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• Advised Microsoft in successful commitment negotiations with the HCA in connection with the AI-powered Copilot, previously known as Bing.
  
• Represented Viagogo in a competition investigation initiated by the HCA in December 2019 relating to an alleged infringement of the prohibition of unfair commercial practices regarding consumers, and has been providing representation before Hungarian courts relating to the challenge of the HCA’s decision.
  
• Assisting the Hungarian branch of German retailer ALDI in multiple competition control proceedings launched by the HCA, including both antitrust and consumer protection investigations.
  

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• Advising Nestlé on multiple strategic competition law matters, including vertical agreements and abuse of dominance questions.
  
• Assisting eMAG in complex risk assessments related to its commercial operations, compliance trainings, transaction-related advice and representation before authorities including litigation.
  
• Advising Porsche Hungaria on vertical and horizontal aspects of competition law and unfair competition issues, such as misleading advertising.
  

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• Representing KITE in a cartel case before the Hungarian Competition Authority and currently in front of the Supreme Court.
  
• Representing Artisjus, the Hungarian collective rights management society (as well as two smaller such societies), in the review of the enforcement of a commitments package by the Hungarian Competition Authority.
  
• Advising Wizz Air in a mandate involving almost the full scope of consumer protection matters for the company as well as various antitrust matters, including representation before the Hungarian Competition Authority and courts.
  

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• Represented Booking.com before the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court in challenging a decision of the Hungarian Competition Authority.
  
• Represented K&H bank in a repeated cartel investigation by the Hungarian Competition Authority concerning multilateral interchange fees (MIF).
  
• Represented Lidl before the Supreme Court in challenging a decision of the Hungarian Competition Authority that has imposed significant fines for a novel type of infringement.
  

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• Representing Nitrogénművek Zrt., the Hungarian fertiliser producer, in a Hungarian cartel case, in which the Hungarian Competition Authority imposed a fine of altogether EUR 36.8m.
  
• Representing Cofidis SA (Crédit Mutuel Group) and its local branch in a Hungarian merger control proceedings related to Cofidis SA’s acquisition of BNPP PF Group’s local subsidiary, Cetelem Bank.
  
• Advised and represented Alteo, a alternative energy and circular economy operator, in the competition law implications of a transaction in the waste management sector in Hungary.
  

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• Advised a global confectionary, snacking and petcare business on various consumer and compliance law topics in 2024-2025.
  
• Advised GE Healthcare in litigation challenging a competition authority decision relating to alleged bid-rigging.
  
• Advised Auchan Hungary in an ongoing cartel investigation relating to vertical arrangements with the supplier affecting most of the retail player.
  

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• Advising and representing telecoms operator One before the Hungarian Competition Authority and courts in connection with cases relating to antitrust, merger control, and unfair commercial practices.
  
• Defending DAF Trucks in 26 court proceedings throughout Hungary against claims for follow-on damages on the back of the European Commission’s decision in case AT.39824 -Trucks and representing DAF at the EU Court of Justice in the landmark case C-451/18, Tibor Trans.
  
• Advising PostNord Group in antitrust and State aid matters, including cases before the European Commission.
  

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• Advised and represented Scania CV AB in multiple follow-on damages actions before Hungarian courts arising from the European Commission’s Trucks cartel decision.
  
• Advised Prosus / eMag Group on the acquisition of Furgefutar.hu Kft., managing the Hungarian merger control and FDI clearance process as part of a multi-jurisdictional transaction across 30 jurisdictions.
  
• Represented ING Bank N.V. Hungary Branch in a repeated antitrust investigation by the Hungarian Competition Authority regarding multilateral interchange fees, following the ECJ ruling in the Budapest Bank case.
  

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• Representation in follow-on cartel damages litigations on the basis of the European Commission’s decision that imposed over EUR 3.5bn fine onto truck cartel producers.
  
• Providing legal advice and representation in an abuse of dominance procedure before the European Commission and the EU Court of Justice.
  
• Providing legal advice to Allianz in various competition law compliance matters.
  

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• Advising Phoenix Group on various competition law issues during its daily operation and representing Phoenix in an overall sectoral competition supervision proceeding before the Hungarian Competition Authority.
  
• Provides competition law advice to OTP Bank Plc. in the CEE region, to ensure compliance with Hungarian and EU competition law (e.g. in tender procedures).
  
• Advises Duna Aszfalt, a civil engineering construction company on the CEE market, on competition law matters in connection with various transactions, including the preparation of merger notifications, clean team agreements, and other related documentation.
  

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• Providing ongoing competition law and consumer protection advisory for Hungarian electronics retailer VÖRÖSKŐ Kft. (EURONICS retail chain).
  
• Representing a manufacturing company before the Hungarian Competition Authority in a repeated competition supervision proceeding (Power Kft.)
  
• Advised an international fashion retailer in a competition supervision proceeding.
  

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• Advised Airport Services/Menzies on the competition law aspects of a transaction, including Phase II. merger clearance advice and structuring the transaction.
  
• Advising Notino sro. in the consumer protection investigation initiated by the Hungarian Competition Authority.
  
• Advised MagnetBank in the merger clearance process of the acquisition of Polgári Bank.
  

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• Advised BNP Paribas Personal Finance as the shareholder of Magyar Cetelem Bank in relation to a heavyweight merger control case on the Hungarian banking market.
  
• Advised GymBeam in relation to an investigation conducted by the HCA in Hungary for their market behaviour, competition compliance and alleged misleading practices.
  
• Advised MEDIREX, a Hungarian medical device distributor company in ongoing court procedures (in front of the Curia, the Hungarian Supreme Court) initiated based on the judicial review request submitted against the decision adopted by the Hungarian Competition Authority for alleged cartel in public procurement procedures.
  

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• Provided seller-side merger support and strategic competition advice to a Hungarian construction company and represented the company before the HCA during its acquisition.
  
• Providing legal support to ROSSMANN Hungary in competition law matters on a daily basis for almost a decade.
  
• Providing continuous competition advice in relation to the operations of the Hungaropharma group, the pharmaceutical and medical aids wholesaler.
  

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• Represented Manpower Hungary in the antitrust proceeding in Hungary and before the courts in the judicial review proceeding against the fine (HUF 1bn) imposed by the Hungarian Competition Authority.
  
• Representing Mercedes-Benz Group AG in antitrust damages litigation proceedings in Hungary following the EU Commission’s case.
  
• Advised Viterra during the divestment of the Hungarian subsidiaries which have been offered as a remedy to the European Commission in the transaction of the sale of Viterra Limited by Bunge Global SA.
  

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• Represented a brewery in Hungary, owned by Heineken, in the court challenge of the GVH resolution in connection with the ban on exclusivity agreements with HoReCa sector (hotels, restaurants and cafés) outlets regarding beer and other beverages.
  
• Advising MOL on the acquisition of Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) from the Hungarian State, a transaction GVH has approved the transaction in a fast-track procedure within 4 days from submission.
  
• Continued to advise on the competition law aspects of the day-to-day operations of Sió-Eckes in the areas of commercial contracts and marketing.
  

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• Advised and represented Hungaropharma Zrt. in the merger control procedure before the Hungarian Competition Authority to obtain authorisation for an investment into a wholesale trader company.
  

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• Acted as the lead counsels, including the merger control filing for Haier Europe Appliances Holding B.V. during the acquisition of KLIMA Kft., a Hungarian company engaged in the distribution of HVAC equipment, including air conditioning systems and heat pumps.
  
• Representing Hungarian HR outsourcing company Trenkwalder Group, in front of the Budapest-Capital Regional Court in a procedure initiated by us in order to overturn the decision of the Hungarian Competition Authority issued in a cartel case.
  

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• Advised MOL Nyrt. in a merger case in in the acquisition of the Hungarian gas mining site of Dutch OG&D Group, including gas transport facilities on the site.
  
• Advised MOL Nyrt. and its subsidiaries as co-counsels in a case before the EU and Hungarian competition authorities, in which MOL acquired the exclusive right and duty to supply waste management services in the entire territory of Hungary for 35 years.
  
• Representing ALPHA-VET Zrt., a company in VET and PET industry in Hungary, in an ongoing competition law proceeding before the Hungarian Competition Authority concerning an alleged infringement.
  

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• Representing one of Europe’s largest truck manufacturers, Volvo/Renault Group in numerous Hungarian court proceedings and out-of-court negotiations that relate to competition law infringement determined by the European Commission.
  
• Representing Hungary as an intervenor in the Austria v Commission litigation pending before the European Court of Justice.
  

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• Advised a Hungarian bank in an acquisition.
  
• Advised a domestic financial undertaking in an unfair competition litigation.
  
• Advised a domestic financial undertaking on a competition law arbitration case.
  

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• Advising BNP Paribas Personal Finance Group on the sale of its Hungarian subsidiary Magyar Cetelem Bank Zrt. to Cofidis, the consumer credit and personal loans subsidiary of banking group Credit Mutuel, including adding on foreign direct investment and merger control approvals.
  
• Advising DIGI Távközlési és Szolgáltató Kft., a telecommunications subsidiary of 4iG Group, on acquiring the Hungarian satellite customer base of Canal+, branded as Direct One.