Dr. Sonnevend Pál

Dr. Pál Sonnevend is an expert of EU law and constitutional law, and he also has a remarkable experience in administrative law, energy law and international arbitration. He has been teaching EU law and international law since 1998 at Eötvös Loránd University Law School. Previously, he advised two consecutive presidents of Hungary, His Excellency Mr. Ferenc Mádl and His Excellency Mr. László Sólyom, in constitutional matters. In March 2013 he was appointed agent of Hungary before the International Court of Justice in the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros system of locks case.

career:

Attorney since November 2013, Kende, Molnár-Bíró, Katona Attorneys-At-Law
Attorney, Of Counsel, KNPLaw Nagy-Koppány, Varga and Partners, 2012-2013
Attorney, Sonnevend Pál Law Firm, 2010-2011
Legal adviser and lter Head of Department, Department of Constitutional and Lefal Affairs, Office of the President of the Republic, 2000-2010
Adviser of the President and later of the former President of the Constitutional Court, 1997-2000

education:

Dr. Jur., Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidlberg (2005, summa cum laude),
PhD, Eötvös Loránd Tudmányegyetem ÁJK (2005, by way of recognition of the Dr. Jur. title of Heidelberg)
LLM, Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidlberg (1997)
Max-Planck-Instutut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (1995-1997, 2000, 2002-2003, 2012, visiting fellow)
Eötvös Loránd Law School, 1990-1995

language skills:

Hungarian, English, German

email:

psonnevend@kmbk.hu