Mag. Verena Wodniansky-Wildenfeld
Biography
Verena Wodniansky‑Wildenfeld is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution team in Vienna. Prior to joining the Firm, Verena was a university assistant at the University of Vienna (2020–2024), a research assistant at the Austrian Supreme Court (2024) and a research associate at UNIDROIT in Rome (2025). Moreover, she is a certified mediator (2024) and has published on several conflict‑of‑laws issues in leading journals. She works in German and English.
Practice Focus
Verena advises on civil and commercial disputes with a strong private international law emphasis—jurisdiction, applicable law, and recognition and enforcement. She also acts in criminal proceedings, particularly where matters intersect with civil liability and Compliance & Internal Investigations, providing preventive advice, internal fact‑finding and civil claims strategy. She draws on comparative civil‑procedure work at the University of Vienna, which she leverages in complex, cross‑border matters. Her mediation training informs pragmatic settlement planning and negotiations.
Education
- University of Vienna (Mag. iur.) (2020)
- Stockholm University (Erasmus Master Programme in Law) (2020)
Languages
- English
- German
- Italian