TMT

Siegler Bird & Bird Ügyvédi Iroda

Client Satisfaction

The sports sector is a fast-growing area of expertise for the TMT team at Siegler Bird & Bird Ügyvédi Iroda; the practice advises on issues concerning sporting events, e-sports and gaming, and online sports betting. The team’s diverse clientele includes telecoms corporations and technology start-ups, as well as foreign investors and broadcasters. Operating at the forefront of emerging technologies, the practice also covers matters pertaining to AI, cloud services and cybersecurity. Bálint Halász heads up the practice, receiving instruction from an extensive roster of telecoms and online media service providers. Péter Rippel-Szabó takes a lead role in advice to sports industry clients, while Zoltán Tarján co-ordinates GDPR projects. Ádám Simon has particular experience in the advertising technology space, regularly advising media and technology companies on commercial and data protection issues. Adél Gelencsér represents clients before the National Media and the Infocommunications Authorities.

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Testimonials

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‘They are highly professional, customer oriented and efficient, always ready to consult and involve skilled external experts, if necessary, from their professional network. We are deeply impressed by the qualities of all the practitioners, but especially Bettina Kövecses, Péter Rippel-Szabó and Ferenc Mátrai.’
‘Bálint Halász and Ádám Simon communicated very well with the project team. Each vendor negotiation had its own peculiarities but Bálint and Ádám focused on what was important for the company. They also explained the pros and cons as well as risks so that the company could make a well informed decision.’
‘The firm has excellent specialists in all areas who will use all their expertise and negotiating skills to help the client achieve its goal. The team is assisted by the fact that it has partner offices at an international level, so that it has a wide knowledge base which is also available in relation to foreign law.’
‘We mainly work with Bettina Kövecses and Péter Rippel-Szabó. They are both highly skilled professionals who can find the answers to the most complex cases. Their aim is always to understand the needs of our company and to select the appropriate procedures to achieve the result, while fully informing you of the risks. In this way, our xompany can always choose the most appropriate procedure for each individual case. They work with fast and flexible deadlines.’
‘The firm provides high calibre advice to match the complexity of a client's needs. The practice makes you feel they put the clients front and centre. They go to great lengths to make sure the services they provide are consistent and timely.’
‘Ádám Simon demonstrated the ability to navigate this complex project with precision and creativity. His capability to distill legal concepts into comprehensible and actionable insights has been invaluable. Adam is always available, we've been able to count on him for timely guidance, demonstrating a true commitment to our partnership. He effortlessly navigates the technological details in this complex IT project, demonstrating his understanding of technology, ensuring legal solutions are both tech-savvy and strategically sound.’
'The team delivers outstanding and very high-value legal representation on a timely basis, including on short deadlines. They are able to work very well with both our legal and our other teams to understand the scope of the issues and apply their knowledge of the law and commercial contractual experience and knowledge on a highly effective basis.'
'This team provides a great combination of legal advice and cognisance of the market conditions. To us, they are trusted experts in many relevant areas, such as privacy. Additionally, they are able to pivot between different roles that we ask them to take on, whether it's drafting guidance on a new regulation or directly interacting with our internal customers to provide advice.'

Key clients

Stellantis
BT (British Telecom)
Budapest 2023 Nonprofit Zrt.
Bitrise
SEON Technologies
Yettel
Shapr3D
Omnicoach

Work highlights

Advised on the IP law aspects of Stellantis’ acquisition of aiMotive.
Assisting Yettel with various data protection issues.
Handling data protection compliance framework and commercial documentation issues, IP-related disputes and employment law matters on behalf of SEON Technologies, as well as advising on the acquisition of Complytron.