Band 2
Provided by Szabolcs Szendrő
Szabolcs is a partner and head of competition at CMS Budapest. He has more than 17 years’ experience in Competition Law and has an economic background.
Before joining CMS, he worked for the Hungarian Competition Authority as the chief legal counsel of the Merger Division, where among others he led in-depth investigations and contributed to legislative and regulatory measures actively.
As a head of CMS Competition Team, Szabolcs leads major antirust cases including in-depth market analysis and detailed data screenings. Szabolcs also participates in domestic and cross-border mergers, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, EU level competition cases, State aid investigations and consumer protection procedures. He provides legal advice and preliminary legal/economic analysis on wide range of competition law related issues. In addition to his core practice, Szabolcs is also involved in academics as he provides training and lectures for both local and international audiences. (e.g. OECD Capacity Building Projects in CEE) and Hungarian audience as an assistant lecturer at ELTE University of Law.
ACE (Association of Competition Economics)
Hungarian Association of Competition Law (Magyar Versenyjogi Egyesület)
Budapest Bar Association
YCLC (CMS antitrust lawyers’ steering committee)
Provided by Chambers
Szabolcs Szendrő moves up in the rankings this year on the back of an impressive portfolio of work that has seen notable involvement in significant behavioural investigations and challenges to HCA decisions. He offers further experience representing clients in sector inquiries and damages actions, as well as assisting clients with obtaining clearance for proposed mergers.
Provided by Chambers
"He helped us with out-of-the-box thinking and how to approach the matter."
"He is a very talented and creative adviser who offers prudent and innovative solutions."
"He has strong theoretical knowledge combined with extensive practical experience in competition matters."
"He has a good understanding of both legal and business aspects, which helps him in focusing on clients' needs and in providing complex and useful advice."
"He is accessible and helps to solve any questions that may arise in a way that also takes business interests into account."
"He helped us with out-of-the-box thinking and how to approach the matter."
"He is a very talented and creative adviser who offers prudent and innovative solutions."
"He has strong theoretical knowledge combined with extensive practical experience in competition matters."
"He has a good understanding of both legal and business aspects, which helps him in focusing on clients' needs and in providing complex and useful advice."
"He is accessible and helps to solve any questions that may arise in a way that also takes business interests into account."
