Dr. Peter Knobl
— Partner
Austria
+43 1 514 35 241
Attorney at law, Austria (2001)
"Peter Knobl - absolute expert in his field"
"Peter Knobl - absolute expert in his field"
„Peter Knobl is very knowledgeable.
He knows each statute by heart and is a great team player.“
Chambers & Partners
Banking & Finance
„Pre-eminent practitioner Peter Knobl remains a highly respected expert in banking and finance regulatory law, advising prestigious clients on compliance mandates, domestic supervisory law and administrative proceedings. Clients also benefit from his strength in financing transactions and insolvency."
"Well-rounded knowledge of legal aspects and good sense of the needs of the industry."
Practice Areas
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Tax Law
- Compliance & Investigations
Education
- Erste Bank der Sparkassen AG (Banking Clerk's Exam 1992)
- University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 1986, Dr. iur. 1987)
Functions
- Trainer to supervisory board members of Austrian licenced banks and of other regulated market participants on fitness and propriety issues
Memberships
- Vienna Bar Association
- European Community Studies Association Austria (ECSA)
- International Bar Association
Languages
- German
- English
Publications
- Case Note on Supreme Court judgement 10 Ob 23/23i: Liability for misstatements in prospectuses relating to real estate investments – legal boundaries for the prospectus controller’s due diligence, ZFR 2024, 322
- Banking regulation in Austria: Overview (2024), Overview, Practical Law Country Q&A (Thomson Reuters)
- Commentary on The Austrian Banking Limited Liability Company (Bank-GmbH), in Foglar-Deinhardstein/Aburumieh/Hoffenscher-Summmer (Eds.), (Commentary on) The Act on Limited Liability Companies, 2nd edition (2024)
- Commentary on Articles 111-117 MiCAR in Ficulovic/Knobl/Kreisl/Maitz/Pfurtscheller/Pracht/Raschauer/Silbernagl/Stern/Wessely/Wolfbauer, Commentary on the MiCAR - Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (2024)
- Commentary on Section 86a BaSAG in Kammel/Schütz (Ed.), BaSAG-Commentary on the (Austrian) Bank Recovery and Resolution Act (2024).
- Banking regulation in Austria: overview (1 Dec 2022), Practical Law Banking Regulation Global Guide (Thomson Reuters)
- Commentary on Sections 60 through 63b Banking Act (bank auditors and auditing of banks’ financial statements) in Laurer/M.Schütz/Kammel/Ratka, Banking Act – Commentary on the Banking Act and the Capital Requirements Regulation (2021), 4th edition
- Commentary on Arts 12, 13 and 15 Market Abuse Regulation, in: Gruber (Ed.), Kommentar zum BörseG 2018 und zur MAR (Manz, Nov. 2020)
- WAG 2018 – Zur Vor-Ort-Verfügbarkeit qualifizierter Berater, ÖBA 11/19, 01-10
- „The Rules of Conduct pursuant to the Austrian Securities Supervision Act 2018 – Systematic Overview based on the Requirements of MiFID II“, ÖBA 2018, pp 460-478; „Significance and Background to the Rules of Conduct enshrined under Union Law as enacted by the Austrian Securities Supervision Act 2018", ÖBA 2018, pp 410-416.