Dr. Martin Hanzl, MSc (WU), LL.M. (IT Law)
Attorney at law, Partner, Head of NewTech
- martin.hanzl@eylaw.at
- +43 1 26095-2100
- +43 1 26095-2199
Specialization
- New Technologies (Tokens, Crypto Assets, MiCAR; Artificial Intelligence, AI Act & AI Liability Regime),
- Mergers & Acquisitions, Startups & Financing Rounds
- IP & IT Law (software- and licence contracts
Career
- Partner at EY Law – Pelzmann Gall Größ Rechtsanwälte GmbH since 2024
- Advisory Committee Member of the Succession of Digital Assets, Data and other Digital Remains project of the European Law Institute since September 2023
- Head of New Technologies at EY Law – Pelzmann Gall Größ Rechtsanwälte GmbH since December 2021
- Attorney-at-law at EY Law – Pelzmann Gall Größ Rechtsanwälte GmbH since December 2021
- Associate at EY Law – Pelzmann Gall Größ Rechtsanwälte GmbH (2018 – 2021)
- Lecturer at FH Campus Vienna (Blockchain-Technology) since February 2019
Education
- Austrian Bar exam August 2020 with honours
- Court internship at the District Court Bruck/Leitha, Criminal Court Vienna, Commercial Court Vienna (2017)
- Student Research Assistant at the Institute of Civil- and Business Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, chair Univ.-Prof. Dr. Florian Schuhmacher, LL.M. (2014-2017)
- University of Vienna (Mag.iur. 2016, Dr.iur. 2019 summa cum laude)
- Vienna University of Economics and Business (BSc 2014, MSc 2016 with honours)
- University of Vienna (Die Presse scholarship holder; LL.M. 2020 with honours)
Publication
Publications
- Smart Contracts – eine zivilrechtliche Betrachtung in Hanzl/Pelzmann/Schragl, Handbuch Digitalisierung 2021
- Rechtsfähigkeit von Künstlicher Intelligenz in Hanzl/Pelzmann/Schragl, Handbuch Digitalisierung 2021 with Fabian Reinisch
- Decentralized Autonomous Organization („DAO“) – Notwendigkeit eines neuen Gesellschaftstyps? ÖJZ 2019, 293, see here
- Smart Contracts – die intelligente Art Verträge zu schließen? Zak 2018, 127 – with Tamara Rubey; see here
- Blockchain – frischer Wind im Gesellschaftsrecht? GesRZ 2018, 102 – with Tamara Rubey; see here
- Blockchain – Technologie und Datenschutzgrundverordnung – Anwendungsfragen, RdW 2018, 485 – with Jeannette Gorzala
- Mining – Bergbau oder doch alternatives Investment in das Schürfen von Kryptowährungen, ÖBA 2018, 560 – with Jeannette Gorzala
- Alles Blockchain – Arbeitsrecht 4.0? ecolex 2018, 690 – with Lisa Geißler; see here
- The Smartest Contracts. Was es bei der Abwicklung von Smart Contracts zu beachten gilt. Zak 2018, 184 – with Tamara Rubey
- Glückauf! Mining von Kryptowährungen zwischen GesbR und Glücksvertrag. ÖJZ 2018, 845 – with Jeannette Gorzala
Manuals
- Handbuch Blockchain und Smart Contracts, Linde Verlag, 2020
- Handbuch Digitalisierung, Linde Verlag, 2021 with Helen Pelzmann and Markus Schragl