Richard Schmidt
SMARTLEGAL Schmidt & Partners
Hungarian
Hungary
Budapest
construction & engineering, real estate
M&A, shareholders’ agreements
banking & finance, fin-tech
e-commerce
intellectual property
English,
French,
German,
Hungarian (native)
UCL Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) - LL.M degree
Faculty of Law of Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest, Hungary)
ICCA YEARBOOK COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION 2022 - VOLUME XLVII. – PART V – Hungarian Chapter (ICCA Publications 2023)
MORE THAN A FACELIFT? – NEW HUNGARIAN ARBITRATION RULES TAKE OFF IN 2023 (Kluwer Arbitration Blog 05/01/2023)
60 YEARS OF THE NEW YORK CONVENTION IN HUNGARY – A FORMALISTIC YET PRO-ARBITRATION APPROACH (Hungarian Yearbook of International and European Law 2022)
REMOTE ARBITRAL HEARINGS IN HUNGARY - The quest for the right to physical hearing under Hungarian law (Yearbook of the Hungarian Permanent Arbitration Court 2021-2022)
HUNGARY: ENFORCING ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS BY APPLYING FOREIGN LAW (Kluwer Arbitration Blog 07/02/2022)
DOUBLE OR QUITS – COMPETING ARBITRATION AND JURISDICTION AGREEMENTS (Jurisprudential Bulletin 2022/1)
ICCA’s Guide to the Interpretation of the 1958 New York Convention (Co-translator of the book in Hungarian)
Does a Right to a Physical Hearing Exist in International Arbitration? National Report – Hungary (ICCA Projects 2021)
HUNGARY: STEPS TOWARDS DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PROCEDURAL PUBLIC POLICY (Kluwer Arbitration Blog 3 September 2021)
SETTING ASIDE ARBITRAL AWARDS IN THE LAST 25 YEARS IN HUNGARY – A PRO-ARBITRATION APPROACH WITH MINOR DERAILMENTS (Yearbook Of The Hungarian Permanent Arbitration Court 2019-2020)
Hungary: Setting Aside Arbitral Awards in the Last 25 Years – A Pro-Arbitration Approach with Minor Derailments (Kluwer Arbitration Blog 2020/01/26)
Hungary: The New York Convention In Court Practice In Two Decades - Formalistic Yet Pro-arbitration Approach? (Kluwer Arbitration Blog 2019/09/11)
ICCA YEARBOOK COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION 2019 - VOLUME XLIV. – PART V – Hungarian Chapter
LEAVING THE BETRODDEN WAY ... - Some Remarks about the retrial in Hungarian arbitration with international outlook (Procedural Law Review 2018/12)
HAA – Board Member of Hungarian Arbitration Association
ICCA – International Council for Commercial Arbitration, National Reporter - Hungary
ILF – Board Member of International Law Firms network
Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty Law and Political Sciences - Guest Lecturer in international commercial dispute resolution
Richard acted as counsel and arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, including under the ICC, UNCTIRAL, HKIAC rules and in front of the Hungarian Commercial Arbitration Court.
Richard repsresented clients and acted as arbitrator in complex legal disputes relating to among others, infrastructure, construction & engineering, real estate, M&A, shareholders’ agreements, finance, fin-tech, intellectual property, outsourcing, sale of goods, e-commerce.
Believing that legal theory and practice are indivisible, besides supporting his alma mater as guest university lecturer, Richard is author or co-author of several articles and books on international arbitration and litigation.