Viola Pondorfer // Associate
| Since 2022 | Postgraduate Master's degree at the University of Vienna (Tourism and Law) |
| 2018 - 2019 | Diploma course offered by the Academic Forum for Foreign Policy and the University League for the United Nations (Global Advancement Programme for Politics and Economics) |
| 2017 - 2019 | Basic training in the civil service (passed with distinction) |
| Since 2016 | Doctoral studies at the University of Vienna |
| 2010 - 2015 | Graduate degree in law from the University of Vienna |
| 2009 | Peer mediator training (Federal Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs), recipient of the "Young Women in Public Affairs Award 2009" (ZONTA) |
| 2004 - 2009 | Higher education institution for tourism |
| 1990 | Born in Villach (Carinthia) |
| Since 2026 | Associate at Schmelz lawfirm |
| 2025 | Court practice at the Vienna Higher Regional Court |
| Since 2024 | Management consultant (GISA-number 36509638) |
| Since 2023 | Managing Partner of L & T Pondorfer GmbH |
| 2023 - 2024 | Associate at attorney Georg Royer |
| 2020 - 2022 | Tourism Advisor in the Cabinet of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism |
| 2016 - 2020 | Legal officer in extrajudicial dispute resolution at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism |
| 2015 | Creditors' representative at the Alpine Creditors' Association Europe |
| Since 2014 | Lecturer for various university courses at the University of Vienna (corporate law and tourism and travel law) |
| 2014 - 2016 | Research assistant at the University of Vienna, Institute for Business Law, Chair of Private and Business Law |
| 2014 - 2015 | Legal assistant at Schubert lawfirm |
| 2012 - 2015 | Volunteer at the Caritas Vienna Women's Residential Centre |
| 2008 - 2012 | Employed at the WIFI Economic Development Institute Vienna |
| 2008 | Volunteer at the Vienna Food Bank |
| 2005 - 2007 | Various activities in the field of tourism and catering |
| 2026 | Pondorfer (ed.), Commentary on Package Travel Law (PRG, GewO 1994, PRV), Linde Verlag (new edition in preparation) |
| 2024 |
Pondorfer, Commentary on Sections 8 and 31 VerG (Dispute Resolution and Penal Provisions), in: Weilinger/Schopper (eds.), Commentary on the Associations Act, MANZ Verlag (new edition) |
| 2020 |
Mayer-Ertl/Rupp/Pondorfer (eds.), Commentary on Package Travel Law (PRG, GewO 1994, PRV), Linde Verlag |
| 2020 |
Pondorfer, Energy Future for Austria and the EU: Renewable Energies, short article, GAP Journal 2018/2019 |
| 2019 | Pondorfer/Schumi, Insolvency in travel law – legal consequences, claims for compensation, protection options, in: Handbook of Insurance Law – Successful Enforcement of Insurance Law Claims, WEKA-Verlag Austria |
| 2019 |
Pondorfer/Schumi, Travel Insurance Law, in: Handbook of Insurance Law – Successful Enforcement of Insurance Law Claims, WEKA Publishing House Austria |
| 2019 | Pondorfer, Commentary on Sections 8 and 31 VerG (Dispute Resolution and Penal Provisions), in: Weilinger/Schopper (eds.), Commentary on the Associations Act, MANZ Verlag |
| 2018 |
Pondorfer/Schumi, Insurance and Arbitration, in: Handbook of Insurance Law – Successful Enforcement of Insurance Law Claims, WEKA-Verlag Austria |
| 2018 | Pondorfer, Contribution to package travel law, 5th Tourism Mobility Day, Graz |
| 2017 - 2018 |
Mayer-Ertl/Pondorfer/Rupp, Practical publications on the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Directive (EU) 2015/2302, Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism/Austrian Federal Economic Chamber |
Corporate law
General civil law
Litigation
Tourism and travel law
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