SPEAKERS (BY ORDER OF APPEARANCE)

DR. GABRIEL LANSKY MANAGING PARTNER AT LANSKY, GANZGER + PARTNER

Gabriel Lansky is Managing Partner at the international law firm LANSKY, GANZGER + partner (LGP Attorneys). He has worked as an attorney for more than three dec- ades, advising numerous well-known cli- ents from the worlds of politics and com- merce. Even beyond Austria’s borders, Gabriel Lansky has made a name for him- self as a corporate lawyer, defence attor- ney and lobbyist. The firm he founded has offices in (Austria), Baku (Azerbaijan), Bratislava (Slovakia) and Astana (Kazakh- stan), and has a team of around 100 lawyers and other support professionals. Gabriel Lansky is a tried-and-trusted expert in the markets of post-Soviet states and the Western Balkans. For investors, he is ‘the’ person to speak to regarding questions on investments in the markets of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Gabriel Lansky is registered as an at- torney in Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Brussels. His clients include well-known banks, energy and infrastructure suppliers, oil and gas producers, media corporations, publishing houses, and public institutions, along with governments and public figures, all of whom value his experience in managing international assignments. In addition to his work as a lawyer, Gabriel Lansky is also dedicated to expanding Austrian trade relations , and he is the author of a number of publications on European law, the harmonisation of the law of the various EU Member States, the adoption of the ‘acquis communautaire’, EU procure- ment law, as well as criminal and media law. Gabriel Lansky is responsible for the pro- gramme of study ‘Lobbying and Public Affairs’ at the University of Vienna Faculty of Law, where he introduces prospective lawyers to the process of lobbying using up-to-date case studies taken from a wide range of legal fields.

LANSKY, GANZGER + partner Rechtsanwälte | Attorneys at Law A-1010 Wien/Vienna, Biberstrasse 5 * Österreich/Austria * P: + 43 1 533 33 300 * F: + 43 1 532 84 83 E: [email protected] * www.lansky.at

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MAG. PETER MICHAEL IKRATH MEMBER OF THE LGP SENIOR EXPERT COUNCIL

With prominent bank manager Michael Ikrath, LGP boasts a well-connected ex- pert of the financial markets, economic policy and European politics. Emphases of his consultancy include SME-financing, the European financial sector, and questions of European integration. Clients can rely on Michael Ikrath’s broad portfolio and expe- rience in leadership positions in both poli- tics and the economy: He is currently a member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), and was an Austrian MP, the Secretary General of the Austrian Association of Savings Banks and a bank man- ager (Erste Bank, GiroCredit) – to name only a few milestones in his résumé. Michael Ikrath holds a degree from the University of Vienna law school (Mag. iur.).

LANSKY, GANZGER + partner Rechtsanwälte | Attorneys at Law A-1010 Wien/Vienna, Biberstrasse 5 * Österreich/Austria * P: + 43 1 533 33 300 * F: + 43 1 532 84 83 E: [email protected] * www.lansky.at

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MAG. DIMITRIOS DROUTSAS MEMBER OF THE LGP SENIOR EXPERT COUNCIL

European politician and LGP Of Counsel Dimitrios Droutsas is an experienced ex- pert in European law and data protection. As a Member of the , he was Deputy Chairman of the Commit- tee on Industry, Research and Energy, as well as the rapporteur and shadow rappor- teur for Data Protection Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation. He is a former Foreign Minister of , and his work focuses on international politics, decision-making processes within the , European law, the EU and South-Eastern Europe, energy, industry, and data pro- tection. His career has taken him from the Foreign Office of the Republic of Austria, and, subsequently, of Greece (as a legal advisor and independent special advisor), to the Pan- hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), where he held several positions of political leader- ship, to the helm of the Greek Foreign Office. He studied law at the University of Vienna, and, at the start of his career, he worked at the Vienna University of Economics and Busi- ness (WU) as a university assistant. Dimitrios Droutsas has been showered with numerous awards for his international work, including the Makarios Order of the Republic of and awards from the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Dimitrios Droutsas speaks German, Eng- lish, French and Greek.

LANSKY, GANZGER + partner Rechtsanwälte | Attorneys at Law A-1010 Wien/Vienna, Biberstrasse 5 * Österreich/Austria * P: + 43 1 533 33 300 * F: + 43 1 532 84 83 E: [email protected] * www.lansky.at

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DR. WOLFGANG PETRITSCH, AMBASSADOR RET. MEMBER OF THE LGP SENIOR EXPERT COUNCIL

Wolfgang Petritsch brings four decades of experience in the diplomatic service to his role as advisor on foreign policy at LGP, having worked, amongst other things, as an ambassador in Belgrade and to the UN as well as head of the Permanent Repre- sentation of Austria to the OECD in Paris. He is also well known to the wider public as a former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina: in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he had a significant part to play in the implementation of the Dayton Agreement. Wolfgang Petritsch has taught at Harvard Uni- versity and UC Berkeley since 2013 and is the president of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation. An expert in foreign policy, he studied history, German literature, politics and law at the University of Vienna.

LANSKY, GANZGER + partner Rechtsanwälte | Attorneys at Law A-1010 Wien/Vienna, Biberstrasse 5 * Österreich/Austria * P: + 43 1 533 33 300 * F: + 43 1 532 84 83 E: [email protected] * www.lansky.at