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Siegler Bird & Bird Ügyvédi Iroda Offices
Széchenyi István tér 7-8
1051 Budapest
Hungary
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Dr Péter Rippel-Szabó
Work Department
Commercial
Position
Senior Associate
Career
As a Senior Associate in our Commercial Group in Budapest, Péter offers in-depth experience in commercial matters and am an expert advisor in the Sports sector.
He has 14 years’ experience in commercial law, advising market-leading companies from the IT, retail, media and real estate sectors on complex contractual structures and arrangements, including agreements on works and services, lease, supply, master service and ToS agreements. He offers sound and longstanding experience in relation to office and other property leases, including RfPs, HoTs, lease agreements, fit-out agreements, built-to-suit projects, internal company reports/approvals and related management or services agreements, representing both lessees and lessors. He is also experienced in complex international arbitration.
As a sports law specialist, he advises agencies, federations, governmental bodies, clubs, athletes, sports gear manufacturers and agents on commercial and player contracts, regulatory issues, transfers and day-to-day operations across various sports. He has substantial experience on all aspects of organising major international sporting events, including negotiation of event organisation agreements, bidding, broadcasting, sponsoring, rights protection programmes and Covid-19-related issues, as well as on all legal and business issues concerning esports and gaming, including building up and operating complex regulatory and tournament structures and exploitation of rights. He has experience in acting for clients before courts, arbitration tribunals and internal sporting bodies.
He is the co-author of the textbook ‘Sports Law’ (Budapest 2011) and his articles on sports law are regularly published in prestigious law journals and on professional industry websites. As well as speaking at various conferences on sports law and lecturing at universities, he has acted as the national expert for Hungary in the preparation of EU studies on sports organisers’ rights, as well as on betting-related match fixing. He is Editorial Board Member at LawInSport Europe Division. he is the leading lawyer of Bird & Bird’s team winning the Wolters Kluwer Legal Award ‘Team of the year 2019 in the category of compliance’ for the advice provided on setting up the regulatory framework for and the institutionalisation of esports as sport in Hungary.
Languages
English, German, Hungarian
Memberships
Budapest Bar Association
Education
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, LLM, German law and sports law
- University of Pécs, JD, Law
- University of Trier, Erasmus studies
Lawyer Rankings
Hungary > TMT
(Rising stars)The sports sector is a fast-growing area of expertise for the TMT team at Siegler Bird & Bird Ügyvédi Iroda; the practice advises on issues concerning sporting events, e-sports and gaming, and online sports betting. The team’s diverse clientele includes telecoms corporations and technology start-ups, as well as foreign investors and broadcasters. Operating at the forefront of emerging technologies, the practice also covers matters pertaining to AI, cloud services and cybersecurity. Bálint Halász heads up the practice, receiving instruction from an extensive roster of telecoms and online media service providers. Péter Rippel-Szabó takes a lead role in advice to sports industry clients, while Zoltán Tarján co-ordinates GDPR projects. Ádám Simon has particular experience in the advertising technology space, regularly advising media and technology companies on commercial and data protection issues. Adél Gelencsér represents clients before the National Media and the Infocommunications Authorities.
Hungary > Real estate and construction
Siegler Bird & Bird Ügyvédi Iroda fields a ‘responsive and reliable’ real estate and construction practice, supporting clients through the full lifecycle of both private and public real estate projects. The team handles the gamut of matters arising as a result of development and construction, including disputes, as well as investments, financings and acquisitions. With an extensive client base that spans Hungary and the CEE region, practice head Ferenc Mátrai advises property developers and investors, construction companies, and public procurement and private equity firms. David Dederick
leads on cross-border real estate transactions. Péter Rippel-Szabó’s particular area of expertise is the office segment, where he advises on lease agreements, refurbishment and operations. Kristóf Hevér and Mátyás Rada round out the practice’s strong junior offering.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- TMT