PRACTICE AREAS
– commercial and business law, business litigation
– tort, professional liability (medical malpractice, railroad accidents)
– consultancy and representation of regional authorities
LANGUAGES
German
English
CONTACT
+43 316 830304-221
e.maechler@griss.at
EDUCATION
– Karl-Franzens-University Graz Law School (Mag. iur. 1985, Dr. iur. 1990)
– company commander (militia officer) of the Austrian armed forces until 1993
– certified Export Trader (1987)
– associate at Griss & Partners (1987-1992)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Edwin Mächler is member of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Styrian Bar Association, board member of an Austrian private foundation and a major non-profit organization and regularly lectures on issues pertaining to medical malpractice liability and corporate and commercial law.
Since 2019 Edwin Mächler has been a lecturer at the Graz University of Technology, Institute of Railway Engineering and Transport Economy (lecture “Railway Accidents”).
PUBLICATIONS
– Legal Aspects of Autonomous Driving from the Example of Railway – text of a speech held at the Safety Day in April 2017
– Experience analysis regarding the Austrian “Statute on Liability of Organizations” with railroads, 2013 (case study)
– Special Protection Areas (Natura 2000) – No Claim for Compensation, Recht der Umwelt 2010/25
– Risk Management from a Legal Point of View in IVF Institutes, Journal für Fertilität und Reproduktion 2007, 24
– Liability Aspects in the Robotic Surgery, Acta Chirurgica Austriaca 2001
– Checklist for Cooperations of Doctors, Recht der Medizin 2000, 83
LECTURES
– Medical reproduction law – presentation and liability, Medical University Graz, 15.04.2016
– Aspects of safety and certification in the rail industry, University of Applied Sciences Vienna, 10.12.2014