Eventos asociados | 02.04.2020

Budapest International Legal Day

ORGANIZED BY THE BUDAPEST BAR ASSOCIATION IN COOPERATION WITH UNION INTERNATIONALE DES AVOCATS AND UNION DES AVOCATS EUROPÉENS


CONFERENCE DATE: April 2-3, 2020
VENUE:  Hungarian Academy of Sciences (April 2, dinner, address: H-1051 Budapest, Széchenyi István tér 9.),
Assembly room of the Budapest Bar Association (April 3, address: H-1055 Budapest, Szalay utca 7.)
ORGANIZERS:  Budapest Bar Association (BBA) and BBA Division of Inhouse Counsels
CO-ORGANIZERS:  Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA, www.uianet.org), Union des Avocats Européens (UAE, www.uae.lu), BBA Division of Trainee Lawyers
HOSTS: dr. Tünde Hegyi, President of the BBA Division of Inhouse Counsels
dr. Péter S. Szabó, Vice President of BBA
LANGUAGE OF THE CONFERENCE: English
DRESS CODE:  Dinner: Business or Cocktail, Conference: Business

PROGRAM:

April 2, 2020


19:00  Dinner at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (optional; address: H-1051 Budapest, Széchenyi István tér 9.)

April 3, 2020


Conference at the Assembly room of the Budapest Bar Association (address: H-1055 Budapest, Szalay utca 7.)

9:00-9:30  Opening speeches
- Dr. Gábor Tóth M., President of BBA
- Jerome C. Roth, President of UIA
- Gabriele Donà, President of UAE

9:30-10:45  New challenges for the profession in the third decade of the XXIst Century
 
Moderator: Dr. András Szecskay, Szecskay Attorneys at Law
Participants:
- Jaap Bosman, writer, advisor, (Data & Dialogue: a relationship redefined)
- Jerome C. Roth, President of UIA
- Dominique (Dominikus) Golsong, Good Year, Vice President Legal & Compliance Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA)
- Dr. Bálint Csere, OTP Group Head of Legal

10:45-11:15  Coffee break

11:15-12:30  Competition law in the digital era (competition law panel)

Moderator: Dr. Andrea Jádi-Németh, bpv JÁDI NÉMETH Attorneys at Law
Participants:
- Martin André Dittmer, Gorrissen Federspiel (Denmark)
- Pedro De Gouveia E Melo, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados (Portugal)
- Dr. Gábor Fejes, Oppenheim
- Dr. Boglárka Priskin, Head Of Department Competition Council's Secretariat at the Hungarian Competition Authority

12:30-13:30  Lunch break

13:30-14:45  Communication between attorneys and in-house counsels. Difficulties and challenges.

Moderator: Dr. Kinga Kovács, Samsung, Legal Part leader
Participants:
- Dr. Christopher C. King, Vice President & General Counsel Hunter Douglas NV
- Dr. Dániel Szeszlér, Magyar Telekom leading legal advisor
- Dr. Tamás Számadó, Municipal Clerk of the Budapest Metropolitan Municipality
- Dr. Péter Lakatos, Lakatos, Köves and Partners

14:45-15:15  Coffee break

15:15-16:45  Forum shopping in international arbitration – opportunities, challenges and pitfalls (arbitration panel)

Moderator: Dr. Péter Kun, KUN & PARTNER
Participants:
- Dr. Zsolt Fábián, MOL Group Head of Legal
- Dr. Ákos Berzétei, Vice Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Ms. Laurence Kiffer, attorney-at-law, Paris Bar Association, Chair of the International Arbitration Commission of UIA
- Dr. János Burai-Kovács, BPSS Attorneys at Law, President of the Permanent Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

16:45   Closing speech
Dr. Attila Jásdi, Szecskay Attorneys at Law, President of the International Committee of BBA

17:00–18:00  Cocktails

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PARTICIPATION FEES and REGISTRATION

Dinner at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (optional), April 2, 2020:  EUR 70
Participation at the conference, April 3, 2020:     EUR 120

Payments are to be made to the following bank account:

IBAN: HU18 1091 8001 0000 0007 2095 0041
Account Holder: Budapest Bar Association
Bank name and address: UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt., H-1054 Budapest, Szabadság tér 5-6.
BIC / SWIFT: BACXHUHB
Reference to be inserted: Name of the Participant / Legal day 2020

Registration form, together with payment confirmation is to be sent to the following e-mail address: legalday@bpbar.hu

Registration for the conference and the dinner is subject to the confirmed receipt of the attached registration form and the confirmation of the payment of the participation fees. The number of participants is limited. Participation fees of confirmed registrations cannot be reimbursed.

Continuous formation: participation will be confirmed on request.

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