Competition Law Research Centre

Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

H-1088 Budapest, Szentkirályi u. 28-30. (Hungary)

Tel.: +36 20 366 6290 (Szilágyi Pál)

Pál SZILÁGYI (Ph.D., LL.M.) is the Director of the Competition Law Research Centre in Hungary. He is lecturer at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Faculty of Law and Political Sciences and the Faculty of Humanities) where he teaches competition law and European law. Pal obtained postgraduate diplomas from King's College London and University of Cambridge and an LLM in Competition Law at King's College London. Pal is the director of the postgraduate diploma in competition law program at PPKE and is the author of several articles and book chapters in Hungarian and English on competition law and European Law.

Tihamér TÓTH (President of the Scientific Council of the research centre) is an associate professor at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, giving lectures in EU, international and Hungarian competition law, public consumer protection law and the law of administrative sanctions for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He obtained his PhD in 2001 at the University of Szeged. He is chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Competition research Center and member of the Scientific Council of the LIDC. He is chief editor of the quarterly Hungarian State Aid Law journal and member of the editorial board of the Competition Mirror, the official journal of the competition authority. 

Gábor FEJES (Member of the Scientific Council) studied at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest (JD) and at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (LLM). He was with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer between 1998 and 2007 in Budapest and Brussels. Since 2007, Gábor is a partner at Oppenheim. He is the head of Oppenheim’s Competition Department. He is member of the Scientific Board of the Competition Law Institute of Pázmány Catholic University. He publishes regularly on issues of Hungarian and European competition law, contracts law, trademark law and arbitration. He is also a frequent speaker on conferences both in Hungary and abroad.

Katalin GOMBOS (Member of the Scientific Council of the Competition Law Research Centre of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences). She obtained her university degree in law at the József Attila Science University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Szeged („summa cum laude”) and her specialised legal degree in European law (with merit). She is judge of the Szeged Court of Appeal in civil-economic areas, and a consultant judge in European Law as well. She obtained her Ph.D. at the József Attila Science University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Szeged („summa cum laude”). She is an associate professor at the International and European Law Department of József Attila Science University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Szeged. She teaches European Law as a compulsory course and facultative seminars centered on European Competition Law as well.

Imre VÖRÖS (Member of the Scientific Council of the Competition Law Research Centre) obtained his university degree in law at the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Hungary in 1968, and then he practiced as a legal counsel.  Dr. Vörös worked for the Section of Legal and Political Sciences at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences as a researcher from 1969 to 1990. He obtained his PhD on the field of competition law in 1979. He received his degree “Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences” on the field of International Business Law (International co-operation contracts) in 1989.

Bálint BASSOLA, LL.M. (member of the Competition Law Research Centre). Bálint is an attorney-at-law at Salans’ Budapest office. He focuses primarily on EU and Hungarian competition law. Before joining Salans, Bálint was a case-handler at the Hungarian Competition Authority between 2004 and 2010, where he conducted competition supervision proceedings under both EU and Hungarian competition law. Bálint pursued his postgraduate studies at the College of Europe in Bruges where he received his LL.M. degree. He earned his law degree at Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest. In the academic year of 2000/2001 he was studying at the Faculty of Law of the Universität Regensburg. In 2001/2002 he obtained the Diplôme Interdisciplinaire des Etudes Européennes from the Institut des Hautes Etudes Européennes of the Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg. During his studies He was awarded twice with the Scholarship of the Republic ("Köztársasági Ösztöndíj"). Bálint is author of numerous articles in the area of EU and Hungarian competition law. He regularly gives lectures at bilateral chambers of commerce and at universities. Bálint's native language is Hungarian and he also carries out his work at Salans in English, French and German. 

Katalin CSERES (member of the Competition Law Research Centre) is associate professor of law at the European Law Department of the University of Amsterdam and a research fellow, both at the Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics (ACLE) and at the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG).

She obtained her university degree in law (1999, cum laude) at the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Hungary. She obtained her Ph.D. title from the University of Utrecht in 2004. Her Ph.D. thesis dealt with the topic 'Competition Law and Consumer Protection', which was published by Kluwer International in 2005.