Veronika Brengel *

Senior Associate
Budapest*Independent attorney-at-law in cooperation with DLA Piper Posztl, Nemescsói, Györfi-Tóth and Partners.
About

Veronika Brengel is a Senior Associate in the Litigation and Regulatory group of DLA Piper Hungary. Since joining in February 2025, she has been providing legal advice and representation in civil litigation matters. Her notable engagements include representing a global telecommunications company in preliminary ruling proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as acting for a large-scale agricultural enterprise in a collective redress litigation. Her professional interests centre on EU substantive law, the substantive and procedural dimensions of collective redress, and disputes arising from emerging technologies (AI). In 2024, she obtained an LLM in European and International Law from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where her research focused on collective redress mechanisms for data protection violations.

Prior to joining the firm, she served for seven years as a judge at the Budapest Metropolitan Court (Fővárosi Törvényszék), initially in civil matters and subsequently in commercial cases. During this time, she developed extensive expertise in commercial contract disputes, tort liability claims, enforcement proceedings, and personality rights litigation.

Bar admissions / Professional QualificationsLawyer (Ügyvéd) admitted to the Budapest Bar Association (Budapesti Ügyvédi Kamara), 2025
Languages
  • Hungarian
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
Education
  • LLM European & International Law Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 2023 - 2024
  • LLM law of torts, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary 2019 – 2020
  • J.D. Eötvös Loránd Science University, Faculty of Law, Budapest, Hungary 2003 – 2009 summa cum laude

Publications

  • 'From Compliance to Courtroom: Emerging Landscape of AI litigation in Hungary', Advocatus, February 2026
  • 'On the Necessity of Certified Translation in the Civil Procedure', Journal of Jurisprudence, January 2015
  • 'Use of Foreign Language in the Civil Procedure', Journal of Jurisprudence, January 2016