Senior Associate

Aranka Nagy

Languages

Hungarian
English
French

Aranka is a senior associate in the antitrust, competition and trade team at CMS Budapest. Aranka has decades of experience in all aspects of competition law.

Before joining CMS, Aranka worked as chief counsel at the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH), where she dealt with high-profile mergers and represented the GVH in cross-border cases.

At CMS, Aranka participates in domestic and cross-border mergers, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, EU level competition cases, state aid investigations and consumer protection proceedings. She also provides legal advice on a wide range of competition law-related issues.

In addition, Aranka served as a competition law expert at the OECD Competition Division in Paris for a year. While attending university, Aranka was a member of the Bibó István College of Law and, after graduation, delivered lectures there on merger control. She has published many articles on competition law, with a particular focus on merger control and current competition law trends, such as greenwashing and influencer marketing, both in Hungarian and English. She also co-authored the GVH’s survey report on sustainability and competition law, which was prepared for the ICN Annual Conference in 2021.

Relevant experience

A global company in proceedings before the Hungarian Competition Authority for an alleged breach of the Commercial Act.
Coordinating multi-jurisdictional filings, including the submission of a merger notification form to the European Commission involving a Hungarian state subsidiary.
Advising a major telecom group during Phase II merger proceedings before the Hungarian Competition Authority, including commitment negotiations.
A global platform operator in proceedings before the Hungarian Competition Authority for allegedly unfair commercial practices.
Multiple global pharmaceutical companies in various competition matters, including vertical agreements, rebate schemes, commercial communications and strategies.

Publications

September 2021 - Survey report on ‘Sustainable development and competition law’, September 2021, Hungarian Competition Authority (in English).
Nagy A., Révész É., ‘One merger, four proceedings, four different outcome – lessons learned from the DDC/Readymix saga’, Versenytükör 2018/1., p 17-31 (in Hungarian).
Nagy A., ‘Institutional design of enforcing public interest considerations in merger control’, Concurrences Review, N. 1-2018, Art N. 86085 (in English).
Capobianco, A., Nagy, A. ‘Developments in International Enforcement Co-operation in the Competition Field’, Journal of European Law & Practice, Vol 7, Issue 8, p 566-583 (in English).
Capobianco, A., Nagy, A. ‘Public interest clauses in developing countries’, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, (2016) 7 (1), p. 46-51 (in English).
Nagy, A., Szendrő Sz. ‘Overview of the European Commission’s merger control practice, with particular focus on the current trends’, Versenytükör 2014/1. (X/1), p. 99-120 (in Hungarian).

Memberships & Roles

Budapest Bar Association

Education

Juris Doctor, Summa Cum Laude, Eötvös Loránd University (2010)
PhD Student, Pázmány Péter Catholic University (ongoing)
Erasmus Studies, University of Warwick (2008–2009)

Practice Areas

Antitrust, Competition and Trade

Insights

Global Reach