General Secretary of the Hungarian Lawyers Association
| Location and contact details: | Budapest, Hungary +36 30 940 7774 (cell) laszlo.reti@pwc.hu |
| Fields of expertise | Civil law, economic law, business crime law, administrative law, data protection, regulation, electronic administration and electronic procedures |
| Memberships in professional organizations | General Secretary and member of the Presidency of the Hungarian Lawyers Association Member of the Hungarian Bar Association, president of the Legislation Drafting Committee, member of the Assembly Member of the Council of Copyright Experts Member of the Editorial Committee of Hungarian Law Member of other codification bodies; Member of evaluation boards (university, on occasion) |
| Honours and awards | Eötvös Award (2020) Budapest Bar Association Pro Collegio Advocatorum (2017) Hungarian Bar Association Szalay Award (2013) Hungarian Lawyers Association Officers Cross, Hungarian Order of Merit, (2012) President of the Republic Medal of Professional Excellence (2008) Hungarian Bar Association |
| Career Summary | 2019 – to date: President of the Legislation Drafting Committee of the Hungarian Bar Association 2018 – to date: General Secretary of the Presidency of the Hungarian Lawyers Association 2017 – to date: Réti, Várszegi & Partners PwC Legal Law Firm, law firm member 2000 – 2017: Managing Partner of Réti, Antall & Partners Law Firm in cooperation with Landwell, then members of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal network 1996 – 2000: Réti & Antall Law Firm, for years associated with Stikeman, Elliott, partner, attorney-at-law 1991-1996: Attorney-at-law, single practitioner 1982-1991: Lawyers Cooperative No. 3., Bar Trainee, later Attorney-at-Law |
| Education: | Faculty of Law, Eötvös Loránd University (1977-1982), Doctor Juris |
| Languages: | Hungarian (native), English (advanced), German, Russian (intermediate), Latin (not used actively) |
| Publications | Author of legal studies, studies on attorneys, articles in commentaries, journals and periodicals, co-author of assembled publications, (cca. 40), author of articles in Bar magazines, newsletters (cca. 500-600) |
| Private interests | History, Carpathian Basin, folk music, collector of books and artefacts, Danube |
| Other positions | Member, former President of the Association of the Friends of the Museum of Applied Arts Haban Myth (organization of exhibition, catalogue, 2008) Haban Ceramics (book with Diána Radványi, 2012) |
| Civil status | Married to dr. Lívia Kulcsár, attorney-at-law, raising three children and one stepchild |