Stanford Law School
Transatlantic Technology Law Forum
Crown Quadrangle
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610

Research Interests
European and international business and technology law, transatlantic (EU-U.S.) copyright issues regarding computer software.

Petra Heindl is a TTLF Fellow of the Stanford-Vienna Transatlantic Technology Law Forum and an FCE Research Affiliate. Her research work is connected with the Vienna Technology Law Program of the University of Vienna School of Law as well, where she has been doing research as a PhD candidate. Her research focuses on transatlantic software copyright issues and software piracy. She is also an associate with Wolf Theiss Attorneys at Law in Vienna, Austria, working in the field of M&A and corporate law in an international, primarily European, environment.

Heindl received her JD from the University of Vienna School of Law in Austria and studied European Union law at the Lapland University of Rovaniemi, Finland. After graduating from the Vienna Law School, she specialized in European Union business law at the Danube University Krems in Austria, where she completed an LL.M. in European Union law. In addition, she earned an LL.M. in U.S. Law from Santa Clara University School of Law.