Dóra Petrányi
CEE Managing Director, Co-Head of the Technology, Media and Communications Group
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- Hungarian
- English
- German
- French
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Dóra is a partner and CEE Managing Director at CMS and Co-Head of the Technology, Media and Communications Group (TMC). She also heads the TMC, Data Protection and Intellectual property (IP) practices, and is a partner in the Antitrust, Competition and Trade practice in the Budapest office.
She is expert in all three sectors of TMC (Technology, Media and Communications) with a special focus on communications, media and all types of regulatory matters, having been general counsel for the largest telecommunications provider in the region.
Her major clients are TMT and pharma companies, foreign-owned commercial banks, and major joint ventures. Her areas of specialisation include AI, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, data protection, GDPR, competition law, IP law, general commercial contracts, corporate restructuring and M&A.
She has established and leads our managed legal services delivery centre from Budapest. As part of this project, a team including UK, German, Italian, Spanish, US, and PRC lawyers provided support to a company, undertaking and managing its procurement support on a global scale. In addition, she has in-depth experience managing and coordinating multi-jurisdictional projects in over 20 countries.
Dóra is the Co-Chairman of the Regulatory & Ethics Committee of the Hungarian AI Coalition. She is also a member of the Digital Civil Code Review Working Group, being the only outside counsel in the team. She is the first and only lawyer to be a member of the co-regulatory committee between the local telecommunications’ regulatory authority and the Association of Hungarian Content Providers. Dóra is a member of the International Board at Global Telecom Women's Network (GTWN). She is also a member of the Board of Directors of UNICEF Hungary.
Dóra is the co-author of a number of sector specific publications and is a regular speaker at key international conferences, including the World Economic Forum (Davos), the Mobile World Congress and ECTA.
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Dóra is a partner and CEE Managing Director at CMS. She heads the Commercial practice and heads the Life Sciences & Healthcare practices in the Budapest office.
She advises major pharmaceutical, biotechnological and medical device manufacturers at national and European levels on the full range of issues from general pharma law to representing clients before the relevant authorities. Dóra is a leading eHealth expert; she has worked on a number of eHealth projects and currently advises telecommunications and healthcare companies on their projects.
Her major clients are TMT and pharma companies, foreign-owned commercial banks, and major joint ventures. Her areas of specialisation include pharma regulatory, AI, cybersecurity, competition law, IP law, public procurement matters, general commercial contracts, corporate restructuring, and M&A. Before joining CMS, Dóra spent over a decade in-house at the largest TMT company in the region.
Dóra is the Co-Chairman of the Regulatory & Ethics Committee of the Hungarian AI Coalition. She is also a member of the Digital Civil Code Review Working Group, being the only outside counsel in the team. She is the first and only lawyer to be a member of the co-regulatory committee between the local telecommunications’ regulatory authority and the Association of Hungarian Content Providers. Dóra is a member of the International Board at Global Telecom Women's Network (GTWN). She is also a member of the Board of Directors of UNICEF Hungary.
She is a regular speaker at key international conferences, including the World Economic Forum (Davos), the Mobile World Congress and ECTA.
Relevant experience
Lectures list
Dóra is a partner and CEE managing director at CMS and Co-Head of the Technology, Media and Communications Group (TMC). She also heads the TMC, Data Protection and Intellectual property (IP) practices, and is a partner in the Antitrust, Competition and Trade practice in the Budapest office.
She advises clients on all types of competition law matters, including antitrust cases, investigations into abuses of a dominant position and cases of misleading consumers, as well as representation in sectorial review proceedings, reviewing current practices, general terms and conditions, preparing compliance audit reports and providing compliance training. Her major clients are TMT and pharma companies, foreign-owned commercial banks, and major joint ventures. Her areas of specialisation include AI, cybersecurity, competition law, IP law, public procurement matters, general commercial contracts, corporate restructuring, and M&A.
Before joining CMS, Dóra spent over a decade in-house at the largest TMT company in the region. Dóra is the Co-Chairman of the Regulatory & Ethics Committee of the Hungarian AI Coalition. She is also a member of the Digital Civil Code Review Working Group, being the only outside counsel in the team. She is the first and only lawyer to be a member of the co-regulatory committee between the local telecommunications’ regulatory authority and the Association of Hungarian Content Providers. Dóra is a member of the International Board at Global Telecom Women's Network (GTWN). She is also a member of the Board of Directors of UNICEF Hungary.
Dóra is the co-author of several publications on competition law and is a regular speaker at key international conferences, including the World Economic Forum (Davos), the Mobile World Congress and ECTA.
