Katalin Dr. Sirály
Siraly and Partner Law Office
ADC Expert
http://www.drsk.hu
Hungary
www.drsk.hu
www.ponteslegal.eu
I graduated summa cum laude from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at Eötvös Loránd University in 1998. In 1999, I took a six-month human rights course at the University of Birmingham, during which I worked at law firms and civil society organizations in London. I started my career at an international law firm and the Department of Constitutional Law at Central European University. Later, I worked as a legal and administrative advisor to the Budapest Metropolitan Government. Since 2007, I have been working as the head of Sirály és Társai Law Firm (www.drsk.hu).
I am a member of the Budapest Bar Association. I have been an accredited public procurement consultant since 2009. In 2017, I obtained a degree in public procurement law from the Dublin Bar Association.
My main areas of expertise are public procurement law, construction law, EU law-related litigation, state aid law, and public service law. My firm provides comprehensive legal advice on public procurement, both for the public sector on the contracting authority side and for economic operators on the tenderer side. My office also provides arbitration and litigation representation. I have been involved in the drafting of numerous public service contract agreements on behalf of state-owned and municipal companies.
I have extensive experience in providing legal support throughout the entire construction project process, from feasibility studies, design competitions, and planning to licensing and completion of construction. I regularly collaborate with architects, engineering firms, and construction companies. In recent years, I have been involved in providing legal support for the implementation of a number of high-profile public projects in the fields of transport, urban development and urban regeneration.
My clients include private and state-owned companies, municipal companies providing public services, church organizations, civil organizations, cultural institutions, sports organizations, and organizers of sporting events.
My law firm currently employs one managing attorney, three associate attorneys, and one attorney-in-training.
My law firm is a member of the PONTES international law firm network, which has offices and teams of experts in seven countries in the CEE region (www.ponteslegal.eu).
I recently obtained a master's degree in international construction law (LLM) from Pantheon Assas II University in Paris.
I am a member of the seven-member Public Procurement Performance Evaluation Working Group established by the Deputy State Secretariat for Public Procurement of the Prime Minister's Office following the conditionality procedure.
At the request of the Hungarian Chamber of Architects, I participated as an advisor in the codification working group in the field of construction law and public construction projects.
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My experience in the comprehensive legal management of design competitions is as follows. This includes the comprehensive preparation of negotiated public procurement procedures without prior publication following design competitions, as well as the drafting and implementation of design contracts. In the case of international design competitions, I perform these tasks in English.
- Hungarian Museum of Technology and Transport - New Transport Museum international architectural design competition by invitation 2019
- KKBK Centre for Priority Government Investments Non-profit Ltd. - Development of Budapest's Southern City Gate (master plan) international design competition by invitation only 2019
- Commentary Foundation Tranzit House -open architectural design competition 2021
- Budapest Capital City IX. District Ferencváros Local Government - Landscape architecture design competition for the redevelopment of the Ecseri út metro station and its surroundings 2022
- BFK Budapest Development Center Nonprofit Ltd. - József Attila Telep HÉV station design competition 2022
- BFK Budapest Development Center Nonprofit Ltd. -Déli Városkapu Nagyvásártelep and its surroundings invited architectural design competition 2021
- BFK Budapest Development Center Nonprofit Ltd. - Renovation of Nyugati Railway Station and its surroundings Invitation-only international design competition 2022
- BFK Budapest Development Center Nonprofit Ltd. -Pázmány Péter Catholic University Expansion and development of educational properties on the new campus Invitation-only architectural design competition 2021
- BFK Budapest Development Center Nonprofit Ltd. - Renovation of Városmajor Open landscape architecture design competition 2022
- Hungarian Academy of Arts - Museum of Architecture Investment Invitation-only two-round design competition 2023
- Reformed University City Ltd. - Károli Gáspár Reformed University New Campus Open Design Competition 2024
- Forestay Development - Villányi út 11-13. Residential building ideas competition 2025
-Budapest Capital Asset Management - Rákosrendező master plan design competition 2025-2026