About

  • Eszter mainly advises on competition and commercial law related questions.
  • She has expertise in consumer protection, antitrust, abuse of dominance and merger control.
  • With decade of experience in the FMCG sector, Eszter regularly advises clients at various levels of the supply chain on commercial law issues.
  • Her clients are mainly from the agriculture and food, consumer goods and retail, automotive, technology and innovation sectors.

Recent work

  • Advised on consumer protection issues, reviewing marketing materials, and supporting product launches.
  • Drafted and reviewed marketing and commercial contracts, general terms and conditions.
  • Assisted with antitrust compliance reviews of clients, drafting compliance policies.
  • Drafted merger control notifications submitted to the Hungarian Competition Authority, representing clients in merger control notification proceedings before the Hungarian Competition Authority.
  • Represented clients in antitrust, cartel and consumer protection notification and competition control proceedings before the Hungarian Competition Authority.
  • Acted for clients in administrative litigations.
  • Eszter regularly works for clients from various industries, such as
  • providing day-to-day legal support to Hell ENERGY Magyarország Kft., a major soft drinks manufacturer on consumer protection issues, including the reviewing of marketing materials, full marketing campaigns, as well as supporting the launch of new products;
  • providing legal advice on consumer protection matters for an international fast fashion brand;
  • group-wide legal support to a major Hungarian food manufacturer on consumer protection issues;
  • supporting a multinational electronics company in local implementation of group policies and processes;
  • notifying a concentration involving hydrocarbon exploration and production to the Hungarian Competition Authority;
  • notifying concentrations involving Hungarian-owned retail chains to the Hungarian Competition Authority;
  • providing competition law advice to an automotive player on distributor contracts.

Professional Background

  • Graduated from the Faculty of Law of University of Szeged in 2011.
  • Passed the Bar exam in 2015.
  • Admitted to the Budapest Bar Association.
  • Junior lawyer then legal counsel at a major multinational FMCG chain. Worked as a case handler then became head of section at the Litigation Section of the Hungarian Competition Authority.
  • Joined Oppenheim in 2020.
  • Obtained a Master en Droit Européen (MA1) in French at Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3.
  • Graduated in 2009 from the Faculty of Law of University of Szeged, Legal French Studies (BA) in French.
  • Erasmus internship at Université Catholique de Louvain during the fall semester of 2008.

Publications

Awards

  • Chambers ranked her in Band 2 in Chambers Europe in the Competition/Antitrust section.

Languages

  • Hungarian
  • English
  • French

Practice areas

Antitrust, Competition and Trade

Sector experience

Agriculture and Food Automotive Consumer Goods and Retail Technology and Innovation