Clients from all over the world highly appreciate the extensive experience of our lawyers in proceedings crowned by success before domestic and foreign state courts and arbitration tribunals. This firm professional standing is reinforced by the strong academic background of each team member including Istvan Varga, internationally renowned professor of civil procedural law and head of PROVARIS’ dispute resolution practice group, who are constantly transforming that background into added value for the Clients represented in the courtroom or in arbitration.
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.
