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achievements, provided that the medicine was used according to the
instructions.
Pursuant to a landmark decision published under BH2008.1781, the
state may only be held liable for damages caused to personal health
by the use of medicines, if the manufacturer is exempted from
product liability on the basis that the state of scientific and technical
knowledge at the time when the product was put into circulation
was not such as to enable the existence of the defect to be
discovered.
Ivan Bartal
Oppenheim
Károlyi Mihály 12
1053 Budapest
Hungary
Tel: +36 1 486 2200
Fax: +36 1 486 2201
Email: ivan.bartal@oppenheim.hu
URL: www.oppenheim.hu
Studies at and graduated from the József Attila University School of
Law, Szeged. Postgraduate studies at the City University of London
and the T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague in 2001 and 2002.
LL.M. degree in Environmental, Planning and Regulatory Law from
Nottingham Law School in 2005. Associate with international law
firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from 1999 until 2007,
including a six-month secondment in the firm’s Product Risk &
Liability Group in London, and partner with Oppenheim since
November 2007. Contributor to a wide range of publications and
textbooks and regular speaker at professional events. Admitted to
the Budapest bar association in 2004. Areas of specialisation: IP
and regulatory (electronic communications, media and data
protection) law, product risk and liability, biotech law. Sector
experience: consumer products, health and life sciences, IT, TMT,
media, publishing and entertainment (incl. new media), logistics.
Languages: Hungarian and English.
The Budapest office of the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer re-established itself as an independent
law firm under the brand name ‘Oppenheim’ in 2007.
Oppenheim currently consists of 41 lawyers who provide advice in all areas of Hungarian business law including general
corporate affairs, mergers and acquisitions, banking & finance, competition & antitrust law, real estate law, public
procurement law, environmental, planning and regulatory law, IP/IT including data protection, e-commerce,
telecommunications and outsourcing, life sciences and has a renowned contentious practice with experience in matters
before national and international courts. Oppenheim attorneys provide their legal expertise through a combination of
specialised practice groups and sector experience.
Practical Law Company, a leading provider of business know-how for lawyers, ranked Oppenheim as the top choice
among independent Hungarian law firms and ranked sixth among all law firms having a presence in Hungary, including
international law firms both in 2008 and 2009.
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