Competition/Antitrust

Zoltán Hegymegi-Barakonyi remains one of the top lawyers in the Hungarian competition law market. He particularly stands out for representing clients in high-profile cartel investigations and in significant reviews of fines. He also offers notable experience in abuse of dominance investigations and allegations of other unfair commercial practices.

"He is the doyen."

"Zoltán is a reputable competition lawyer with decades of experience. He is very knowledgeable and provides sophisticated and commercially-minded advice."

"In my view he is the best antitrust lawyer in Hungary."

"He has a very good personality and client management. He is always at my disposal and finds ways to help me solve issues. He is very helpful and very experienced."

"He provides a good overview of market trends and the legal framework in Hungary."

Márton Horányi has a broad competition law practice that covers representing clients in investigations into alleged unfair commercial practices and subsequent appeals against HCA decisions, as well as advising on merger clearance mandates, including phase II investigations. He also assists clients with distribution issues.

"He is client-focused, oriented on practical solutions, and respects deadlines."

"He has a very wide knowledge in antitrust issues and able to give answer for very difficult issues."

"He has a very sophisticated academic background, and provides business-friendly, to-the-point and very pragmatic advice. He is absolutely commercially minded and I fully trust his advice."

"He proactively helped our company's interests, prepared with exceptional thoroughness, and perfectly represented our difficult case."

"He is kind guy and very creative and his response is always on time. He's got an excellent intelligence and knowledge."

András Horváth enters the rankings this year on the back of notable work in behavioural investigations. He assists clients with investigations into allegations of unfair commercial practices, including abuse of dominance and cartel involvement. In addition, he represents clients in appeals against fines and offers further experience in the competition law compliance of distribution agreements.

"He is responsive, pragmatic and uncomplicated."

"He provided high-quality and pragmatic advice that helped me to resolve the question."

"He is very proactive and also he can think with our mindset, which makes the cooperation very fluent."

"I love that he presents it in a clean and understandable way to my internal - non-lawyer - colleagues."

"He is happy to work with the client to deliver the best work product."