CEE/CIS - Hungary
1

Data privacy and data protection

logo

Siegler Bird & Bird Ügyvédi Iroda

Client Satisfaction
More informationMore information

With a strong client base spanning the energy, banking and finance, telecoms and media sectors, Siegler Bird & Bird Ügyvédi Iroda delivers robust expertise in intellectual property, tech, communications, dispute resolution and data protection. Its full-service model ensures seamless collaboration across its corporate, commercial, regulatory, finance and dispute resolution practices, offering comprehensive solutions for clients in Hungary and the broader CEE region. The team is particularly renowned for providing international privacy advice to clients in sectors such as automotive, healthcare, banking, ad-tech and telecoms. Co-head Bálint Halász, with a technical background in computer science, excels in IT, privacy, and contentious data protection matters, while Ádám Simon offers extensive experience in data protection and commercial issues across media, tech and telecoms.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Key clients

  • Viber
  • Yettel
  • HelloPay
  • Bitrise

Work highlights

  • Advised the founders on the sale of their total shareholding in HelloPay, a Hungarian provider of digital payment solutions.
  • Providing data protection support to a Hungarian mobile network operator, advising on a range of complicated data protection issues.
  • Represented the leading cross-platform messaging application developer in the competition control proceedings of the GVH for the alleged infringement of unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in relation to the processing of personal data

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Bálint Halász, Ádám Simon