Marielena Plieseis is an associate at DSC. Her work focuses on warranty and damages law, construction law, general civil law and public procurement law.
During her diploma studies, Marielena Plieseis worked as a student assistant at several institutes (Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law and Corporate Law) at the University of Graz and spent a semester abroad at Université Lumière Lyon 2 in France.
After graduating, she worked as a university assistant at the Institute for Civil Law, Foreign Private Law and Private International Law of the University of Graz at the chair of o.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Bydlinski as well as an editorial assistant for the “KBB”, a commentary on the Austrian Civil Code, in its 6th edition.
Before joining DSC, Marielena Plieseis was a research assistant in a law firm in Upper Austria.
Her dissertation on late payment interest was published by Manz in 2022 and received several awards.
since 2023
Associate at DSC Doralt Seist Csoklich
2023
Recognition Award of the Dr. Maria Schaumayer Foundation 2023 for the dissertation
2023
Banking Association Award 2023 for the dissertation
2023
Josef Krainer Award 2023 for the dissertation
2023
Hammurabi Award for the dissertation
2022–2023
Court internship at the Appellate Court Graz
2022
Erwin Wenzl Award 2022 for the dissertation
2022
Best of REWI- & GRAWE Award 2022 for the dissertation
2022
PhD in law (Dr. iur. | University of Graz)
2021
Scholarship from the Grazer Universitätsbund for the dissertation project
2020–2022
Research assistant in a law firm in Upper Austria
2020
Scholarship for research at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Hamburg for the dissertation project
2019
Editorial assistant for Koziol/Bydlinski/Bollenberger (eds.), Kurzkommentar zum ABGB6 (2020)
2018
Scholarship from the Heinrich Graf Hardegg’sche Stiftung for the dissertation project
2016–2020
University assistant at the Institute for Civil Law, Foreign and International Private Law (o.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Bydlinski)
2016
Master’s degree in law (Mag. iur. | University of Graz)
2016
Best of REWI- & GRAWE Award 2016 for the diploma thesis
2015
Student assistant at the University of Graz at the Institute of Civil Procedure and Insolvency Law (o.Univ.-Prof. MMag. Dr. Daphne-Ariane Simotta), at the Institute for Corporate and International Commercial Law (ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alfons Grünwald) and at the Institute for Civil Law, Foreign Private Law and Private International Law (o.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Bydlinski)
2013–2014
Study abroad (Erasmus, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France)