András Szecskay

Managing Partner

PRACTICE AREAS

András Szecskay is the founder and managing partner of Szecskay Attorneys at Law. He has developed an extensive international and domestic litigation and arbitration practice, which includes involvement in ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL procedures. He has significant experience in high-value and complex commercial, corporate, IP and foreign investment matters in Hungary. His practice covers a broad range of legal, industrial and service sectors, including pharmaceuticals, banking and energy, environmental, oil and gas, and telecommunications. In addition to business law, András also has extensive experience in civil law.

 

Besides being a leading arbitrator in Hungary, he is also on the list of arbitrators of the Vienna International Arbitration Centre. He has handled over 150 arbitration cases. He is also a recognised expert in the field of intellectual property.

 

András is in his fourth term as Vice President for International Relations of the Hungarian Bar Association, Head of the Hungarian CCBE Delegation, President of MIE (Hungarian Industrial Property and Copyright Association) and recipient of numerous chamber and state awards.

 

In addition to his wide professional recognition, András is well-known for his admiration and support of music, literature and the contemporary arts.

 

He is fluent in English.

Rankings:

  • Legal500, 2020 – 2024, Dispute Resolution (Individual Ranking): Hall of Fame
  • Legal500, 2015 – 2024, Dispute Resolution (Team): Tier 1

 

  • Legal500, 2015 – 2024, Intellectual Property (Individual Ranking): Leading Individual
  • Legal500, 2015 – 2024, Intellectual Property (Team): Tier 1

 

  • Chambers Global & Europe, 2020 – 2024, Dispute Resolution (Individual Ranking): Eminent Practitioner
  • Chambers Global & Europe, 2015 – 2024, Dispute Resolution (Team): Band 1

 

  • Chambers Europe, 2020 – 2024, Intellectual Property (Individual Ranking): Eminent Practitioner
  • Chambers Europe, 2015 – 2024, Intellectual Property (Team): Band 1

 

  • IFLR1000, 2019 – 2023, Project Finance and M&A (Individual Ranking): Highly Regarded

 

Awards:

  • In the Service of Justice” Award by Hungarian Bar Association (2019)
  • “Market Maker”, CEE Legal Matters, 2017
  • “Deák Ferenc Award” (“Pro Meritis De Iuris Peritia”), the highest joint award of all legal professions in Hungary (2014)
  • Pro Collegium Advocatorum (“Az Ügyvédségért” – “For the Legal Profession”) Award by the Hungarian Bar Association (2011)
  • Knight’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, awarded by the President of Hungary (2008)
  • Recognized as an Exemplary Lawyer (“Kiváló Ügyvéd”) by the Hungarian Bar Association (2003)
  • Eötvös Award from the Budapest Bar Association (2000)

Bar Memberships:

  • Budapest Bar Association: Vice-President responsible for International Relations (2002-2018)
  • Hungarian Bar Association: Vice-President (since 2010)
  • Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE): Head of the Hungarian Delegation

 

Other professional memberships:

  • Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright (MIE): President (since 2010)
  • Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA): Former member of the Executive Committee, currently Director of UIA IROL responsible for the independence of the profession
  • International Bar Association (IBA): Member
  • Union des Avocats Européens (UAE): Member
  • International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI): Member
  • International League of Competition Law (LIDC): Member
  • Hungarian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (HVCA): Member
  • Canada-Eastern European Lawyers Internship program (Ottawa, Canada, 1990)
  • J.D., József Attila University (Szeged), Faculty of State and Legal Science (1973, summa cum laude)

H-1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 16-17.

+36 (1) 472 3000

 

info@szecskay.com