Firm Description

Oppenheim is the largest independent law firm in Hungary, providing legal advice on all areas of Hungarian business law, with a dedicated antitrust, competition and trade practice group.

The activities of Oppenheim’s antitrust, competition and trade practice group include the full spectrum of Hungarian and European competition and trade law. The competition team provides merger control related advice from the very transaction planning and due diligence through contracts negotiation up until notification to the competent authority. The practice group also provides legal assistance in the full course of a competition investigation by the competent authorities and during the (possibly) ensuing court proceedings (including legal representation from the time of a dawn raid until the end of the court proceedings including any possible private enforcement proceedings initiated). Oppenheim also assists its clients in legal disputes concerning trademark infringements, unfair competition/passing-off, misleading of consumers, the abuse of significant market power and state aid matters.

The practice has consistently been ranked among the top competition law practices in Hungary. Oppenheim has been ranked first tier by Legal500, Band 1 by Chambers and Partners Europe and leading law firm by PLC Which Lawyer? in Hungary for Competition/Antitrust work by. Oppenheim was also chosen as the winner of the Corporate Intl Magazine practice award “Best Law Firm in Hungary for Competition Legal work 2009”.