Restrictive Tendencies in Hungarian Arbitration Law – Arbitration Agreements Are Not Enforceable Against Companies under Involuntary Liquidation
After the fall of communism, Hungary embraced modern arbitration law. Act LXXI of 1994 (“the Arbitration Law”) created a comprehensive legal regime for both domestic and international arbitration, based on the UNCITRAL Model Law. State courts generally exercised a liberal approach in connection with arbitral proceedings and awards. However, some recent developments in Hungarian law…