Lénárd Darázs#

Membership Number:7466
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:LAW
Elected:2026
Main Country of Residence:HUNGARY
Homepage(s):https://www.elte.hu
ORCID:0000-0002-0760-0696
Linkedin:https://linkedin.com/in/darázs-lénárd/56b6b8113/
Publication Link:https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10000542


Present and Previous Positions
  • Since 2025 Rector, Eötvös Loránd University, ELTE, Budapest
  • 2017 - 2025Vice-Rector General (and, concurrently, Acting Vice-Rector Sciences for 6 months)
  • Since 1994 Full time professor (Private Law, Competition Law, Data Economy)
  • Since 2023 Head of Jean Monnet Chair on Law of European Data Economy
  • Member as Judge of Court of Arbitration of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the “Money and Capital Market” and the “Commercial Affairs” and the “Energy” list
  • Since 2020 Scientific head and chair of Project Management Body of Social Innovation National Laboratory
  • Since 2019 Vice-president of Hungarian Association for Innovation
  • Since 2021 President of German-Hungarian Lawyers Association
  • Since 2018 Head of “Regulatory and Ethics” Division of the Artificial Intelligence Coalition
  • 2007 - 2010 Humboldt-scholarship (Humboldt-Foundation, Max-Planck-Institute of international Private Law (Hamburg)

Fields of Scholarship
  • Private law for consumer protection
  • Different areas of social innovation
  • Law of obligations
  • Law of distribution (trade), franchise
  • Law of groups of companies and insolvency law
  • International harmonisation of private law
  • Regulatory and ethical issues in Artificial Intelligence
  • Competition law
  • Law of capital markets and investments
  • Regulation of data assets

Honours and Awards
  • Since 2021 Social Innovation National Laboratory (TINLAB), scientific head
  • Since 2021 Social Innovation National Laboratory (TINLAB) Project Management Body (PIT), chair
  • 2014 - 2016 “Theoretical underpinnings of consumer protection in private law and analysis of its legal institutions”, OTKA research project, ELTE
  • Since 2013 External member of the University Doctor and Habilitation Committee of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
  • 2010 - 2012 MTA Bólyai János Research Scholarship (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
  • 1997 - 2003, Hungarian Lawyers Association, Section for Competition Law and Consumer Protection Law, chair
  • 1997 - 2017 Hungarian Franchise Association, Legal and Ethics Committee, chair
  • 1995 - 2004 Hungarian Lawyers Association, Section for Civil Law, chair
  • 1994 - 1996 Magyary Zoltán Scholarship (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
  • 1992 - 1994 University Heidelberg, Graduiertenkolleg für Unternehmensrecht Participation in the talent development program of the German Research Foundation and the German Federal Government for two years
  • 1991 - 1992 University Heidelberg, DAAD-Scholarship, Legum Magister (LL.M.). Research topic: „Das Missbrauchsverbot im deutschen, europäischen und ungarischen Kartellrecht“


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