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Ulrich Kopetzki is an Austrian lawyer specialising in conflict resolution and dispute prevention, with a particular focus on international arbitration. Ulrich currently acts as the Director for Europe for ICC Dispute Resolution Services. Ulrich graduated from the law school of the University of Vienna (2012). He worked in the arbitration department of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP before starting his first position at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. At the ICC, he worked as Deputy Counsel (2014-2016) and as Counsel of the German-speaking case management team and the Eastern European case management team (2017-2018). He re-joined the ICC in his current role in 2022. As Counsel at the ICC, Ulrich mainly dealt with cases from Eastern Europe, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Nordic countries. He gained extensive experience in international arbitration proceedings, in particular in post-M&A disputes, joint venture, licensing and distribution agreements as well as in engineering and construction disputes, including especially FIDIC disputes. He supervised over 500 arbitrations, including several investment treaty and emergency arbitrator cases and was involved in the review of some 100 awards as part of the ICC Court's scrutiny process. As an arbitration practitioner since 2018, Ulrich has acted as counsel and independent arbitrator under various institutional rules. His track record includes cases under the ICC, DIS, VIAC and KCAB Rules. Ulrich has been described as a "rising star among Austrian arbitration practitioners" and is recommended for bringing "a wealth of experience from his tenure at the ICC Secretariat" and being "very knowledgeable" (LEGAL 500). Furthermore, he is listed as a "Future Leader" in Arbitration by Who's Who Legal. Finally, Ulrich teaches at various European universities and was a Visiting Scholar at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago (2016), where he conducted negotiation research and completed the DRRC Negotiation and Mediation Research and Teaching Certificate Program.
