• Litigation & Arbitration
• Corporate law
• Commercial law

• Hungarian
• English
• German
• French

• ICCA - International Council for Commercial Arbitration

International construction dispute

Richard successfully represented our Italian Client from the oil & gas sector. The complex dispute regarding a Hungarian industrial plant was settled by arbitration in front of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce with the victory of our client.

Supply contract dispute

Richard represented a Russian manufacturer against a non-paying Hungarian company. The debtor, placed under legal pressure, finally paid the debt, so the Client could avoid arbitration.

International transportation dispute

Richard represented with success a market leader logistics service provider in an international transportation dispute, in front of the Hungarian Court of Arbitration. By winning such a complex case Richard clearly exceeded the client’s expectations.

Lease contract dispute

Richard represented a UK client in a commercial dispute involving the unlawful termination of a long-term lease agreement, and finally won the case in front a Supreme Court. The case was critical for the Client’s business in Hungary.

Breach of exclusive forwarding contract

Richard started arbitration on behalf of our client, whose exclusive forwarding contract was breached by the partner. The arbitration was successfully closed with a judgment in favour of our client.

Breach of loan agreement, collateral alienation

Richard won the case in court for our Swiss Client, offering lending and asset management services against a Hungarian debtor who failed to pay back the loan and alienated the real estate being the security of the loan. Richard reached a final judgement in favour of the client within 1 year.

Legal dispute from a lease agreement

Richard represented our Greek Client against its Hungarian tenant. The tenant accumulated a significant debt during the recent years which he paid back within 6 months after Richard started legal procedures.

Unlawful contract termination

Richard represented a Romanian Client in an unlawful long-term contract termination case. Instead starting a never-ending court battle, he managed to settle the dispute with success through out-of-court negotiations.

International machine supply contract

Richard recently advised a domestic paper manufacturer on an international machine supply contract, involving negotiations with manufacturers and suppliers from various European countries. Due to this supply the client could consolidate its market-leader position.

FIDIC contract dispute, bank guarantee drawdown

Successful legal representation of a real estate investor in front of the Hungarian Court of Arbitration against the contractor building a warehouse, after drawing down bank guarantee due to lack of conformity.

EROSION OF ARBITRAL KOMPETENZ-KOMPTENZ IN HUNGARY – Who pays the cost of legal insecurity? (Jurisprudential Bulletin 2020/5) (in Hungarian)

Setting Aside Arbitral Awards in the Last 25 Years in Hungary – A Pro-Arbitration Approach with Minor Derailments (Yearbook of the Hungarian Permanent Arbitration Court 2019-2020)

SPOILED FOR CHOICE? – THE LAW GOVERNING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT IN HUNGARY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (Hungarian Law review 2020/1) (in Hungarian)

ICCA YEARBOOK COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION 2019 - VOLUME XLIV. – PART V – Hungarian Chapter

IS LIQUIDATION PROCEDURE THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES? - The Hungarian construction trusteeship in front of the arbitral tribunal of ICC (Business and Law 2019/12) (in Hungarian)

Hungary: Setting Aside Arbitral Awards in the Last 25 Years – A Pro-Arbitration Approach with Minor Derailments (Kluwer Arbitration Blog 2020/01/26)

Hungary: The New York Convention In Court Practice In Two Decades - Formalistic Yet Pro-arbitration Approach? (Kluwer Arbitration Blog 2019/09/11)

UNHANDLED DATA PROCESSING? Basic data protection issues in arbitration proceedings after GDPR (European Law 2019/8) (in Hungarian)

LEAVING THE BETRODDEN WAY ... - Some Remarks about the retrial in Hungarian arbitration with international outlook (Procedural law review 2018/12) (in Hungarian)

• Employment law
• Data protection law
• Information & Technology
• Corporate & Commercial law

• Hungarian
• English
• German
• French

Buying out minority shareholders

Anita advised our Greek client in buying out minority shareholders from a Hungarian Private Limited Company. Creating a new shareholder structure was crucial for our Client to achieve its long-term business goals.

Negotiating Works Council Agreement

Anita drafted and negotiated a works council agreement on behalf of our foreign client, employing 800+ workers in his Hungarian factory. The conclusion of this agreement was of key importance in the collective labour relations of our client, and to secure the mid-term business goals.

GDPR Compliance of mobile device repairer company

Anita led the GDPR compliance project of our client, an IT devices repairer company. The project included the due diligence, the delivery of the full data protection related documents and the training of the employees.

Employee Handbook

Anita drafted and reviewed employee Handbooks and labour law related internal policies for our foreign clients. Besides harmonising the parent companies’ respective policies, Anita focused on the case law of Hungarian labour courts, so that the client has an internal regulation which really works in practice.

GDPR Compliance of Hungarian subsidiary of US company

Anita led the GDPR compliance project of our client, a trading company whose parent company is based in the US. A particular challenge of the project was the GDPR proof personal data transfer to the US which was solved by the registration of the parent company under the EU-US Privacy Shield.

GDPR Compliance of an education service provider

Anita advised in the GDPR compliance project of our client an education service provider. The key theme of the project was how to provide the sufficient data protection related information to the students in a user-friendly and easily accessible form.

Interconnection Agreement with a telecommunication company

Anita recently advised a domestic telecommunication company and its foreign mother company on an interconnection agreement with a Hungarian operator who has significant market power.

Collective redundancy

Because of the change of the Client’s business model, Anita successfully coordinated and managed a collective redundancy by the Hungarian subsidiary of a foreign company without arising any further legal dispute.

Vienna Convention based purchase contract

Legal representation of a foreign producer company in connection with a complex, purchase price- and quality-related legal dispute arising from a Vienna Convention based purchase contract.

• Corporate law
• Commercial law
• Debt Collection
• Litigation

• English
• Hungarian

Collecting debt for foreign client

Peter advised our foreign client in collecting debt from a Hungarian company. By starting the appropriate procedure with good timing based on the advice of Peter, the Client could get the claim without starting costly litigation.

Setting-up Hungarian Subsidiaries

Péter participated in the Hungarian market entry of several foreign clients by advising them on company formation and related matters, like employment law and commercial contract samples.

Employee Handbook

Péter has recently drafted and reviewed Employee Handbook and labour law related internal policies of our foreign client, focusing on case-law of Hungarian labour courts.

Peter manages successfully the whole debtor portfolio of our international client, having several debt collection cases in Hungary.

Peter provides legal advice on a daily business to our client, who leases his business units of its real property portfolio to foreign and Hungarian lessees.

Peter supports from legal side the day-to-day business of our client, operating in the international transportation business, where timely legal advice is highly needed.

• Commercial Law
• Data Protection
• Corporate Law

• English
• Hungarian
• German

Peter provides legal advice on a daily business to our client, who leases his business units of its real property portfolio to foreign and Hungarian lessees.

Peter supports from legal side the day-to-day business of our client, operating in the international transportation business, where timely legal advice is highly needed.

• English
• Hungarian