Speaker Bio
Dóra is a partner and CEE Managing Director at CMS and Co-Head of the Technology, Media and Communications Group (TMC). She also heads the TMC, Data Protection and Intellectual property (IP) practices, and is a partner in the Antitrust, Competition and Trade practice in the Budapest office.
She is expert in all three sectors of TMC (Technology, Media and Communications) with a special focus on communications, media and all types of regulatory matters, having been general counsel for the largest telecommunications provider in the region.
Her major clients are TMT and pharma companies, foreign-owned commercial banks, and major joint ventures. Her areas of specialisation include AI, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, data protection, GDPR, competition law, IP law, general commercial contracts, corporate restructuring and M&A.
She has established and leads our managed legal services delivery centre from Budapest. As part of this project, a team including UK, German, Italian, Spanish, US, and PRC lawyers provided support to a company, undertaking and managing its procurement support on a global scale. In addition, she has in-depth experience managing and coordinating multi-jurisdictional projects in over 20 countries.
Dóra is the Co-Chairman of the Regulatory & Ethics Committee of the Hungarian AI Coalition. She is also a member of the Digital Civil Code Review Working Group, being the only outside counsel in the team. She is the first and only lawyer to be a member of the co-regulatory committee between the local telecommunications’ regulatory authority and the Association of Hungarian Content Providers. Dóra is a member of the International Board at Global Telecom Women's Network (GTWN). She is also a member of the Board of Directors of UNICEF Hungary.
Dóra is the co-author of a number of sector specific publications and is a regular speaker at key international conferences, including the World Economic Forum (Davos), the Mobile World Congress and ECTA.