Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP) – Member
• Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut) – Member