Philipp Strasser

Partner, Attorney-at-Law

International law directories list Philipp Strasser as one of the leading Austrian experts for corporate dispute resolution and insurance law.

His advice particularly focuses on insurance as well as corporate law.

He has many years of experience in resolving contentious disputes in the fields of insurance contract law, corporate law, construction, and the law on the provision of financial services. He also advises clients in post M&A-, restructuring-, shareholder and liability/coverage disputes.

Philipp Strasser’s clients include companies, managers and legal departments across various industries. He is also frequently mandated by national and international insurers. In this context, he exclusively represents and advises insurers as well as clients acting for or on the insurer’s side, including those in the financial lines/speciality lines sectors (D&O, E&O/FIPI, POSI, W&I/TRI, PI, cyber, crime etc.) as well as the industrial liability insurance, professional liability for consultants insurance and the general property insurance sector.

Rankings

Areas of Expertise

Languages

German, English

Publications

Kein Versicherungsschutz in der Betriebsunterbrechungsversicherung für Betretungsverbot nach dem COVID-19-MG, ecolex 2021, 411-413 (with Jan Philipp Meyer)

Glosse zu OGH 7 Ob 216/20w (Prospekthaftpflichtversicherung – vorvertragliche Anzeigeobliegenheiten) – ZVers 2021, 293 (with Martina Linden)

Die Betriebsunterbrechungsversicherung in Zeiten von COVID-19 – Business (Interruption) As Usual?, ZVers 2020, 183-189 (with Jan Philipp Meyer)

Haftung von leitenden Angestellten und Geschäftsführern, (2020), Walbert (Hrsg), Manz Verlag Wien

Versicherungspflicht bei ungewisser Zukunft? Risikomanagement und D&O Versicherungen unter Gesichtspunkten der Business Judgement Rule, CFOaktuell 2018, 186 et. seq.

Versicherbarkeit von DSGVO-Geldbußen und Regressansprüchen daraus, ZFR 2018, 403 et. seq.

No Risk – No Management? Über die Mitigierbarkeit von rechtlicher Verantwortung, Austrian Management Review Vol. 7 (2017)

Die Deckung von Schäden aus Kartellgeldbußen, Zeitschrift für Versicherungsrecht, Haftungs- und Schadensrecht (VersR 2/2017)

Compliance Officer, Verantwortlicher Beauftragter und D&O-Versicherungsschutz, Compliance Praxis (1/2016)

Die Directors & Officers Liability Insurance unter Compliance-Gesichtspunkten, in: Petsche/Toifl/Göres/Prebil, Compliance Meisterklasse (2014)

Offenlegung des Jahresabschlusses 2010 – verschärfte Haftung für Geschäftsführer (08/2011)

Directories / Newsletter

On the serial claims clause in the professional indemnity insurance of auditors 2024 – shm-Newsletter (with Sophia Fida)

Recourse claims from corporate fines 2023 – shm-Newsletter (with Felicitas Pongratz)

Chambers Global Practice Guide Dispute Resolution: Litigation 2023 – Law and Practice in Austria (with Jan Philipp Meyer)

The Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review 2022 – Austria, The Law Reviews (with Jan Philipp Meyer)

Chambers Global Practice Guide Insurance Litigation 2021 – Law and Practice in Austria (with Jan Philipp Meyer)

The Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review 2021 – Austria, The Law Reviews (with Jan Philipp Meyer)

The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Insurance and Reinsurance 2021 – Austria, Global Legal Group (with Jan Philipp Meyer)

Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in Times of a Global Pandemic Crisis – Do Desperate Times Really Call for Desperate Measures?, Legal Briefing, The In-House Lawyer (2019) (with Jan Philipp Meyer)

The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Insurance and Reinsurance 2020 – Austria, Global Legal Group

There’s Life in the Old Dog Yet – The Use of ADR in Insurance Practice, Corporate Disputes Magazine (2019)

Comparative Legal Guide Insurance & Reinsurance 2019 – Austria, The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer

The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Insurance and Reinsurance 2019 – Austria, Global Legal Group

Getting The Deal Through: Insurance Litigation 2019 – Austria

The Duty to Insure in Times of Uncertainty – Risk Management and D&O Insurance under the Business Judgement Rule, Legal Briefing, The In-House Lawyer (2019)

Insurability of GDPR Fines in Austria – Yet another “Moral Hazard” Debate?, Legal Briefing, The In-House Lawyer (2018)

Getting The Deal Through: Financial Services Litigation 2018 – Austria

Getting The Deal Through: Dispute Resolution 2018 – Austria

Comparative Legal Guide Insurance & Reinsurance 2018 – Austria, The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer

Insurance Litigation: What Are The Issues Developing Into?, Lawyer Monthly Magazine (May 2018)

The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Insurance and Reinsurance 2018 – Austria, Global Legal Group

Getting The Deal Through: Insurance Litigation 2018 – Austria

Liabilities of Directors and Officers in Austria, Legal Briefing, The In-House Lawyer (2017)

Warranty and Indemnity Insurance in Austria, Legal Briefing, The In-House Lawyer (2017)

Getting The Deal Through: Dispute Resolution 2017 – Austria

Getting The Deal Through: Insurance Litigation 2017 – Austria

Comparative Legal Guide Insurance & Reinsurance 2017 – Austria, The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer

Ausbildung

2003	University of Innsbruck, Mag. iur. (Austrian master’s degree in law)
2008	Admitted to the Vienna Bar Association, Austria
2013	Corporate Compliance Officer according to Austrian Standard

Memberships & Activities

Member of the Austrian Arbitration Association (Arb|Aut)

Member of the Insurance and Reinsurance Arbitration Society (ARIAS)

Institute for European Tort Law, European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law (ECTIL)