Gusztáv Bacher is a Partner at Szecskay Attorneys at Law, a law firm with an international clientele and scope of activities.

SPECIALISATION
Civil, competition, advertising, IP law and litigation

EDUCATION
Received his JD, summa cum laude, from Eötvös Loránd Faculty of State and Legal Science (ELTE) in 1998. Studied at the Faculty of Law in Vienna in 1997 and participated in the Post-Graduate Course on International Trade Law organized by the Asser Instituut, The Hague in 1999. Received his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in International Business Law at the Central European University (CEU) in 2001. Was researcher at Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (Munich) in 2005.

MEMBERSHIPS
Budapest Bar Association: Member since 2002
LIDC: First Vice President since 2010, International Rapporteur on Comparative Advertising (2004), Secretary General (2007-2010)
Ethics Commission of the Hungarian Advertising Association: Chairman since 2011
Intellectual Property Expert Committee and Copyright Expert Committee attached to the Hungarian Patent Office: Member
National Board Against Counterfeiting and Piracy(governmental advisory body): Member
MIE: Board Member
AIPPI: Vice President of the Executive Committee of the Hungarian Group

PUBLICATIONS/OTHER
Author of various articles in the field of intellectual property, competition law, and advertising law, and head of several working groups which prepare national reports for AIPPI and LIDC. Also an external lecturer at ELTE at the Department of Civil Law.

LANGUAGES
Fluent in German and English.