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Attila Borsos

Attila
Borsos

Partner

CONTACT INFO

aborsos@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+32 2 554 72 11

FAX:+32 2 554 70 33

Brussels

Avenue Louise 480, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

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PRACTICE

Antitrust and Competition Government Contracts International Trade Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

​Attila Borsos is a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, based in the Brussels office. He is a member of the Firm’s Antitrust and Competition, International Trade, Litigation and Government Contracts practice groups and has 15 years of experience advising on antitrust and competition as well as international trade matters.

Mr. Borsos was highlighted as one of the leading competition lawyers of his generation in the 2020 edition of Global Competition Review’s prestigious “40 Under 40”. He is also recognized as a Future Leader in Competition by Who’s Who Legal (from 2017 to date) and is recommended in the Competition section of Legal 500 EMEA 2022 for Belgium.

Mr. Borsos advises on a wide range of antitrust issues, including merger control, vertical arrangements and cartel investigations, both before the European Commission and national competition authorities. He regularly advises international companies on their global merger control strategy and co-ordinates merger control and other regulatory filing approvals in order to get the deal through and meet clients’ strategic objectives. He has particular experience in advising companies in the IT, consumer goods, construction materials and chemical industries.

Mr. Borsos has significant experience in State aid proceedings before the European Commission and subsequent litigation before the European Courts. He has successfully advised investors on the State aid aspects of the privatization a flag carrier airline of one of the EU member states and subsequently represented that airline with State aid complaints regarding Alitalia, Croatian Airlines and Air Serbia. He has particular expertise in the application of the market economy investor principle, rescue and restructuring aid, the rules regarding direct business taxation, the guidelines on regional aid, and the sale of public property.

In the field of international trade, Mr. Borsos represents both complainants and importers in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy proceedings before the European Commission. He regularly advises importers, exporters and downstream users on the implications of trade defence measures, the impact of Brexit on customs tariffs and trade defence instruments, tackling technical barriers to trade in third countries and on the EU sanctions regime.

Mr. Borsos received his law degree, summa cum laude, from the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He earned his master’s degree in WTO Law and International Trade Law at the University of Rennes 1, which he attended with the scholarship of the French Government. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Borsos trained and practiced as an associate in the competition group of a Magic Circle firm in Brussels. He completed internships at the European Commission (DG Trade), the General Court of the European Union and the Hungarian Competition Authority.

Mr. Borsos taught EU competition law and EU State aid law at the Pázmány Péter University in Budapest and EU competition law and international trade law at the University Paris Dauphine in Paris. Since 2019, he has been a guest lecturer on EU State aid law for LLM students at the University of Toulouse.

Mr. Borsos is qualified in Belgium and is also a member of the “EK” list of the Budapest Bar in Hungary. A native Hungarian speaker, he is fluent in English and French and proficient in German.

EDUCATION

Université de Rennes I - 2005 Master of European Law

Eötvös Loránd University - 2004 Law Degree

ADMISSIONS

Belgium - Barreau de Bruxelles

Budapesti Ugyvedi Kamara - Registered European Lawyer

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - February 7, 2023 | 2022 Year-End Sanctions and Export Controls Update
Firm News - January 4, 2023 | Who’s Who Thought Leaders – Global Elite 2023 Recognizes Eleven Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - August 2, 2022 | Who’s Who Legal Competition 2022 Recognizes 14 Gibson Dunn Partners
Client Alert - July 14, 2022 | EU General Court Sides with European Commission: Merger Deals That Do Not Meet National Thresholds Can Be Examined by the Commission
Client Alert - June 7, 2022 | EC Regulation on Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal Market
Client Alert - February 22, 2022 | US and Allies Announce Sanctions on Russia and Separatist Regions of Ukraine
Client Alert - February 4, 2022 | 2021 Year-End Sanctions and Export Controls Update
Client Alert - September 8, 2021 | UK Government Issues Further Updates on National Security Regime: A Comprehensive State of Play for Investors
Firm News - July 28, 2021 | Who’s Who Legal 2021 Recognizes Gibson Dunn Partners in Competition, Hospitality and Product Liability Defense
Client Alert - April 2, 2021 | Significant Change in European Commission Merger Control Policy: Pharma and Digital Deals to Face Uncertainty and Additional Scrutiny in Europe
Client Alert - February 5, 2021 | 2020 Year-End Sanctions and Export Controls Update
Webcasts - January 14, 2021 | Webcast: Brexit: The Christmas Eve Deal – Good or Bad for Business?
Firm News - December 15, 2020 | Who’s Who Legal Competition 2020 Recognizes 18 Partners
Client Alert - December 10, 2020 | The EU Adopts Magnitsky-Style Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime
Client Alert - November 30, 2020 | European Commission Introduces New Complaints System to Fight Trade Barriers and Violations of Sustainable Trade and Human Rights Commitments by Third Countries
Client Alert - November 18, 2020 | The UK’s New National Security Regime
Publications - September 2, 2020 | The EU is set to control foreign subsidies
Client Alert - June 30, 2020 | European Commission Publishes Third Amendment to the Temporary Framework: Start-Ups (and Private Equity) to Get a Piece of the State Aid Pie
Client Alert - June 24, 2020 | European Commission Imposes Countervailing Duties on Imports from Egypt for Subsidies Provided by China
Client Alert - June 18, 2020 | The European Commission Publishes White Paper on Foreign Subsidies – Political Power Meets Legal Ambiguity
Firm News - May 12, 2020 | Attila Borsos Named to GCR’s 40 Under 40 List
Client Alert - April 30, 2020 | EU Merger Control and the Acquisition of Distressed Businesses in the Wake of COVID-19
Client Alert - April 22, 2020 | COVID-19: Update on UK Financial Support Measures
Client Alert - April 6, 2020 | UK Government Schemes to Support Businesses during COVID-19 Disruption
Press Releases - November 20, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Promotes 13 Lawyers to Partnership
Firm News - June 7, 2019 | Nineteen Gibson Dunn attorneys recognized by Who’s Who Legal Competition 2019
Firm News - July 9, 2018 | Who’s Who Legal Recognizes 24 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - February 5, 2018 | 2017 Year-End Sanctions Update
Client Alert - February 6, 2017 | 2016 Year-End Sanctions Update
Webcasts - March 24, 2016 | Webcast: Global Sanctions Update
Client Alert - February 2, 2016 | 2015 Year-End Sanctions Update
Webcasts - March 17, 2015 | Webcast: Global Sanctions Update
Client Alert - March 11, 2015 | 2015 Antitrust Merger Enforcement Update and Outlook
Client Alert - January 15, 2015 | 2014 Year-End Sanctions Update
Client Alert - January 8, 2015 | 2014 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - November 14, 2014 | The EU Adopts the Damages Directive: The Emergence of an EU Level Playing Field in Private Antitrust Actions
Webcasts - July 30, 2014 | Webcast – 2014 Mid-Year Sanctions Update
Client Alert - July 10, 2014 | 2014 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - March 21, 2014 | 2014 Antitrust Merger Enforcement Update and Outlook
Client Alert - February 6, 2014 | 2013 Year-End Sanctions Update
Client Alert - February 4, 2014 | Adjustments to the European Merger Control Procedure
Client Alert - August 21, 2013 | 2013 Mid-Year Sanctions Update
Client Alert - March 13, 2013 | 2012 Year-End Sanctions Update
Client Alert - January 30, 2012 | European Union Announces Adoption of Stricter Sanctions vs. Iran
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