Education and Degrees

  • University of Leipzig, honorary professor, 2016–
  • ELTE Faculty of Law, full professor, head of department, 2015–
  • The Hague Academy of International Law, director of studies, 2011
  • ELTE Faculty of Law, habilitation, 2010
  • ELTE Faculty of Law, associate professor, head of department, 2008 -2015
  • Universität des Saarlandes, PhD, 2005
  • ELTE Faculty of Arts, diploma of German linguistics and literature, 1997
  • ELTE Faculty of Law, JD, 1997
  • ELTE Budapest, Universität des Saarlandes, Universität Heidelberg, University of Connecticut Hartford, Faculté de Droit Montpellier, graduate studies 1991-1997

Working Languages

Hungarian
German
English

Practice Groups

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Istvan Varga is the Chair Professor of the Department of Civil Procedure at ELTE Faculty of Law in Budapest, and the managing partner of PROVARIS, heading its litigation and arbitration practice group. Milestones of his professional career as a lawyer and a legal scholar include the following: between 2013-2016 member and scientific secretary of the Civil Procedure Main Codification Committee, author and editor of the new Hungarian civil procedure code’s Expert Proposal, author of the new (2018) Arbitration Rules of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in 2011-2012 director of studies at The Hague Academy of International Law, author of a comparative civil procedure and arbitration dissertation awarded in 2006 with the First Prize of the German Arbitration Institution, member of the case law analyst group of the Supreme Court of Hungary, between 1998-2003 advisor of the second president of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. Besides his activity as an attorney-at-law and as a professor in Hungary, he is honorary professor at University of Leipzig, member of the ELIUNIDROIT working group preparing European Rules of Civil Procedure, editor and co-author of leading civil procedure and arbitration related commentaries published in Hungarian, German and English speaking countries, regular speaker at civil procedure conferences abroad, arbitrator at numerous Hungarian and international arbitration courts, Hungary’s arbitrator at the Washington DC based International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Additionally he holds a degree in German literature and linguistics. At PROVARIS he advises and represents Clients mainly in civil litigation and arbitration before domestic and foreign courts. In addition he acted as counsel in a series of high profile cases before the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Memberships, Appointments & Prizes

  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, listed arbitrator
  • Supreme Court of Hungary, member of the case law analyst group, 2014, 2019-2020
  • European Law Institute – UNIDROIT, European Principles and Rules of Civil Procedure preparatory group member
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, listed arbitrator
  • Budapest Bar, member, 2007-
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences, plenary session member
  • International Scientific Association Memberships (International Association of Procedural Law, International Association of Comparative Law)
  • German Arbitration Association, holder of the award DIS First Prize for the best arbitration related dissertation, 2006

References

  • Legal representation of a major pharmaceutical corporation before Hungarian courts in the Hungarian part of the biggest ever worldwide pharmaceutical product liability litigation;
  • Legal representation of the Client in an arbitration before the Vienna International Arbitral Center (VIAC) in the matter of the validity of long-term investment contracts;
  • Acting as party-appointed arbitrator, as expert witness and as counsel in a series of commercial and investment arbitrations at the International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration (ICC Paris);
  • Acting as expert witness in two investment arbitrations before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID Washington DC);
  • Legal representation in arbitration proceedings before the Court of Arbitration attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry primarily in matters involving corporate, commercial and damages claims;
  • Acting as party appointed arbitrator, as well as presiding arbitrator in a series of arbitration proceedings in Hungary and abroad involving civil and investment matters (proceedings before the ICC, ICSID, VIAC, DIS, MKIK);
  • Legal representation of a Client before the Hungarian Competition Authority as well as in the subsequent administrative litigation for the setting aside of the decision of the Competition Authority;
  • Legal representation of innovative pharmaceutical Clients in administrative litigations for the setting aside of the decisions of the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition;
  • Legal representation of foreign investors in their complex corporate, contractual and damage claim matters, including trademark and inheritance disputes before Hungarian courts;
  • Legal representation of a foreign banking group before the Financial Dispute Resolution Board of the Hungarian National Bank;
  • Legal representation in matters involving the violation of personality rights in social media and in traditional media;
  • Legal representation of Clients in several highly significant preliminary ruling procedures before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Education and Degrees

  • University of Leipzig, honorary professor, 2016–
  • ELTE Faculty of Law, full professor, head of department, 2015–
  • The Hague Academy of International Law, director of studies, 2011
  • ELTE Faculty of Law, habilitation, 2010
  • ELTE Faculty of Law, associate professor, head of department, 2008 -2015
  • Universität des Saarlandes, PhD, 2005
  • ELTE Faculty of Arts, diploma of German linguistics and literature, 1997
  • ELTE Faculty of Law, JD, 1997
  • ELTE Budapest, Universität des Saarlandes, Universität Heidelberg, University of Connecticut Hartford, Faculté de Droit Montpellier, graduate studies 1991-1997

Working Languages

Hungarian
German
English

Practice Groups

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