Senior Associate
Covering both contentious and non-contentious matters, with particular knowledge in the field of unfair commercial practices, the competition team at Siegler Bird & Bird Ügyvédi Iroda is instructed by a diverse base of clients across Hungary and the EU. Dániel Arányi, who was promoted to partner in May 2023, leads the team, and handles the gamut of antitrust matters, cartel investigations and compliance issues. László Zlatarov boasts over 20 years’ experience handling multijurisdictional merger control filings and cartel cases. Gábor Kutai focuses on abuse of dominance and consumer protection cases, and also has expertise in state aid matters.
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Testimonials
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‘The accessibility of the team is outstanding.’
‘Dániel Arányi and Gábor Kutai are excellent lawyers in all areas of competition law.’
‘The team's industry and legal knowledge makes them able to give clear and practical advice.’
‘Dániel Arányi is a well-experienced professional.’
‘They have industry experience as well as experience dealing with vertical agreements, dominant position and setting up distribution networks for a strong market position.’
‘Dániel Arányi is an expert in the field of competition law, easy to communicate with, has great follow-up skills and no issues meeting short deadlines.’
Key clients
- OTP Bank
- MOL
- ERSTE Bank
- Sió-Eckes
- be2 S.à.rl
Work highlights
- Advised on the joint acquisition of the majority of shares in Alteo by MOL Group, Diófa Group and Indotek Group through a series of direct share acquisitions and a public takeover offer.
- Advised OTP Bank on the acquisition of the Nova KBM Group.
- Advised OTP Bank on the acquisition of a 100% stake in the Albanian subsidiary of Alpha Bank.
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Next Generation Partners
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Partner
Practice head
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Dániel Arányi