Member Profile

Gábor Damjanovic has been a partner with Forgó Damjanovic & Partners Law Firm (Forgó, Varga & Partners Law Firm prior to 2010) since 2003; he is co-managing partner of the firm. He heads the Dispute Resolution Practice Group and handles complex, high-value commercial court cases and arbitrations, as well as fraud cases; almost always with a cross-border element. Gábor is frequently nominated as an arbitrator, both as wing and chair and has represented clients/acted as arbitrator under a number of different institutional rules, as well as under the UNCITRAL rules. According to Legal 500: “Gábor Damjanovic stands out for his ‘impressive practical knowledge in court cases and arbitration’”.

He has helped his clients in enforcement of court decisions and arbitral awards, assisted them in fake president fraud cases and in FCPA investigations.

Gábor has a niche expertise and understanding of the gambling industry.He and his firm also assists clients in corporate transactional matters, labour employment issues and general commercial matters.

Professional Memberships: Budapest Bar Association; IBA (Gábor is Secretary-Treasurer of the Professional Ethics Committee of the IBA and Hungarian rapporteur for the IBA Subcommittee for International Arbitration Case Law); Luxembourg Arbitration Association; Scottish Arbitration Centre; Hungarian Arbitration Association; ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration); Listed by a number of arbitral institutions worldwide (London, Vienna Seoul, Belgrade, Warsaw, Budapest).