LL.M., D.U., Attorney-at-Law

Dr. Orsolya Fazekas graduated with a law degree from the Faculty of Law at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in 1999. In 2002, she obtained an LL.M. in European and Comparative Law from Maastricht University in the Netherlands, followed by a postgraduate diploma (D.U.) in International Nuclear Law from the Université de Montpellier in 2018, through a programme organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). Her postgraduate theses focused on European Union electricity regulation and liability for nuclear damage. Between 2011 and 2015, and again in 2023, she taught energy law in the postgraduate specialist training programme for energy lawyers at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pécs. Since autumn 2018, she has also been teaching at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary.

She is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary (BCSDH) and a former arbitrator at the Permanent Court of Arbitration for Energy. She is the editor and co-author of the professional reference works The Operation and Regulation of the Hungarian Electricity Sector, Volumes I–II and The Operation and Regulation of the Hungarian Natural Gas Sector, Volumes I–II, as well as several academic articles and legal publications on European Union law. Her first non-fiction book, Csak vállfákat hozzatok! (“Just Bring Hangers!”), was published in April 2014. Her second book, Jégkockák szinkronban – Korcsolyázz, hogy boldog légy! (“Ice Cubes in Sync – Skate to Be Happy!”), focusing on sports and ice skating, was published in 2023.