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Attila Harmathy

Address: 

Eötvös University School of Law
Egyetem tér 1-3
Budapest V.
Hungary

Phone Number: 
(36-1) 173-518
Born: 
1937, Budapest
Languages: 
English French German Russian
Nationalities: 
Hungarian
Education: 
Dr. jur. 1959, Budapest; Diploma, comparative law 1967, Univ. of Strasbourg; Scientific degrees 1971, 1982, Budapest.
Present Position: 
Professor, Eötvös University School of Law; Deputy Director, Institute for Legal and Administrative Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Professional Experience: 

Professor, Eötvös University School of Law, Budapest (1982- ); Deputy Director, Institute for Legal and Administrative Sciences of the Hungarian Acad. of Sciences (1986- ), Clare College, Cambridge (1974); Visiting Professor, Univ. of California, Berkeley (1988).

Professional Associations: 

Hungarian Acad. of Sciences (Legal Committee); Hungarian Lawyers’ Assoc. (Vice President, Economic Law section).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Arbitration Court of the Czechoslovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Arbitration Tribunal formed under the agreement between the Arbitral Centre of the Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna and the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce; Court of Arbitration, Hungarian Chamber of Commerce; Court of Arbitration, Polish Chamber of Foreign Trade.

Arbitration Experience: 

Arbitrator, sole arbitrator, chairman, 10 cases yearly at the Court of Arbitration of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce (1983- ); Partyappointed arbitrator, 2 cases at the Arbitration Tribunal formed under the agreement between the Arbitral Centre of the Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna and the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce, held in Vienna (1988-1989); Party-appointed arbitrator, 1 ad hoc case, in Switzerland (1988-89); Party-appointed arbitrator, 2 cases at the Arbitration Court of the Czechoslovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Prague (1986, 1988).

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Comparative Law
Contracts
Economic Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Author of books and articles, re: contracts comparing socialist and nonsocialist laws, arbitration in Hungary and international.