Norbert was born in Hungary and studied law in Debrecen (Hungary) and Passau (Germany), where he completed his degree with honors.

In 2005, he joined NZP in Nuremberg after working several years at the Federal Ministry of Defense (Bundesministerium für Verteidigung). Initially, he worked as a lawyer for 10 years, and now he serves as Of Counsel Rechtsassessor in all areas of German-Hungarian commercial law.

Due to his additional studies and years of litigation experience in all instances of Hungarian civil courts, his special areas of expertise include Hungarian commercial law, particularly on behalf of German insolvency administrators, Hungarian insolvency and company law, contract and property law. He is especially involved in the development of case law concerning the compensation for void property purchase agreements under Hungarian property law in the interest of affected real estate agents.

Recently, his fight for the landmark judgments on the nullity of so-called foreign currency loans provided by Hungarian financial institutions has received a lot of attention in the Hungarian press and media.

His significant practical knowledge primarily lies in Hungarian civil law and procedural law. Additionally, he has expertise in shareholder disputes, director and officer liability, compensation claims of commercial agents, distributors, independent branch managers and franchisees under EU, Swiss and Hungarian law, as well as in legal disputes concerning goods deliveries.

Furthermore, his extensive practical knowledge encompasses International Private Law, European Civil Procedural Law, and international arbitration proceedings.

He has particular expertise in various European arbitration rules and contract drafting, especially the design and finalization of export/import goods delivery contracts, procurement contracts, general terms and conditions, distribution contracts, license agreements, articles of association, shareholder agreements, and severance agreements under German, Hungarian, and international private law standards, in German, Hungarian, and English language

Education

• University of Passau, Degree with honors
• Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia
• University of Debrecen (Dr. iur.)

Publications

• Co-author of the Handbook on Insolvency Law in Europe, C. H. Beck Verlag 2012/2017

Languages

• German
• Hungarian
• English

Mate studied at the University of Vienna (Magister iuris) and carried out teaching duties as a student assistant at the Institute of Roman Law and Ancient Legal History. He received a scholarship for his academic achievements and completed his diploma studies in 2020 under minimum study period. After graduating from the University of Vienna he nostrified his diploma in Hungary at the University of Szeged (JD).

During his general legal studies, he specialized in European law and private commercial law.  He attended the „Sommerhochschule”( summer school) of the University of Vienna in Strobl and obtained the Diploma of European Studies with highest distinction. Máté completed traineeships in renowned commercial law firms in Hungary and Austria.

After his studies he worked as a judicial law clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Vienna and worked as a university assistant at the Institute for Corporate and International Commercial Law at the University of Graz. For his LLM studies at Andrassy University the OEAD granted him a postgraduate excellence scholarship.

He also completed the Functional Legal Knowledge assessment of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination in London.

Education:

• Sommerhochschule of the University of Vienna Strobl
• University of Vienna (magister iuris)
• PhD Student University of Graz
• University of Szeged- Nostrification (JD)
• Andrassy University Budapest LLM

Languages:

• German
• English
• Hungarian

Interests:

Mate is not choosy when it comes to sport. Not only does he act fast as a lawyer, but also as a football referee. He swings the badminton racket quite well, too.

Consultation and Legal Representation

Nationwide and in European countries, in all areas of commercial law, particularly in shareholder disputes (including freelance associations), director and officer liability, supervisory board liability, compensation claims of commercial agents, distributors, independent branch managers, and franchisees, both under EU law and Swiss law, in legal disputes concerning goods deliveries.

Contract Drafting

Especially the design and finalization of export and import goods delivery contracts, procurement contracts, general terms and conditions, distribution contracts, articles of association, shareholder agreements, severance agreements, also compliant with international intellectual property rights standards and in the languages German, English, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian.

Arbitration

Representation of parties and acting as an arbitrator in national and international commercial arbitration proceedings.

Positions and Functions

• Court-appointed temporary executive director for corporations
• Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal of the German Society for Project Management.
• Permanent arbitrator at the International Arbitral Tribunal of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce in Budapest.
• Sports arbitrator at the Altmühltal Classic Sprint.
• Lecturer at seminars for attorneys of the bar associations of Nuremberg and Munich (International Sales Law, International Civil Procedure Law).
• Lecturer at the University of Pécs (Hungary) (UN Sales Law).

Publications

• Basics of the Vienna UN Sales Law CISG 2009 (accompanying script for the University of Pécs, Hungary).
• Foreign Business: Different Countries, Different Laws in WiM, the Business Magazine of the Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Issue 12/2013.
• The New Competition Law in China, 2014 (accompanying script for MANAGEMENTCIRCLE AG).
• Legal comparison of the new Hungarian liability law/CISG liability system for breach of contract, 2016.
• Basics of International Sales Law, 2017 (accompanying script for the bar associations of Nuremberg and Munich).

Languages

• German
• English
• Hungarian
• French

Zsófia has been strengthening our Team as an intern since March 2021, and ever since she completed her studies at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in June 2023, where she obtained a law degree with honors (cum laude), she has been working as a trainee lawyer.

During her university years, she completed the German-Hungarian and Hungarian-German legal translation training organized by the Andrássy University Budapest. Within the university’s framework she continuously attended German language courses and then participated in the training of the “German Law School” organized jointly by Georg-August University Göttingen and ELTE. As a member of a special college, she was an active participant in the work of the English and Legal Workshops. During her university years, she acted as a mentor in the ELTE Mentoring Program and also worked in the academic scientific student circle.

Studies

• 2022-2023. Andrássy University Budapest (legal translation)
• 2020-2021. Georg-August-University Göttingen (German Law School)
• 2017-2023. Eötvös Loránd University Budapest (law)

Language skills

• Hungarian
• German
• English

Personal interests

She enjoys working with children, so she regularly undertakes volunteer work in kindergartens. In her free time, she also regularly exercises, currently in the form of kettlebell trainings.

Martin studied at the University of Regensburg, Germany, and finished his Bavarian state examination with honors, focusing on European and International Private Law.

After years of experience in large law firms both domestically and internationally, he has established his practice at the NZP NAGY LEGAL PartG mbB in Nuremberg. He enhances our expertise with his extensive know-how in key areas of commercial law, particularly in data protection law, IT law, e-commerce, and unfair competition law.

In addition, with his excellent country-specific knowledge of Bulgarian law and language, he heads our Bulgaria Desk at the firm, providing services to our clients with business relations in Bulgaria and representing them in litigation before Bulgarian state courts and arbitration tribunals. He also offers legal advice and representation for Bulgarian companies in the Federal Republic of Germany. This range of services includes not only the aforementioned areas but also company formation, commercial and corporate law, and civil law.

Moreover, he serves as an external data protection officer, undertaking operational tasks primarily for companies, merchants, agencies, and freelancers. He is also an author specializing in data protection law.

Languages

• German
• Bulgarian
• English
• Greek