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Barnabas Kiss

Associate

Email

barnabas.kiss@aoshearman.com

Phone

+36 1 429 6017

Offices

Budapest

V-CARD

Barnabas specialises in Hungarian and EU competition law and general EU law.

In addition to his expertise in various aspects of competition and antitrust law, including cartel and abuse of dominance investigations as well as merger control, he also has experience in consumer protection and civil and administrative litigation matters.

He is also a lecturer at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest and pursues PhD studies in that same university in EU law.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Scania on multiple damages claims related to the EU Commission’s 2016 cartel decision related to medium and heavy duty trucks.
  • Randstad, a leading global human resource consulting firm on a landmark cartel decision by the Hungarian Competition Authority (Vj/61/2017).
  • Ingatlan.com, a Hungarian online real estate classified ad site, on a consumer protection case before the Hungarian Competition Authority.
  • An online dating company on a consumer protection case before the Hungarian Competition Authority.

Published Work

  • Barnabás Kiss (2021) “Tagállami és uniós hatáskörök elhatárolása az állami támogatásokra vonatkozó komplex gazdasági értékelésekben: a nyilvánvaló mérlegelési hibák tesztje” (Delineation of Member State and EU competences regarding complex economic evaluations in state aid cases: the manifest error of assessment test), Európai jog 2021/1, Budapest: HVG-ORAC
  • Borbála Dömötörfy – Judit Firniksz – Barnabás Kiss (2020) “Ostensible dichotomy? By object and by effect restraints in EU competition law, with special regard to the Budapest Bank case”, in: Competition and Regulation 2020, Budapest: KRTK Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet
  • Barnabás Kiss (2019) “Tények, jog, közgazdaságtan – Nyilvánvaló mérlegelési hibák a versenyjogban” (Facts, Law, Economics - Manifest Errors of Assessment in Competition Law), Magyar jog 2019/10, Budapest: HVG-ORAC

Speaking Engagements

  • Guest speaker, Hungarian consumer protection cases in 2023, Forum on Current Topics of Competition Law organized by the Competition Law Research Centre of Pázmány Péter University, February 2024
  • Guest speaker, Hungarian consumer protection cases in 2022, Forum on Current Topics of Competition Law organized by the Competition Law Research Centre of Pázmány Péter University, March 2023

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

Member, LIDC Hungarian Competition Law Association

Qualifications

Admissions

Member of the Budapest Bar Association, 2022

Academic

PhD, Eötvös Loránd University (ongoing) MA, Business Development, Corvinus University, Budapest, 2018

Law Degree, Eötvös Loránd University, 2017

BA, International Business, Corvinus University, Budapest, 2014

Languages

English, French, Hungarian
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.