Jakob Kepplinger
Jakob
Kepplinger

Priv.-Doz. Dr.
Trainee lawyer

Jakob Kepplinger is a meticulous lawyer with a strong commitment to identifying the core of legal cases and issues, and to analysing them in all their facets. His academic work has repeatedly been cited by the highest courts. Clients and colleagues value his structured approach and his clear communication. In his free time, he enjoys endurance sports, organises a weekly gymnastics group for children, and likes taking day trips with his family.

specialties

  • Liability and compensation law (product liability, liability for transport damage, liability of officers and managing directors, liability of professional experts)

  • Inheritance law and business succession

  • Distribution law (brokerage law, commercial agency law, franchise law, authorized dealer law, each taking into account the relevant consumer protection law)

  • Contract drafting and general terms and conditions law

„Reliability, a keen awareness of legal issues, sound analysis, and the pursuit of robust and commercially sensible solutions — this is what good legal advice means to me.“

curriculum vitae

  • Law studies at Johannes Kepler University Linz, with a focus on business law, including three semesters as a student assistant at the Institute of Civil Law (05/2006–05/2011)

  • Third place in the national final of the Austrian Moot Court Competition, now the Franz von Zeiller Moot Court in Civil Law (2009)

  • Completion of the Peter Rummel Study Programme (award recipient 2011)

    Research assistant at the Institute of Civil Law at Johannes Kepler University Linz (2011–2016)

  • Completion of doctoral studies in 2016 with a dissertation in tort law, for which he received the 2017 Bankenverband Prize

  • Passed the Austrian bar examination with distinction (2019)

  • Initially research assistant and subsequently Senior Scientist at the Institute of Roman Law at Johannes Kepler University Linz

  • Associate at Bruckmüller Rechtsanwälte since February 2026

  • Habilitation at Johannes Kepler University Linz, venia docendi awarded for the subjects „Civil Law“ and „Roman Law“ (2026)

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