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Christoph Jirak

Attorney at Law

austria vienna


legal areas & industries

environmental law · building & planning law · administrative & public law · it & technology law · energy · life sciences · telecommunications & media

admitted to the bar

2021, Austria

with schoenherr since

2017

education

University of Vienna, Vienna/Austria (Mag. iur. 2016)

teaching positions

FH Campus Wien, Vienna/Austria, Lecturer of the course "Baurelevantes Umweltrecht in the degree programme "Bauingenieurwesen - Baumanagement" (2024)

FH Campus Vienna, Vienna/Austria, Lecturer of the course "Rechtsgrundlagen" in the degree programme "Nachhaltiges Ressourcenmangement" (2023)

work experience

Austrian Courts, Judicial Clerk, Vienna and Baden/Austria (2016)
National Law Firm, Paralegal, Vienna/Austria (2010 - 2016)

memberships

Vienna Bar Association
AIJA - International Association of Young Lawyers
Klub der Wiener Rechtsanwälte

languages

German, English, Spanish
  • The International Comparative Legal Guide - Renewable Energy 2025
  • Jirak/Rajal, Wind und Photovoltaik - ein perfektes Paar?, ecolex 2024/365
  • Jirak/Wolf, Windkraft gegen Landschaft? Relevanz von Landschafts- und Ortsbild im UVP-Genehmigungsverfahren, RdU 2024/38
  • The International Comparative Legal Guide - Environment & Climate Change Law 2024
  • Chambers Environmental Law 2023
  • Jirak/Skalitzky, Volksbefragungen auf Gemeindeebene zur Widmung von Windkraftstandorten, RFG 2023/23
  • Jirak/Holzer, Säumnis schützt vor Auskunft nicht!, ecolex, 2019
  • Jirak/Romaniewicz-Wenk Monika, Autonomes Fahren in Österreich, eine Utopie?, ecolex, 2018
  • Automated driving: positive climate impact and recent efforts, ILO, 2017
  • Constitutional Court raises hope for third runway at Vienna International Airport, ILO, 2017

Attorney at Law
austria vienna

Schoenherr Vienna
A-1010 Vienna 
Schottenring 19
T: +43 1 534 37 0
F: +43 1 534 37 66100
office.austria@schoenherr.eu


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