Peter Sukosd

Experience

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  Gazdasági Versenyhivatal

  Sept 2003 - Aug 2012

  As the deputy head of the Antitrust Section I was delegating the incoming informal, formal complaints and formal proceedings to investigators of the Antitrust Section and I was reviewing their reports submitted to the Competition Council afterwards. I was representing the Hungarian Competition Authority in all antitrust and buyer power related cases at several working groups and advisory committee meetings of the European Commission.

  • Deputy Head of Antitrust Section

    Mar 2012 - Aug 2012

  • Chief executive counselor

    Apr 2009 - Mar 2012

  • Case handler

    Sept 2003 - Apr 2009
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  European Commission

  Sept 2005 - Mar 2006

  National expert

  As a national expert at the European Commission I was dealing with complaints concerning the supply quota systems applied by pharmaceutical companies within the EU. I was representing the European Commission at consultations between Unit B2 and the Competition Policy Directorate concerning the approach that should be applied in the pending supply quota system cases.

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  OECD - OCDE

  Sept 2007 - Apr 2009

  Policy Analyst

  As a policy analyst I was responsible for preparing analytical background papers relating to outreach events such as the OECD Global Forum on Competition and the OECD Latin American Competition Forum.

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  British American Tobacco

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2015

  Senior Legal Manager Hungary and Croatia

  As the senior legal manager I was responsible for the antitrust and compliance matters of the Hungarian and Croatian subsidiaries of British American Tobacco. I was also handling corporate governance and company law issues and coordinating all the legal matters - including litigations - of these subsidiaries.

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  METRO Cash & Carry Hungary

  Dec 2015 - Sept 2019

  Head of Legal and Compliance

  As the head of the legal and compliance team I was responsible for counseling business functions and cross-functional teams in order to ensure compliance with all relevant legislation. I was also responsible for managing every litigation related to MCC Hungary’s business activities.

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  Hungarian Corporate Compliance Society

  Jan 2017 - now

  The Hungarian Corporate Compliance Society is Hungary's compliance professional organization promoting and sharing knowledge. Its main focus area is to bring the compliance community together and to help compliance professionals advancing their expertise and careers, building network, attending events and to stay up-to-date in changes of regulations and enforcement.

  • President

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Vice President

    Jan 2017 - Sept 2022
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  Hungarian Trade Association

  Apr 2017 - now

  Co-President
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  DLA Piper

  Sept 2019 - Sept 2020

  Head of Antitrust and Competition (Budapest)

  The Antitrust and Competition team at DLA Piper Hungary was dealing with various types of competition law cases, including cartel investigations, leniency applications, merger filings, abuses of dominant positions, abuses of significant market powers and state aid cases as well as consumer protection cases. Significant part of its work was to develop and to audit competition law compliance programs of different undertakings in order to make them capable of fine reduction in competition supervision proceedings of the Hungarian Competition Authority. Show less

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  Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

  Sept 2020 - now

  Visiting Lecturer
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  METRO Cash & Carry Hungary

  Sept 2020 - Sept 2021

  Head of Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs

  As the head of the legal, compliance and public affairs team I am responsible for counseling business functions and cross-functional teams in order to ensure compliance with all relevant legislation. I am also responsible for managing public policy matters and litigations related to MCC Hungary’s business activities.

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  Winmark

  Oct 2020 - now

  Chair at Chief Legal Officer Network Budapest

  CLO’s international strategy is bringing new members, approaches and content to the CLO community, enriching and diversifying the experience for everyone.

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  EMAG Magyarország

  Sept 2021 - now

  Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs Director
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  Joint Venture Szövetség (JVSZ - Joint Venture Association)

  Feb 2022 - Jan 2025

  Vice President of Trade and Services Professional Forum
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  ESG Online Journal

  May 2023 - now

  Member of Editorial Board
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  Ecommerce Hungary

  Jun 2023 - now

  Member of the Board | Large Enterprise Section

  Consulting with competent authorities. Commenting on the related laws in connection with the ecommerce sector. Representing the interests of the company in front of the authorities. Leading the association’s meetings. Managing the new projects and organizing events related to the ecommerce business.