Miklós Boronkay

Partner

PRACTICE AREAS

Miklós Boronkay is the head of Szecskay Attorneys at Law’s Dispute Resolution team. He specializes in complex commercial litigation and arbitration cases, as well as in competition law matters. He has advised and represented clients in major international (ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL) and Hungarian arbitrations and court proceedings.

 

He has also represented clients before Hungarian courts in real estate, commercial, corporate and tax disputes. Miklós is an expert in tort and contract law, and has written for a number of publications that cover these areas.

 

He is an arbitrator listed on the Roll of Arbitrators of the Permanent Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and he is one of the most employed arbitrators in Hungary in recent years. Miklós also acts as an arbitrator in VIAC arbitration proceedings.

 

Besides his Dispute Resolution practice, Miklós has solid knowledge and considerable experience in competition law matters. He has participated in a number of cartel, unfair competition and merger control proceedings before the Hungarian Competition Office.

 

Miklós has been a university lecturer for various Private Law courses for more than a decade (both graduate and postgraduate courses). He is author of over 40 publications.

 

He is fluent in English and German.

Rankings:

  • Legal500, 2024, Dispute Resolution (Individual Ranking): Leading Individual
  • Legal500, 2015 – 2024, Dispute Resolution (Team): Tier 1

 

  • Legal500, 2018 – 2024, Competition (Team): Tier 2

 

  • Chambers Europe & Global, 2022 – 2024, Dispute Resolution (Individual Ranking): Band 3
  • Chambers Europe & Global, 2015 – 2024, Dispute Resolution (Team): Band 1

 

  • Chambers & Partners 2023 – 2024 Guide “Dispute Resolution: Arbitration” (Individual Ranking): listed among the top 10 arbitrators in Hungary

 

  • Legal500 CEE Arbitrator Powerlist, 2023-2024 (Individual Ranking): Recommended
  • WWL Arbitration, 2024 (Individual Ranking): Future Leader
  • GAR100, 2020-2023 (firm):  listed as leading international arbitration firms

Awards:

  • Competition Law Firm of the Year, 2016 – Wolters Kluwer Lawyers Awards Hungary

Bar Memberships:

  • Budapest Bar Association (since 2011)

 

Other professional memberships:

  • Hungarian Arbitration Association (Board Member)
  • Hungarian Association of Competition Law
  • Competition Law Research Centre
  • Arbitrator listed on the Roll of Arbitrators of the Permanent Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut)
  • Doctoral Program, Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Faculty of Law, Budapest, Hungary (2017)
  • J.D., (legal studies) Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary (2007)
  • Salzburg Summer School on European Private Law (2005)
  • Erasmus Scholarship, Paris Lodron University Salzburg (2005)

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

+36 (1) 472 3000

 

info@szecskay.com