Former Salomonowitz Horak Co-Founder Michael Horak will join Binder Groesswang's Vienna office as Counsel on June 1, 2019.
"With Michael Horak our team will be strengthened by a recognized expert in patent, trademark, and unfair competition law”, stated Binder Groesswang Partner Ivo Rungg, who leads the firm's IP/IT team. “This enlargement of our practice group will enable us to further expand our market position.”
Horak studied law at the Universities of Salzburg and La Rochelle before obtaining his PhD from the Universities of Salzburg and Munster. Horak also holds a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Before joining Binder Groesswang he was an associate at Fiebinger Polak Leon & Partner and in 2005 joined Schoenherr. He co-founded Salomonowitz Horak in 2011.