Katalin Horváth

Katalin Horváth is a partner in the commercial team at CMS Budapest and Co-Head of CMS CEE Fintech Competence Center. She specialises in software, IT and IP law, BankTech/FinTech law, outsourcing, data protection, and cybersecurity (NIS2, CRA, CSA) matters, as well as the legal and regulatory aspects of artificial intelligence.

She has in-depth experience in complex TMT regulatory matters, commercial contracts, e-commerce and platform regulation, and e-signature issues with a particular focus on online and mobile services, web stores, FinTech, PayTech and payment solutions.

Katalin also has significant hands-on experience in AI and emerging technologies, including blockchain and cryptoassets, IoT, robotics and drones, as well as sector-specific work in space and defence. She supports the CMS Dispute Resolution team as an expert in technology-related disputes.

She regularly publishes and is a frequent conference speaker on BankTech/FinTech, AI, software law and data protection.

Before joining CMS, Katalin gained significant experience in drafting IT operating and software-related contracts, copyright and trademark litigation at a renowned Hungarian IP boutique law firm.

Hungarian Fintech Association: Co-head of the Regulatory Working Group, 2022

IVSZ, the largest Hungarian technology association: Co-Head of the Regulatory Working Group, 2022

Hungarian AI Coalition -  participating in the establishment of the national AI strategy as technology legal expert

Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright, 2004

Budapest Bar Association