Vereinigung Österreichischer Unternehmensjurist:innen - VUJ

What Vereinigung Österreichischer Unternehmensjurist:innen - VUJ does

Vereinigung Österreichischer Unternehmensjurist:innen (VUJ) is a non-profit professional association (Verein under Austrian law) founded in 2014 and headquartered in Vienna at Felixgasse 93, 1130 Wien. It serves as the voluntary representative body for in-house corporate lawyers (Unternehmensjurist:innen) in Austria and holds the country's sole mandate in the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA). The association operates with a small staff of approximately 6 people and a member-elected board that rotates every three years.

VUJ's core products and services are organized around three membership tiers: Ordinary Membership and Extraordinary Membership at €50 per year for individual in-house lawyers and related persons, and a tiered Corporate Membership starting at €300 per year for companies with 1–5 in-house lawyers. Member benefits include the counsel.hub online portal, the annual UJ Kongress (Corporate Lawyers Congress) held at Parkhotel Schönbrunn, specialist circles (Fachkreise) in areas such as antitrust, compliance, and data protection, a monthly newsletter ('Beitrag des Monats'), and discounts on legal publishing, legal research tools, and professional services from a partner ecosystem that includes premium law firms (Baker McKenzie, Dorda, E+H, Eversheds Sutherland, Schoenherr, Wolf Theiss, among others), legal publishers (MANZ, Linde Verlag, LexisNexis), legal tech vendors (Let's Agree, RechtEasy, Future Law, Legal Revolution), and academic institutions (University of Vienna, Danube University Krems).

The business model is a subscription-based non-profit with three recurring revenue streams: individual membership fees, corporate membership fees, and event participation fees (with member discounts such as €375 vs. €750 at the 2026 UJ Kongress). GTM is direct-to-consumer via the vuj.at website, supplemented by events, email newsletters, and organic social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Xing). There is no reseller or marketplace layer. No financial figures are publicly disclosed, and the entity has no external investors or funding rounds; it is wholly member-funded and governed by statute.

Name

Vereinigung Österreichischer Unternehmensjurist:innen - VUJ

Legal name

Vereinigung Österreichischer Unternehmensjurist:innen (abgekürzt VUJ)

Website

https://vuj.at

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

VUJ is a Vienna-based, non-profit professional association representing in-house corporate lawyers in Austria and serving as the Austrian member of the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA). It offers tiered membership (from €50/year), specialist circles, events including the annual UJ Kongress, and the counsel.hub member portal to its 500+ members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ordentliche Mitgliedschaft (Ordinary Membership): Annual membership fee of €50 per calendar year for individual in-house lawyers meeting the eligibility criteria under §4 of the statutes.
2. Außerordentliche Mitgliedschaft (Extraordinary Membership): Annual membership fee of €50 for natural or legal persons who are close to the profession of in-house lawyers but do not meet all ordinary membership criteria. No voting rights.
3. Unternehmens-Mitgliedschaft (Corporate Membership): Tiered annual membership fees for companies with in-house legal departments. Price starts at €300 per year for 1-5 in-house lawyers. Provides organizational membership rather than individual.
4. Event participation fees: Revenue from professional events, seminars, and the annual UJ Kongress. VUJ members receive discounted rates (e.g., €375 for members vs. €750 for non-members at the 2026 congress).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

VUJ is a voluntary non-profit professional association for in-house corporate lawyers (Unternehmensjurist:innen) in Austria. It sells membership subscriptions in three tiers (Ordinary, Extraordinary, and Corporate), operates the annual UJ Kongress congress, runs the counsel.hub member portal, and maintains Fachkreise specialist groups covering compliance, antitrust, data protection, and other practice areas. The association also represents Austrian in-house counsel internationally through its affiliation with the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA).

Product overview

VUJ is a voluntary professional association for Austrian corporate lawyers (Unternehmensjurist:innen), not a software product company. The organization offers three membership tiers (Regular at €50/year, Extraordinary at €50/year, and Corporate with tiered pricing starting at €300/year for 1-5 members), access to the counsel.hub member portal, annual UJ Kongress conferences, specialist groups (Fachkreise), and a monthly newsletter. VUJ represents its members' interests, promotes professional development, and facilitates networking within the Austrian corporate legal community. The association also collaborates with the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA) for international representation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ordentliche Mitgliedschaft (Regular Membership)

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ members across Austria
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

27 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVUJ is Österreichs Vertreterin (the Austrian representative) in the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA). This is VUJ's primary international affiliation, providing representation of Austrian in-house lawyers at the European level and access to ECLA's network of corporate lawyer associations across Europe.
• MANZ (Manz'sche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerMANZ is a leading Austrian legal publisher and Kooperationspartner (cooperation partner) of VUJ. They provide discounted access to legal publications and co-host the UJ Kongress. MANZ receives recognition as a partner and the opportunity to serve a growing professional group.
• Future LawminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFuture Law is listed as a Kooperationspartner of VUJ, providing content collaboration on legal tech topics (e.g., Legal Tech Barometer 2026).
• lawyers and moreminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a Kooperationspartner. They collaborate on professional development content, including interviews and publications.
• Legal RevolutionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a Kooperationspartner, providing legal tech and digital transformation content for VUJ members.
• LexisNexis AustriaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a Kooperationspartner, providing access to legal research tools for VUJ members.
• Linde VerlagminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a Kooperationspartner, providing legal publishing services and content to VUJ members.
• ParagraphinnenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a Kooperationspartner, providing content and community for women in law.
• RechtEasyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a Kooperationspartner, providing legal tech content and services.
• Donau-Universität Krems (Danube University Krems)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Kooperationspartner. Provides academic continuing education and professional development for in-house lawyers.
• University of Vienna (Universität Wien)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Kooperationspartner, collaborating on academic events and professional education.
• Postgraduate Center (Universität Wien)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Kooperationspartner for postgraduate education and professional development programs.
• Baker McKenzieminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPremium partner law firm providing event sponsorship and professional content collaboration with VUJ.
• DordaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPremium partner law firm collaborating on events and professional development.
• E+H (Ernst & Young Law)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPremium partner law firm providing legal consulting expertise and event sponsorship.
• Eversheds SutherlandminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPremium partner law firm, collaborating on events and professional content.
• Herbst KinskyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPremium partner law firm.
• LeitnerLawminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPremium partner law firm.
• Schoenherr Attorneys at LawminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPremium partner law firm.
• Saxinger (part of Schindhelm)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPremium partner law firm.
• WKK LawminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPremium partner law firm.
• Wolf TheissminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPremium partner law firm.
• AKELAminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner law firm.
• Brandl TalosminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner law firm.
• SMJ PartnersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner law firm.
• Act LegalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner law firm.
• ZeilerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner law firm.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• International Bar Association (IBA): IBA is the global federation of bar associations and legal societies, with significant in-house lawyer programming. It competes for international engagement and continuing-legal-education spend from the same in-house audience VUJ serves.
• Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC): ACC is the largest global membership association for in-house counsel, headquartered in the US with chapters worldwide. It serves a similar professional community at much greater scale and offers education, networking, and credentials that compete for the same member attention.
• Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV): DAV is Germany's main professional association for lawyers broadly (not in-house specific). It overlaps with VUJ's audience and includes in-house lawyer members, providing a broader legal profession peer benchmark.

Others

• Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE): CCBE represents European bar associations and lawyers' professional bodies at EU level. It is an adjacent institutional peer to VUJ in terms of representational role and policy engagement on the legal profession in Europe.
• LexisNexis Austria: LexisNexis Austria is a VUJ Kooperationspartner providing legal research tools to members. It is an adjacent service-provider peer in the same legal-information ecosystem VUJ's members rely on.
• MANZ'sche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung: MANZ is VUJ's core cooperation partner and Austria's leading legal publisher. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant that co-produces the UJ Kongress and supplies discounted legal publishing to VUJ members, directly tied to the member value proposition.

Regional players

• Forum Institut für Management GmbH: Forum Institut is a German provider of professional events, training, and conferences for in-house counsel and legal professionals. It competes for the same event and continuing-education budget that VUJ's UJ Kongress targets in the DACH market.

Direct peers

• Bundesverband der Unternehmensjuristen (BUJ): BUJ is the German national association for in-house lawyers and the closest direct functional peer to VUJ: same membership model, same focus on Unternehmensjuristen, similar Fachkreise-style communities, but operating at a much larger German market scale.
• European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA): ECLA is the pan-European umbrella organization of national in-house lawyer associations, of which VUJ is the Austrian member. It is directly comparable as a membership body for company lawyers operating at a continental rather than national level.
• Schweizerische Juristenvereinigung / Swiss in-house counsel associations (e.g. SJUR): Swiss in-house lawyer associations serve the same profession in the neighboring DACH market with a comparable membership and event-based model, making them a natural regional peer for VUJ.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/vereinigung.unternehmensjuristen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vuj

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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