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Mark Nemeth

Mark Nemeth

Associate
Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Biography

Mag. Mark Nemeth is a junior associate in Baker McKenzie’s Commercial team in Vienna. Prior to joining the firm in January 2023, he obtained professional experience as a judicial clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Vienna and as a paralegal in several Viennese law firms. He holds degrees in law and Transcultural Communication at the University of Vienna. He gained international experience as an exchange student at the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. In August 2025, he passed the Austrian bar exam with distinction.

Practice Focus

Mark advises multinational and domestic clients on large‑scale BPO and IT outsourcing transactions and technology procurement. He also has a strong focus on the life sciences sector, with a particular emphasis on regulatory matters and disputes. Complementing these core areas, Mark draws on extensive experience in consumer protection, regularly advising clients on compliance and representing them in proceedings against consumer protection organizations and individual plaintiffs.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Representing a retail chain in global outsourcing transactions on an ongoing basis.
  • Advising a Tier-1 IT company on one of the biggest outsourcing transactions in Austria.
  • Representing a leading AI lab in contract negotiations with an Austrian credit institute.
  • Advising a real estate franchisor on IT contracting matters.
  • Representing an established U.S. pharmaceutical company in a comparative advertising lawsuit against a new competitor.
  • Representing a manufacturer in the life sciences sector in a lawsuit against one of its distributors.
  • Advising the manufacturer of medical software on a request for information of an authority under the Medical Device Regulation.
  • Representing a well-known online marketplace in consumer protection law proceedings on an ongoing basis.
  • Representing a streaming platform in a dispute with a consumer protection organization and advising the platform on the roll-out of their new general terms and conditions.
  • Representing an energy supplier in consumer protection law litigations against 180 customers, including before the Austrian Supreme Court.

Education

  • University of Vienna (Mag. iur.) (2022)
  • University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) (Erasmus) (2022)
  • University of Vienna (Transcultural Communication (Hungarian/German/Spanish/French)) (2019)
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Translation and Interpretation (Erasmus)) (2017)

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Spanish

Publications

Co-author (with Martina Grama and Laura Loh), “Plattform wirbt mit ‘gesundem‘ Wein: Ist das rechtlich zulässig?“, Der Standard, 2025

Co-author (with Alexander Hofmann), “Neues EU-Designrecht ante portas”, Der Standard, 2025

Co-author (with Alexander Hofmann), “US-Behörde bestätigt Schutz für Kunstwerke, die mithilfe von KI generiert wurden”, Der Standard, 2025

Co-author (with Lukas Feiler and Alexander Hofmann), “Urheberrecht und KI: Wegweisendes Urteil zu Text- und Data-Mining”, Der Standard, 2024

Co-author (with Alexander Hofmann), “Werbung mit ‚klimaneutral‘: Warum Unternehmen vorsichtig sein sollten“, Der Standard, 2024

Co-author (with Alexander Hofmann), “Die neue Ökodesign-Verordnung als weitreichende Vorgabe zur nachhaltigen Kreislaufwirtschaft“, Der Standard, 2024

Co-author (with Alexander Hofmann), “‘Recht auf Reparatur‘: Das Ende der geplanten Obsoleszenz?“, Der Standard, 2024

Co-author (with Lukas Feiler and Beat König), “Offenlegungspflicht für KI-Einsatz bei redaktionellen Inhalten: Ein Schritt hin zu mehr Transparenz“, Der Standard, 2024

Co-author (with Lukas Feiler and Martina Grama), “Chancen und Risiken im Spannungsfeld von KI und Geschäftsgeheimnissen“, Der Standard, 2024

Co-author (with Lukas Feiler and Ariane Müller), “Missbrauchspotenzial in neuer EU-Verordnung zu digitalen Beweismitteln“, Der Standard, 2023

Co-author (with Martina Grama), “Die EU geht Greenwashing an die Wäsche“ Wiener Zeitung, 2023

Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte GmbH is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.