RA Prof. Franz J. Heidinger, LL.M. (Virginia) is a practising lawyer and partner of the law firm Alix Frank Rechtsanwälte GmbH in Vienna, Austria, specialising in Austrian and cross-border contract and business law as well as arbitration. He is a lecturer at the Universites of Vienna and Graz School of Law and at various other academic institutions and professional associations, and has published several books in the field of English legal language. Franz J. Heidinger is a court-appointed and certified interpreter for English and a shareholder of Translex Büro für juristische Fachübersetzungen GmbH, which he founded together with Andrea Hubalek. He is in particular responsible for quality assurance regarding legal aspects. In 2016 Franz Heidinger was elected Vice President of EULETA, the European Legal English Teachers’ Association.In June 2018 he was awarded the professional title “Professor” by the Austrian Minister for Education, Science and Research.