Dániel Arányi

Competition & EU, Projects & Energy

Dániel is a partner and head of the Competition & EU and Projects & Energy teams of the Bird & Bird Budapest office.

He focuses on regulatory and competition matters in the energy sector, and also offers in-depth experience in tech & comms.

Dániel and his team have a keen interest in energy, and always thrive working with the technical and business experts of their Hungarian and international clients to make sure that every aspect of the matter is covered and the pieces fall into the right place at the right time. They have a variety of clients active in virtually the entire electricity and oil and gas supply chains, who have trusted the team to guide them through complex cross-border and domestic projects and transactions, be it an M&A deal, project development, financing or corporate restructuring. Dániel has represented clients before the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority, the Euratom Supply Agency and the European Commission.

He particularly likes the excitement of learning and analysing how the markets and businesses of clients work. He is convinced that such a deep dive into market and business correlations is key in handling competition matters and requires continuous cooperation with the expertise of clients. The Bird & Bird competition team has implemented this approach across numerous industry sectors and advised domestic and multinational clients on merger clearance, commercial anti-trust matters, cartel investigations, sector inquiries and state aid issues, including representation before the Hungarian Competition Authority, the Hungarian State Aid Monitoring Office and the European Commission.

Dániel has been fortunate enough to have gained a valuable insight into the tech & comms industry, and understand the energy and buzz that comes from working in an innovative field whilst advising national and international clients on M&A deals, commercial agreements and regulatory issues such as spectrum management, frequency tenders and SMP obligations, to name a few.

Before joining Bird & Bird, Dániel spent several years in the Budapest teams of other leading international law firms and was seconded to the Hungarian subsidiary of the international gas and electricity company GdF Suez for six months. In addition to his native Hungarian, he is fluent in English and has a good command of German.

Budapest Bar Association in 2010

Hungarian Competition Law Association

Arbitrator on the list managed by the Arbitration Court attached to Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; 2024

Studied:

Eötvös Loránd University - Law (JD); 2006

Admissions:

Budapest Bar Association in 2010

Hungarian Competition Law Association

Arbitrator on the list managed by the Arbitration Court attached to Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; 2024