István Varga

Practice Areas

Legal representation in state court litigation and commercial arbitration, both in domestic and cross-border cases. Regular appointments as arbitrator, presiding arbitrator and as expert in ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings, including at ICC, ICSID, LCIA, DIS, VIAC, and the Hungarian Permanent Commercial Court of Arbitration. Representation of Clients in high profile cases before the European Court of Justice, the Constitutional Court and as co-counsel also in foreign jurisdictions.

Career

PROVARIS Varga & Partners (managing partner and head of dispute resolution 2019-present); ELTE University Faculty of Law (full professor and head of the Department of Civil Procedure 2008-present); KNPLAW Nagy Koppany Varga and Partners (partner and head of dispute resolution 2006-2019); Director of Studies at the Hague Academy of International Law (2010-2011); Constitutional Court of Hungary (law clerk and subsequently counsellor of the President of the Constitutional Court 1997-2003). Honorary professor of comparative law, Hungarian law and international commercial arbitration law at the University Leipzig (2015-present), doctor honoris causa at the University of Göttingen (2025-present).

Professional Memberships

Hungarian Bar Association (2006-present); International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL); Public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Publications

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Languages Spoken

Hungarian, German, English

Awards