General Counsel, Siemens Energy
Andras Busch is General Counsel for Hungary at Siemens Energy, a role he has held since 2020. Before that, he was Head of Legal and Compliance for Siemens Healthineers in Hungary between 2015 and 2020 and worked as Legal Counsel at Siemens Zrt. from 2009 to 2015. He started his career as a trainee lawyer at Noerr in 2005.
Andras earned his law degree from the University of Szeged in 2005.
Vice President and Head of Legal, AMC Networks
Andras Gelencser is Vice President and Head of Legal at AMC Networks International Central and Northern Europe, where he has led the legal department since 2017. In this role, he oversees all legal matters across the region, coordinates the implementation of AMC group policies, and serves as compliance officer. His work spans corporate, regulatory, and compliance issues for one of the leading international broadcasters, whose portfolio includes AMC, SundanceTV, and a wide range of thematic channels.
Before joining AMC, Gelencser founded and managed The Agency Management in Vienna from 2013 to 2017, representing athletes in contract negotiations, sponsorships, and media engagements. He also spent over 16 years at RTL Magyarorszag as Attorney and Legal Counsel, focusing on corporate, media, IP, licensing, and ancillary business activities, from 2001 to 2017 His earlier international experience includes roles in Sydney with Herbert Smith Freehills as a Paralegal from 2007 to 2008 and Seven Network as Legal Counsel from 2007 to 2008, as well as a trainee position with PwC Hungary from 2000 to 2001.
Gelencser holds an LL.B. in Law from Eotvos Lorand University, has studied European Law and Economics at the University of Deusto, and has earned a Master of Laws in Media, Telecommunications, and IT Law from the University of New South Wales.
Andras earned his law degree from the University of Szeged in 2005.
Legal and Compliance Director, Granit Polus Group
Andras Gonczy has been serving as Legal and Compliance Director of the Granit Polus Group since 2022. Prior to this role, he gained extensive experience in both international and domestic law firms, specializing in real estate and M&A. With over 20 years of professional expertise, Andras has a proven track record in handling complex legal matters across various fields.
Director for Legal and Corporate Services, Audax Renewables
Andras Nemeth is the Head of Legal and Regulation – Global at Audax Renovables, a role he has held since October 2024. Based between Badalona and Budapest, he leads the company’s global legal and regulatory affairs. He holds a law degree from the University of Pecs, an LLM degree from Universiteit Maastricht, and a nuclear law degree from Universite de Montpellier.
Since November 2007, he has been working as an attorney and then as an in-house lawyer, providing legal advice on matters related to the energy sector, in particular electricity and natural gas commercial issues, power plant projects, energy regulation, and infrastructure investments. He has previously worked for GDF Suez (later Engie), E.ON, and the Paks nuclear new build project.
In addition to his corporate role, Andras has been actively involved with the Hungarian Energy Traders’ Association, contributing as a legal expert, chairman of the HETA legal committee, and, since 2015, a member of the supervisory board. He also participates in the market committees of the Hungarian organized electricity markets.
Head of Legal, Dreher Breweries
Andras Ujvari is legal professional specializing in competition (antitrust) law, corporate law, and compliance management, having 15 years of experience working with multinational companies in regulated industries. His expertise covers a wide range of legal fields, including compliance frameworks, risk management, cross-border legal matters, and internal regulation development for leading pharmaceutical, and FMCG companies.
He is currently the Head of Legal at Dreher Breweries Ltd., where he leads the legal function, manages the implementation and maintenance of compliance policies focused on antitrust, anti-bribery, ethics, and data protection. In his role, he is responsible for legal risk management, corporate governance, major projects, and providing advice on strategic business initiatives while ensuring full adherence to competition law requirements.
Andras holds an LL.M. in Competition Law from Pazmany Peter Catholic University, complemented by a law degree from the University of Szeged and additional legal studies at Erasmus Université Catholique de Louvain and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) earned in 2025 from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
Director for Legal Tech & Innovation Schoenherr
Andrei Salajan is the Director for Legal Tech & Innovation at Schoenherr. With his deep understanding of both legal and technological landscapes, Andrei is involved in the firm’s strategic initiatives to leverage legal technology and optimise processes with the focus on improving efficiency and enhancing client services. His expertise in legal tech and passion for innovation make him a key stakeholder in adopting new technology and navigating the evolving landscape of the legal industry.
Beyond legaltech fundamentals, Andrei leads cross-practice AI programmes that evaluate, pilot, and scale solutions from key legal AI providers. At Schoenherr, he is actively driving a comprehensive legal tech framework that spans across three interconnected pillars: a strategically layered tech stack, a multi-tiered educational framework, and unique collaboration with technology partners.
Andrei’s passion for legal tech and innovation extends beyond the firm, as he regularly speaks across the European legaltech community and contributes to networks connecting law firms, in-house counsel, and technology providers. His proactive collaboration with technology providers has allowed him to help shape major legal tech products, cementing his reputation as an important player in the international innovation field.
Chief Legal Officer, Videoton
Balazs Tildi is the Chief Legal Officer of the Videoton Group, leading the company’s legal department since June 2024. Tildi has been with Videoton since 2005, having spent nearly two decades with Videoton Holding’s Chief Corporate Counsel for International Affairs, from December 2005 to June 2024. Earlier in his career, he was a Trainee Lawyer at Haarmann Hemmelrath in 2005 and at DLA Piper Hungary from 2000 to 2003.
Balazs’s practice centers on international contract negotiations, cross-border transactions, commercial litigation, insurance matters, corporate law, and M&A within the contract manufacturing and electronics manufacturing services sector. He earned a Doctor of Law degree from Eotvos Lorand University as well as an LL.M. from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Muenchen. Later on, Balazs obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Budapest College of Management in 2010.”
Head of IPTech, Baker McKenzie
Csaba Vari is a lawyer and data protection specialist who serves as Head of IPTech at Baker McKenzie’s Budapest office. His expertise spans data protection, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, technology law, and digital transformation, including online commercial systems, social media, and legal issues in the TMT (Technology, Media, Telecommunications) sector. He regularly advises multinational, regional, and domestic large companies. He is a member of IAPP and holds certifications as a European legal data protection specialist and data protection manager. He is a regular speaker at conferences and publishes extensively on legal issues related to data protection, AI, cybersecurity, and whistleblowing systems.
Lead Legal Counsel, Grundfos
Eniko Uveges is Lead Legal Counsel at Grundfos, overseeing global HR and employment law projects as well as business ethics. She joined the company in September 2022 and was appointed Lead Legal Counsel in January 2025.
Before joining Grundfos, Eniko was Head of In-House Legal Department at Deloitte Hungary from 2019 to 2022. She also held senior legal positions at Cargill from 2013 to 2019, HungaroControl from 2011 to 2013, and GTS Hungary from 2008 to 2011. Eniko began her career as an attorney at Forgo, Varga and Partners Law Firm from 2001 to 2004.
Eniko earned a Master’s degree in EC Competition Law from King’s College London in 2008 and an MA in Law from Eotvos Lorand University in 1999.
Registered In-house Lawyer, Cybersecurity Lawyer, Magyar Telekom
Eva Torok has worked continuously in the telecommunications sector since 1994 at Magyar Telekom Plc. (Magyar Telekom Nyrt.) and its predecessor companies. Throughout her career, she has held various positions in customer service, sales, process management, and collection management. Since 2001, she serves as an in-house legal counsel. She holds a law degree from the University of Pecs and earned a specialist law degree in cybersecurity at Szechenyi Istvan University. She is dedicated to promoting the importance of security awareness.
Head Of Commercial Banking Legal Department, OTP Bank
Gyorgy Szilagyi-Schreindorfer is a seasoned legal professional with over two decades of experience in banking and finance, specializing in providing legal support for corporate finance and investment services. As Head of the Commercial Banking Department of a major Hungarian bank, he oversees strategic legal matters, including complex financing transactions, regulatory compliance, and contractual frameworks. A significant part of his practice is dedicated to supporting complex corporate finance transactions, cross-border deals, and capital markets issuances. He provides strategic legal guidance throughout the lifecycle of these transactions, from structuring and documentation to regulatory compliance and execution. His expertise spans syndicated lending, bond offerings, capital markets transactions, cross-border deals, and banking regulatory.
Vice President and Legal Counsel CEE, Prologis
Ildiko Kollar serves as Vice President and Legal Counsel CEE for Prologis, the world’s leader in logistics real estate solutions. She is primarily responsible for providing legal support to the operations in Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, and she is also working regularly on larger CEE and pan-European projects.
Ildiko joined Prologis in 2008 from the international law firm Salans (now Dentons), where she practised for 10 years.
Ildiko has 30 years of professional experience post-graduation. She received her JD with summa cum laude from Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest in 1995 and obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in EC Law from King’s College London in 2000. She is a member of the Budapest Bar of Attorneys.
Legal Counsel Europe East, Legal Counsel Lead , Syngenta
Since 2012, Irina has held various leading legal and compliance roles at Syngenta, a global agritech leader with over 30,000 employees in 90+ countries. Syngenta has a significant presence in Hungary including commercial operations, seeds production center and R&D stations, as well as a European financial services center.
Based in Budapest, Irina currently serves as Legal Counsel for Eastern Europe and Legal Counsel Lead. She handles legal and compliance matters across eight countries, leads a team of European lawyers, and serves on leadership committees. Her work covers a broad range including corporate law, competition, commercial contracts, data privacy, and compliance frameworks and investigations.
Irina has more than 20 years of legal and compliance experience with leading multinational corporations including Syngenta, Walt Disney, Henkel, OTIS, and Pratt & Whitney, across Europe, Russia, and the US. Among other things, she built compliance programs from scratch, including implementing a framework for 500+ employees at Syngenta’s Russian manufacturing operations.
Irina graduated from St. Petersburg State University and earned an LL.M. from the University of Connecticut. She is admitted to practice in Russia and New York State. She speaks at international legal forums organized by the American Conference Institute, OECD, LexisNexis, and ACC.
DPO, CE Lead Privacy Counsel, TESCO
Jozsef is a data protection expert and a technology enthusiast, leading the regional privacy operations for Central Europe within the Tesco Group. With extensive experience supporting the FMCG sector and advising companies across multiple jurisdictions at a reputable international law firm, he possesses a profound understanding of the continuously evolving regulatory environment and compliance requirements, as well as the trends and challenges related to the digital era and data protection. József is dedicated to developing bespoke data protection practices and ensuring robust, yet practical and sustainable data protection measures. His expertise includes privacy by design and dark pattern analysis, with a current focus on digital transformation.
Head of Group Corporate Law, Delivery Hero
Katalin Kiss is the Head of Group Corporate Law at Delivery Hero SE, where she leads a Berlin-based team overseeing approximately 300 subsidiaries across 70 countries on 4 continents. She joined the company 9 years ago as a junior individual contributor and has since progressed to the senior managerial track, gaining broad and dynamic experience across corporate M&A, governance, share-based compensation plans, capital markets, and corporate finance.
Katalin supported Delivery Hero SE’s EUR 4.63 billion IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2017 and co-led the USD 10.1 billion listing of its MENA business on the Dubai Financial Market in 2024.
Before joining Delivery Hero, Katalin gained 5 years of experience at an international law firm in Budapest while completing her law degree. She later obtained an LL.M. in International Financial & Commercial Law from King’s College London.
Founder, Pro-Lawyer
Mate Bende is the founder of Pro/Lawyer Consulting, a communications consultancy service that helps lawyers, law firms, and legal networks.
With over 15 years of legal communication experience, his team has worked with over 100 lawyers and law firms in Hungary, Europe, and even the United States. He regularly organizes trainings for lawyers and legal departments, mostly on social media presence, with a strong emphasis on LinkedIn.
He also lectures at the University of Szeged’s Faculty of Law, where he teaches legal marketing and public relations.
Group Legal Director, Teqball
With over 15 years of experience, Marianna Erdei has been serving as Group Legal Director at Teqball since 2021. Marianna specializes in people development, compliance management, sports law, contract law, and data protection. Previously, she held leadership roles, including Country Legal Director at EY between 2016 and 2021, managing legal affairs and providing strategic consultation. She also was a Legal Counsel at EGIS Pharmaceuticals from 2010 to 2016.
Marianna has been a Board Member of the Budapest Bar Association’s Legal Counsel Division since 2018 and a lecturer at Eotvos Lorand University’s Faculty of Law since 2010.
Legal Counsel, E.ON
Before joining E.ON, Marton Tompe worked both in private practice and in-house lawyer specializing in corporate affairs and corporate transformations of public entities.
At E.ON, Marton started as a counsel for energy trading and later became Head of the Legal Team, supporting E.ON’s commodity and energy solutions businesses.
Since 2021, he has been a department head within the legal directorate of E.ON Hungaria Group, adding responsibilities for the legal support of IT+Digital and Procurement as well.
General Counsel, Head of Legal, Wizz Air Group
Nora is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Wizz Air Holdings, a London Stock Exchange-listed airline group. She joined Wizz Air in August 2022 as General Counsel, leading the group’s legal function and overseeing legal matters for Wizz Air Hungary, Wizz Air UK, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, and Wizz Air Malta. In July 2025, she additionally assumed the role of Corporate Secretary, expanding her leadership to include governance and board affairs.
Nora is a Hungarian-qualified lawyer with a degree from Pazmany Peter Catholic University and is a member of the Hungarian Bar. She has a proven track record in the aviation industry, having served as legal counsel at Malev Hungarian Airlines and as General Counsel and Legal and Compliance Director at HungaroControl, the Hungarian Air Navigation Service Provider.
General Counsell, E.ON Hungary
Peter Ban has been General Counsel of E.ON Hungary since 2017, where he is responsible for legal, compliance, data protection, and fraud prevention. He brings 20 years of combined law firm and in-house experience across several sectors, including energy, pharma, and finance. Having started his career at CMS, he held legal roles at Egis Pharmaceuticals and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London.
Peter is a graduate of Eotvos Lorand University and holds a master’s degree from CEU. He holds a dual qualification as a lawyer in Hungary and an English solicitor.
Attorney-at-law, Oppenheim Law Firm
Senior Counsel Peter Virag is the Head of the Antitrust, competition and trade practice of Oppenheim Law Firm
Virag has more than 15 years of experience in EU and Hungarian competition law. His practice focuses on antitrust cases, merger notifications, state aid advice and consumer protection investigations.
Prior to joining Oppenheim in 2024, he worked in the Budapest office of DLA Piper as a Senior Associate from 2017 to 2024 and as an Associate from 2016 to 2017 . Earlier, he worked as a case handler at the Hungarian Competition Authority from 2012 to 2015 as well as an ECN official at the European Commission’s DG Competition in 2014. Earlier still, Virag worked as a Junior Associate for BNT Attorneys from 2009 to 2011 and has also worked as a Trainee for Baker McKenzie in 2008 and with the Parliament of Hungary from 2006 to 2007.
Virag has been a member of the Budapest Bar Association since 2016. He obtained his law degree from ELTE Faculty of Law in 2009, while he also studied European and competition law at Lund University in 2007.
General Counsel, BrokerChooser
Zoltan Kormanyos is a financial regulation enthusiast with more than eight years of professional experience in the field of capital markets law and regulation. His expertise covers a range of areas including financial market infrastructure, asset management, and broker-dealers operating in major jurisdictions such as the US, the UK, and the EU. Over the last couple of years, he has been keen on developing a deep understanding of crypto ecosystems, focusing primarily on regulatory challenges concerning crypto exchanges, crypto products and other key crypto service providers.
