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Gábor Báthory

Born in 1975
Hungarian citizen
  ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:  
1981-1993   Elementary school and high school in Budapest / Hungary
1993-2000   Legal studies at the University of Vienna / Austria
1997-1998   European- and International Law studies (Erasmus) at the K.U. Leuven / Belgium
2005-2006   Postgraduate European legal studies at the College of Europe in Bruges / Belgium

 

  QUALIFICATIONS:  
2000   Austrian Law Degree (Magister Iuris)
2002   Hungarian Law Degree (Doctor Iuris) by way of homologation
2006   Admission to the Bar in Belgium by way of homologation

 

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:  
1997-1998
(7 months)		  
Part-time internship with the law firm Schön Nolte Finkelnburg & Clemm in Brussels — Research in the field of EU Law.
1999
(3 months)		  
Part-time internship with the law firm Lansky & Prochaska in Vienna — Research in the field of EU aids and development programmes for Eastern Europe.
2000-2001
(3 months)		  
Trainee lawyer with the law firm Sarkadi & Partners in Budapest — Communications- and Corporate Law for national and international clients.
2001
(3 months)		  
Trainee at the lobby organisation EACEM (now named EICTA) in Brussels — Monitoring of EU legislation on consumer-electronics equipment.
2001-2002
(5 months)		  
Trainee with the European Commission, Directorate General Information Society (INFSO), Unit A2 (Implementation) in Brussels — Research aimed at supporting Commission arguments in various infringement procedures. Updating "The Guide to the Case Law" (summary of communications-related decisions of the ECJ). Daily review of telecoms news in the press. Participation in the preparation of the 7th Implementation Report on EU communications law, in workshops on the new EU telecoms regulatory framework and in various committee meetings.
2003-2004
(2 years)		  
Trainee lawyer with the law firm Hogan & Hartson LLP in Brussels — EU Law with a focus on communications law (Internet, media, networks). Further, assignments in the fields of competition, trade, pharmaceuticals and food law.
Since
Sept. 2006		  
Associate lawyer with the law firm Van Bael & Bellis in Brussels — EU Law.

 

  LANGUAGES:  
Hungarian   mother tongue (had substantial work experience with legal Hungarian)
German   proficient (had substantial work experience with legal German)
English   proficient (had substantial work experience with legal English)
French   proficient
Dutch   high level
Spanish   high level
Russian   conversation level

 

  COMPUTER SKILLS:  
Keyboard   Ten-finger typing
MS   Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash
Linux   Applications of the SuSe distribution
EU sites   Excellent orientation on the websites of EU institutions

 

  PUBLICATIONS:  
1999   "Constitutional Aspects of Hungary's Accession to the EU", ELSA SPEL, Brussels
2008   "The Hungarian Competition Authority invokes cartel rules and leniency policy with regard to an exclusive distribution agreement in the healthcare sector (Kortex/Olympus)", e-Competitions, February 2008-I