Hungary's Next PM Under Fire for Appointing Brother-in-Law as Justice Minister

The firm has been heavily involved in EU regulatory, antitrust, financial, and multinational corporate matters, representing major global actors including Google, UBS, and George Soros in various legal cases over the years. Following his time at Freshfields, Melléthei-Barna joined Oppenheim, one of Hungary's largest commercial law firms.

Indeed, Melléthei-Barna has become one of Péter Magyar's closest strategic allies within Tisza. Given his international legal background specializing in competition law, regulatory investigations, and antitrust matters, he appears professionally well prepared to oversee such a sensitive portfolio as the Ministry of Justice—a role that also carries symbolic weight, having previously been held by Magyar's ex-wife, Judit Varga, who resigned in 2024 following the pardon scandal.