Claudia Winkler — founder & lead trainer

Claudia is an energetic and creative Austrian lawyer who has been running negotiation trainings around the world since 2013. Initially building her career in law firms and academia, Claudia left her tenure track offer in Austria for a Fulbright scholarship at Harvard Law School where she pursued her LL.M. with a new focus on negotiation skills.

As a negotiation and communication trainer, Claudia has since helped 4,500+ lawyers and business professionals boost their practice and get ahead in their careers. Her online clientele expands across 126 countries, and she has personally conducted live workshops for top firms across Europe, the US, Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia.

Claudia is a frequent speaker at legal and business conferences around the world and has shared the stage with leading personalities like Hugh Hilton, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Michael Douglas, or Mel Gibson, speaking to audiences of 2,500 people and above.

What leading practitioners say about Claudia

Claudia Winkler — founder & lead trainer

Experience

2014 - current
Founder and Lead Trainer

The Negotiation Academy

2014 - current
Director/Organizing Committee

CDRC Vienna, The IBA-VIAC
Mediation and Negotiation
Competition, Austria

2014 - 2016
Senior Consultant/Coach

The Trusted Negotiator
Melbourne, Australia

2014 - 2016
Lecturer

University of Mekelle
Ethiopia

2013 - current
Mediator

New York Center for
Interpersonal Development, NY

2013 - 2014
ADR Development Coordinator

New York International
Arbitration Center, NY

2013 - 2014
Legal Assistant

Edna Sussman
Arbitrator and Mediator, NY

2011 - 2012
Postdoc with tenure option

Institute of European Law
University of Linz, AT

Education

2013
LL.M. Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

Fulbright Scholarship
Harvard Boas Scholarship
in International Legal Studies

2011
Dr. iur. Johannes Kepler University Linz, AT

Summa cum laude
Merit scholarship by the faculty of law
for exceptional performance

2010
Erasmus, L.L.B. European Business School London, UK
2009
Mag. iur. Johannes Kepler University Linz, AT

Summa cum laude
Merit scholarship by the faculty of law
for exceptional performance