Deloitte Legal Göndöcz and Partners Law Firm

The firm: Skilled and experienced Deloitte Legal* professionals work together with other Deloitte professionals in tax, consulting and financial advisory to guide their clients through projects in a co-ordinated way around the world. Deloitte Legal, present in over 80 countries, is able to provide holistic guidance around strategic business decisions as well as offer support services that can increase efficiency and reduce the cost of some routine legal activities. Deloitte Legal Göndöcz and Partners Law Firm is part of the Deloitte Legal network.

With 20 legal professionals in Hungary, Deloitte Legal* offers competent yet pragmatic advice in many fields of national and international business law. Its professionals provide tailored solutions for demanding projects and complex domestic and international transactions. And it offers even more: multidisciplinary advice incorporating tax, consulting and financial advisory.

Whether family-owned smaller and medium-sized companies, listed stock corporations or international groups of companies – with its wide ranging practice areas, the firm covers those fields of business law that are important to its clients.

Collecting and combining multidisciplinary expertise in its focus industries: banking and securities, energy and resources, manufacturing, consumer business, TMT, real estate and pharmaceuticals and life sciences, enables the firm to render interdisciplinary advice which anticipates industry- or sector-specific trends and developments. This helps clients to face the challenges of an ever-changing regulatory and economic environment.

The firm understands legal advice not as an isolated component, but as part of a comprehensive solution to the issues that its clients face. Working together with its Deloitte colleagues, the firm can help clients to make informed decisions in the context of legal as well as other business considerations.

Areas of practice
Commercial law solutions: companies are facing an increasing number of business challenges globally including more rigorous regulations and enforcement by local authorities in the countries where they operate. As experienced advisers with a practical focus Deloitte Legal* can help clients meet these challenges and develop commercial solutions. Its experience and expertise allow it to provide businesses facing complex legal regulations and challenges with personalised, tailor-made services.

Corporate and mergers and acquisitions services: Deloitte Legal* provides a full range of corporate law services from complex advisory services related to major business life events (including advising in restructuring and mergers and acquisitions processes) through to general secretarial services.

Employment and pension solutions: turbulent economic times require companies to be agile and flexible in their staffing to remain competitive. Complex polices, frequent legislative changes and global operations make managing employee relations and compliance with employment law challenging for businesses. Deloitte Legal* provides businesses with the advice they need to make informed decisions and comply with a multitude of regulatory and procedural requirements.

Legal management consulting (LMC): this is a new approach and a new discipline, developed for lawyers by lawyers in co-operation with other relevant experts. With this collection of models, frameworks, and systems, Deloitte Legal* helps in-house lawyers run their departments more efficiently and meet the needs of their business more comprehensively.

Banking and finance: Deloitte Legal Göndöcz and Partners Law Firm offers a full range of legal services in the field of banking and finance law related to Hungarian and international financial transactions. It possesses in-depth experience in the fields of: project financing, syndicated and club loans, acquisition finance, debt restructuring, lease, legal and regulatory compliance assistance for financial institutions and capital market services.

Restructuring/insolvency: Deloitte Legal Göndöcz and Partners Law Firm provides value-added legal solutions in complex restructuring matters. Its clients include creditors, debtors and other financially-troubled companies. The team is also experienced in bankruptcy and liquidation-related issues.

Pharmaceuticals, healthcare: the firm provides industry specific legal services to local and multinational pharmaceutical and medical device companies on complex issues including price regulations, contractual relations, clinical trials, licensing, advertising and promotion, distribution, pricing and reimbursement and regulatory advisory.

Real estate: Deloitte Legal Göndöcz and Partners Law Firm has a specialised real estate team that walks clients step-by-step through real estate projects and provides complete legal advice and assistance. In real estate law, the firm provides comprehensive legal advisory to foreign and Hungarian clients, including legal opinions, obtaining obligatory authorisations, dealing with authorities, sales and acquisition legal services, complete transaction documentation, financing, tenders for suppliers, construction and subsequent sale or lease.

*“Deloitte Legal” means the legal practices of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited member firm affiliates that provide legal services. For legal and regulatory reasons, not all member firms provide legal services.