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Wolfgang Kapek
Wolfgang Kapek

Wolfgang Kapek

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Recommended lawyer - Employment

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Wolfgang is one of two CEE Managing Partners, head of the Employment, pensions & mobility group in CEE, and co-head of the CEE Compliance team. Wolfgang is recognised by his clients for his ingenuity, diplomacy, and skill in connecting Austrian and other European law in cross-border cases.

Wolfgang is a specialist in individual and collective employment law. He has a reputation for helping his clients overcome whatever difficulties they're facing in this area, whether it be cross-border transfers of undertakings and redundancies, or litigation arising out of discrimination claims, challenging of terminations, unfair dismissal or white-collar crime claims. He handles all aspects of commercial and corporate disputes, and is particularly skilled with cross-border litigation and arbitration.

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Corporate crime & compliance
Disputes & investigations
Employment, pensions & mobility
Multi-service
Immigration & mobility
Product liability & product safety
Corporate litigation & post-M&A disputes
Employment
Pensions
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Employment, pensions & mobility in CEE

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CV

Since 2004 Partner, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
2000 – 2004 Attorney, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
1999 Trainee, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, Georgia
1996 – 1999 Associate, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
1994 – 1995 Judicial clerkship year, District of the Higher Regional Court of Vienna
2000 Admitted to the bar, Austria
1987 – 1993 Law studies, University of Vienna

Career

Since 2004 Partner, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
2000 – 2004 Attorney, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
1999 Trainee, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, Georgia
1996 – 1999 Associate, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
1994 – 1995 Judicial clerkship year, District of the Higher Regional Court of Vienna

Education

2000 Admitted to the bar, Austria
1987 – 1993 Law studies, University of Vienna

Publications

"EU-Whistleblower-Richtlinie kompakt – Basics für Ihre Umsetzung", published by Austrian Standards, 2020

"Know-how-Schutz kompakt - Maßnahmen zum Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen", published by Austrian Standards, 2019

Memberships & Associations

Vienna Bar Association

European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)

Additional languages

English

Awards

Legal 500 2025

Featured

Recommended lawyer - Employment

Chambers Europe 2021

Recommended lawyer – Employment: Appreciating their effective cooperation, one client comments: "He listens to the situation and instantly analyses what is time-critical and what is not. He takes everything in and gets back with solutions," adding: "He is a real strategic partner."

Chambers Europe 2020

oft empfohlen: Wolfgang Kapek („profundes Fachwissen“) (Arbeitsrecht)

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2019

Recommended lawyer - Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation (Austria)

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The challenges for financial services firms in implementing the EU Whistleblowing Directive

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The relevance of the EU Whistleblowing Directive to UK businesses

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