BECKER LAW

MAG. ANTON BECKER
LL.M. (CHINESE LAW)

Sechskruegelgasse 12
1030 Vienna
AUSTRIA
phone: +43 15 337 733
fax: +43 125 330 333 936
website: www.becker-law.at
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Dear Mr Becker, you have been chosen as the winner of the 2016 Fox Academy Award - Contract Law Firm of the year - Austria-. Congratulations! What significance has contract law for your law firm?

Contracts, if drafted responsibly, can positively frame human interactions for many years. I appreciate the challenge combining different interests and point of views to one shared wording.

What are the main subjects of contractual arrangements you have to deal with?

We negotiate and draft all kinds of commercial contracts, mainly purchase contracts, service and license agreements – and we do divorce agreements as well.

You are the only lawyer in Austria who has a degree in Chinese law. What motivated you to get involved in Chinese law?

I happened to spend a year in Asia mainly by coincidence and was lucky to make the best of the situation. This was comparable to the standard contract negotiation situation: First you have to understand the field of business you are working in and second you have to stay flexible as you can never predict all advantages life will offer you.

What do you think is your greatest accomplishment in your career so far?

A divorce agreement spontaneously negotiated in the first Court hearing until close to midnight. The divorcees are still friends now as they were given no opportunity to pull each other down in extensive divorce proceedings.

What are your plans for the future?

I love to help my clients and am lucky that I can help more from year to year. If things stay like that it will just be great.