istvan.szatmary@oppenheimlegal.com
+36 1 486 22 00
About
- Istvan’s practice focuses on competition law in the wider sense, including not only antitrust cases, but also merger control and consumer protection issues, state aid, general commercial, and trade law.
- His clients are active in the following industries and sectors: agriculture and food, automotive, consumer goods and retail, life sciences, energy and natural resources, media publishing and entertainment, real estate as well as technology and innovation.
Recent work
- Advised several agriculture and food players on consumer protection and antitrust matters.
- Represented an agriculture and food industry company in a consumer protection investigation initiated by the Hungarian Competition Authority.
- Acted for one of the largest global technology companies in various consumer protection investigations in Hungary.
- Assisted one of the largest Hungarian real estate groups with merger control issues.
- Advised a global fast-fashion group on consumer protection matters of Hungarian law.
- Acted for clients in merger control procedures affecting the energy and natural resources industries.
- Represented pharmaceutical clients in connection with their product distribution systems.
- Asssited one of the largest German car spare parts production group in Hungary with state aid matters.
Professional Background
- Graduated from the University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences in 1998.
- Obtained a postgraduate degree on EU law in 2004 at the Peter Pazmany Catholic University, Ferenc Deak Institute.
- Admitted to the Budapest Bar in 2002.
- Spent more than 20 years in various roles in the Budapest Office of a global law firm and was the Head of the Competition practice. He acted then as the Group Head of Legal and Compliance at a Hungarian group of companies where he was also part of the management board.
- Joined Oppenheim in 2022 as a Partner and as Executive Member of the management board.
- Member of the Hungarian Competition Law Association.
- Holds lectures at Oppenheim for the mandatory education of bar members.
Awards
- Ranked in Band 2 in Chambers Europe in Antitrust and Competition.
- Winner of the Competition Team of the Year award in 1998, an award
Quotes
- "I wanted to take a minute to thank you for your sage and influential advice that assisted me in getting this wonderful result today. While I know that we have a few hurdles to overcome, this was a great victory and as a member of the team, I greatly valued your guidance and contributions in this process."
- "Skilled and pragmatic," István Szatmáry is a highly recommended practitioner.
- He is described as a "very intelligent, responsive and committed" lawyer.
Languages
- Hungarian
- English
- German