Filip Boras
Biography
Filip Boras heads the Dispute Resolution Practice Group in the Baker McKenzie Vienna office and is member of Baker McKenzie’s global International Arbitration Steering Committee. He is double qualified as an attorney in Austria and New York and represents clients in international arbitration proceedings before all major institutions and ad hoc tribunals. Filip is widely recognized as a leading lawyer for dispute resolution in Central and Eastern Europe. Chambers Global ranks Filip in its past eleven editions for his "experience in matters relating to CEE countries" which "distinguishes him as one of the experts for this region." Clients tell Chambers that they value his work for his "great insights and impressive strategic approach" and because "he understands our needs without many words." One client says to Chambers: "He is the lawyer we trusted for the most important proceedings our business ever had." The international arbitration team he leads ranks Tier 1 in JUVE, the major legal magazine for Germany and Austria.
Practice Focus
Filip's experience covers a wide variety of disputes related to Central & Eastern Europe, including international commercial and investment arbitration. He helps global clients when investing in countries of the former Yugoslavia, where his clients benefit from his region-specific experience and his being a native Serbo-Croatian. His experience from representing clients in post-merger and acquisition disputes and corporate disputes, including issues arising from restructuring and insolvency, gives him a good commercial understanding. Filip understands the energy markets from his cases that include price-revisions and regulatory issues, as well as plant construction and infrastructure projects. He has acted on investor-state disputes based on bilateral investment treaties and the Energy Charter Treaty, under the ICSID Convention and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
Representative Legal Matters
- Represents a major energy company from CEE in a post-M&A dispute over a purchase of a retail business in CEE.
- Represents a major US producer in the food industry in a joint venture dispute under the ICC Rules.
- Represents an energy infrastructure company in an arbitration against a state from CEE under the Energy Charter Treaty administered by ICSID under its Additional Facility Rules.
- Represents a holding company of a former bank against claims of the insolvency administrator in arbitration proceedings under the Vienna Rules (VIAC).
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company from CEE in a VIAC arbitration in a joint venture dispute.
- Acted for a national railway company in an ICC arbitration over the construction of a major strategic railway track.
- Represented an Asian real estate fund in a post M&A arbitration under the ICC Rules.
- Represented a state entity from Southeastern Europe in an ICC arbitration over the early termination of a concession agreement.
- Represented in a post-M&A arbitration over the ownership of a leading food industry company under the Swiss Rules.
- Represented the meat processing company Gavrilović in the first ever ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Croatia.
- Represented a client in post-M&A arbitration under the Vienna Rules arising out of an investment on the Croatian coast, including a successful defense in setting aside proceedings before the Austrian Supreme Court.
- Acted for an Asian publicly listed company in a post-M&A dispute in the power industry under the Vienna Rules.
- Represented gas companies in contract price revision disputes involving long-term supply, transportation and storage agreements under various institutional rules and in ad-hoc proceedings.
- Represented a bank in arbitration involving the effects of insolvency on arbitration in Eastern Europe.
- Advised a US company in the settlement of a multinational product liability dispute.
- Represented shareholders in a corporate dispute under the Swiss Rules.
- Represented a group of shareholders in a corporate ad hoc arbitration involving a major Austrian company.
Professional Honors
- Tier 1 ranking in Arbitration practice, JUVE, 2023/2024 and Legal 500, 2025
- Foreign Expertise for Central & Eastern Europe (Dispute Resolution), Chambers Global (12 years ranked)
- Arbitration (Austria), Chambers Global (12 years ranked) and Chambers Europe (10 years ranked)
- Leading Partner, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and Mediation, Austria, Legal 500
- Thought Leader, Lexology Index (former Who's Who Legal), Arbitration 2024
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Belgrade Arbitration Center - Member of the Board
- New York State Bar Association (International Section) - Member of the Executive Committee
- Arbitration Association (Serbia) - Member
- Association "Arbitri" (Bosnia & Herzegovina) - Advisory Board Member
Admissions
- Austria (2014)
- New York~United States (2010)
Education
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law (2009)
- University of Vienna (2007)
Languages
- Bosnian
- Croatian
- English
- German
- Serbian
Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.