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VJT & Partners
KERNSTOK KÁROLY TÉR 8.
1126 BUDAPEST
Hungary

Hungary > Employment Tier 1

Composed of ‘experts with a deep knowledge in labour law‘, the employment team at VJT & Partners handles the gamut of contentious and non-contentious matters. The group’s strong contentious practice sees the team represent clients before the Constitutional Court and the Hungarian Supreme Court in matters ranging from terminations to internal investigations and whistleblowing cases. With a growing list of both Hungarian and multinational clients, the practice counts both employers and executive employees among its clientele. András Lovretity leads the team alongside Zoltán Csernus; the latter has over 18 years of experience in the employment sector and is praised for his ‘clear and high quality‘ advice. With over 23 years’ experience, János Tamás Varga counts major companies with operations across Hungary as regular clients.

Practice head(s):

András Lovretity; Zoltán Csernus

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘Clear and concise.’

‘Outstandingly responsive and delivered exactly what the client needed.’

‘Top-notch responsiveness and work together as a team.’

‘Zoltán Csernus’ advice and work product were clear and high quality. He was also very responsive to my questions.’

‘Excellent knowledge and clear communication. Quick and accurate answers. Attention to every detail and aspect.’

‘Mainly we cooperate with Zoltán Csernus on labour law issues. His uniquely diverse knowledge ensures detailed solution options and his exceptional communication skills (clear, exact, polite with good sense of humor) support us to understand every detail. He has the strong ability to underline the most relevant facts and explain the possible effects of each step.’

‘The team is composed of experts with a deep knowledge in labour law and capability to focus on the needs of client and find an appropriate solution. The team and the firm are capable to provide also a full service in the area of corporate governance issues, including necessary representations before governmental bodies. The team is capable to respond to tasks very quickly and give full support also in international transactions.’

‘Excellent knowledge, experience, capability to find solutions and to hear the needs of clients.’

Hungary > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 2

VJT & Partners specialises in M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions. The commercial, corporate and M&A team handles domestic and cross-border transactions, from joint ventures to restructurings. ‘Charismatic and respected’ János Tamás Varga advises national and international private equity, venture capital and strategic investors across the technology, finance and HR services industries, and leads the team alongside ‘outstanding’ András Lovretity. Hoa Tünde Nguyen is adept at drafting transactional corporate documentation, while Eszter Vezse focuses on commercial matters.

Practice head(s):

János Tamás Varga; András Lovretity

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘András Lovretity is an outstanding lawyer with very strong ability to solve issues by first understanding what the counterparty concern is and then offering alternative legal solutions and constructs that can address the requirements of both negotiating parties. Time management is another strong point and he has consistently delivered ahead of expectations.’

‘ András Lovretity, János Tamás Varga and Eszter Vezse are the well prepared, motivated and experienced legal experts we can always count on. The fast and efficient response, the flexibility and dynamism, the useable, practical output, the thorough and complete investigation of cases, and the straightforward communication makes their service really outstanding and unique.’

‘The team at VJT & Partners can best be described as a boutique expert team. They strive for maximum precision in their work, thoroughly examine and analyse questions and tasks from all angles to find the most perfect legal solution possible. They are readily available, and each team member has a high capacity to handle heavy workloads, delivering on their commitments even under tight deadlines.’

‘They are more than a legal advisor and I fully trust them – this makes them stand out. They have an exceptional understanding of our business. They have dedicated experts for all issues that may come up in M&A matters.’

‘I maintain that János Tamás Varga’s input and creativity in strategic decision-making is invaluable. He is a charismatic and respected lawyer with extraordinary project management skills. András Lovretity is business-minded, quick, efficient, pragmatic with a friendly attitude, which can also become useful in negotiations. Hoa Tünde Nguyen is very precise and very good in executing the deals.’

‘János Tamás Varga is an excellent project manager, is exceptional in supporting business strategic decisions and also preserved his legal knowledge. András is the leader in most of the transactions, has a very pragmatic approach and is excellent in managing foreign advisers in cross-border deals. He is very easy to work with.’

‘András Lovretity is a highly qualified and experienced lawyer on whose expertise we have relied on in both corporate and M&A cases for the past nine years – a great cooperation. Hoa Tünde Nguyen is a perfectionist, very much aware of the details. In the course of our corporate life, she stands out in punctuality and precise understanding for small details, too.’

‘VJT & Partners distinguish themselves through their exceptional expertise, diverse skill sets, client-centric approach, strong work ethic, collaborative spirit, and adaptability.’

Key clients

Prohuman

Navitasoft

Euroventures

Hungary > Data privacy and data protection Tier 2

The expertise of the data privacy and protection team at VJT & Partners ranges from GDPR audits to representation before the Hungarian Data Protection Authority. Established data protection and privacy expert János Tamás Varga co-heads the team alongside Endre Várady, who is involved in the development of GDPR compliance software. Andrea Belényi has over a decade of experience in both regulatory and compliance matters, and heads the firm’s data protection officer training programme.

Practice head(s):

János Tamás Varga; Endre Várady

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘It is always our pleasure to work with them. Very responsive, collaborative, client-oriented and knowledgeable team. They are very good in working out sophisticated and carefully considered IP strategies.’

‘János Tamás Varga is very commercial, pragmatic and easy to work with. He always sees the bigger picture and masters strategic thinking.’

‘Endre Várady has the perfect ability to grasp the commercial and legal aspects of IP-related agreements. He always offers us clear and tailor-made advice.’

‘The team is quick, responsive, and on point with their legal advice.’

‘The team is very knowledgeable, responsive and thorough in its analyses, and is pragmatic in its advice.’

‘Endre Várady is very proactive.

‘Superb team. They are in-depth specialists with client care and commercial mindedness. The team can make operational even the most difficult GDPR issues. Their automatised GDPR compliance solutions can make the legal work smoother and faster.’

‘VJT has standout privacy practitioners. János Tamás Varga is very strategic and forward-thinking. Endre Várady has unique know-how with always clear guidance and practical solutions. Andrea Belényi is very responsive, with client focus and a problem-solving approach.’

Key clients

Prohumán

4Life Direct

Google

World Bank

Fém & Arts Cafe

Simplexxy

Work highlights

  • Advising Google on right to be forgotten matters.
  • Advising World Bank on the Hungarian data protection legal environment.

Hungary > TMT Tier 2

Google is a standout client for the dedicated TMT practice at VJT & Partners, and the team advises a growing list of such key sector players on the full range of TMT matters, as well as related M&A, IP and commercial issues. János Tamás Varga and Endre Várady jointly leads the team; the former is noted for assisting ITO services providers with their Hungarian projects, while the latter provides data protection and digitalisation expertise. Andrea Belényi brings nearly 20 years’ experience in regulatory matters to the group. Eszter Vezse has a wealth of knowledge in emerging technologies. AI expert Attila Menyhárt joined the team from Oppenheim Ugyvedi Iroda in February 2023.

Practice head(s):

János Tamás Varga; Endre Várady

Testimonials

‘Unique expertise with all the legal issues related to online services, excellent understanding of how online platforms and services work, together with the related legal risks and issues to be resolved.’

‘Andrea Belényi is super responsive to client inquiries and has a deep understanding of the operational and economic perspective of the clients. Endre Várady has an excellent understanding of data protection and other TMT legal issues and has an outstanding capability to provide legal analysis of complex and novel legal issues.’

‘Superb team, it delivers value to our tech business projects. VJT & Partners stand above the rest with their inspiring leadership, advisory mindset, commitment to high-quality work and client-driven approach. With their innovative thinking, they can always find the right solutions from both M&A and technology perspective.’

‘János Tamás Varga has decades of experience in technology transactions. He is a tough, but flexible negotiator. He is very good in seeing the “big picture”. János fully understands the operation of tech products, which is not typical in the Hungarian legal market.’

‘Endre Várady is very practical and knowledgeable. He has a very good mindset for tech regulatory matters. Andrea Belényi is very friendly, practical and full of common sense.’

‘VJT & Partners provides outstanding services in more complex contractual areas. Their unique skills are accuracy and understanding of business logic.’

‘Excellent team. It is very good to work with them: clear communication and always flexible and responsive approach. With their tech-savvy team, they are able to deliver us tailor-made solutions for any digital transformation challenges that may come up.’

‘János Tamás Varga is a very experienced, pragmatic technology lawyer, with a unique ability to see the bigger picture of digitalisation. Endre Várady knows the digital law inside out. He always offers practical and business-oriented advice. Andrea Belényi has a strong client understanding and great process management ability.’

Key clients

Google

World Bank

4Life Direct

Prohumán

Simplexxy

Work highlights

  • Advising Google on the launch of Bard.
  • Advising Google on right-to-be-forgotten matters.

Hungary > Competition Tier 3

The competition team at VJT & Partners has seen a recent increase in consumer protection and compliance matters. The practice also continues to handle abuse of dominant position cases and merger control proceedings. Leveraging over 20 years’ experience, practice head Andrea Belényi leads all the firm’s competition matters and is adept at handling cases before the HCA. Kinga Kálmán advises on consumer protection matters, while Fanni Fehér is typically involved in unfair commercial matters. Eszter Vezse is another key name to note.

Practice head(s):

Andrea Belényi

Testimonials

‘Great teamwork and varied knowledge within the team.’

‘Andrea Belényi is kind and very straightforward.’

‘The team is a highly responsive and motivated group of people with great expertise.’

‘Andrea Belényi is a great competition specialist.’

‘Always open to cooperation and have good ideas regarding legal problems arising from the client’s activity.’

‘Knowledge of consumer and financial institution law.’

Key clients

Google Ireland Ltd.

Google Kft.

Hungary > Dispute resolution Tier 3

Insurance litigation is a key focus for the dispute resolution team at VJT & Partners; practice co-head Zoltán Csernus has extensive experience in disputes involving distressed companies and assets, and Andrea Belényi is also active in the insurance space. Csernus leads the team alongside András Lovretity, who represents clients in corporate disputes before both state courts and arbitral bodies. Eszter Vezse regularly handles employment disputes as part of the firm’s employment litigation practice.

Practice head(s):

András Lovretity; Zoltán Csernus

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘A well-prepared team with practical and theoretical knowledge in various areas of law. In addition to high professional standards, they are also characterised by a good atmosphere. ’

‘In addition to high professionalism, team members are characterised by helpfulness and proactivity. They are result-oriented, looking for solutions.’

‘Good partners that are experienced.’

‘Zoltán Csernus is the best lawyer. Calm under pressure and gives good advice.’

Key clients

Vienna Insurance Group

NN Insurance (former ING Insurance)

Hungary > Intellectual property

VJT & Partners‘ growing IP practice covers both advisory and contentious IP work. Endre Várady leads the team.

Founded in 2010, VJT & Partners is an independent Hungarian law firm based in Budapest with expertise across multiple practice areas and ranked by leading international legal directories.

The firm serves Fortune 1000 companies, large multinational conglomerates as well as leading Hungarian companies. Besides providing domestic law advice in local and cross-border matters, the firm often acts as lead counsel in multi-jurisdictional matters in the Central Eastern European region organising one-stop shop legal service for clients.

While VJT & Partners is independent, it is connected worldwide through various referral and best friend foreign law firms that are excellent in their own jurisdictions.

Main areas of practice
Commercial, corporate and M&A : VJT & Partners’ commercial, corporate and M&A team specialises in advising on M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions and on complex corporate matters. Members of the team have over 25 years’ experience in leading both domestic and multi-jurisdictional deals and in advising on the creation of joint ventures, across a wide variety of industries. They have unique experience in corporate disputes, which includes representation at shareholders’ meetings and before courts. VJT & Partners’ M&A advisory receives strong cross-practice support from the firm’s competition law, employment law, data protection and IP law experts.
Head of the team: János Tamás Varga and András Lovretity
Email: vargajt@vjt-partners.com; lovretitya@vjt-partners.com

TMT / data protection: VJT & Partners is expert in advising on TMT cases and specialises in digital matters. The firm regularly advises on hot digital issues such as AI, IoT or Big Data and has substantial experience in reviewing digital products for Fortune 500 IT companies.

VJT & Partners has longstanding and in-depth expertise of data protection of key industry sectors going back to pre-GDPR. Their professional support includes resolving various privacy issues from niche challenges through complex GDPR audit projects to legal representation of clients before the Hungarian Data Protection Authority and courts. They won the Wolters Kluwer award “Best data protection team” in 2018 and 2019.
Head of the team: János Tamás Varga and Endre Várady
Email: vargajt@vjt-partners.com; varadye@vjt-partners.com

Employment: VJT & Partners’ employment practice specialises in contentious and non-contentious labour matters and has been advising local and multinational employers, as well as executive employees for over a decade. The team advises on employment litigations, which includes representation before the Supreme Court, TUPE matters, employment agreements and terminations, employer policies, internal investigations and disciplinary measures. VJT & Partners’ senior employment expert Zoltán Csernus is member of the Board of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA).
Head of the team: János Tamás Varga and Zoltán Csernus
Email: vargajt@vjt-partners.com; csernusz@vjt-partners.com

Competition / antitrust and regulatory matters: VJT & Partners is expert on both non-contentious and contentious competition matters. The firm’s competition expertise includes advice on agreements restricting competition, cases of abuse of dominant position, cartel matters, unfair commercial practices and consumer protection as well as advisory on and representation in merger control procedures. The head of VJT & Partners’ competition practice Andrea Belényi worked for over a decade at the Hungarian Competition Authority, where she held executive position for several years.

The team has vast experience in a broad scale of other regulated areas, such as insurance and health care/pharma, and other areas in general that require liaising with authorities. In addition to general legal advice, the team assists businesses in internal audits, in-house trainings, representation before regulators, litigations and whichever, which need level-headed legal evaluation.
Head of the team: Andrea Belényi
Email: belenyia@vjt-partners.com

Dispute resolution: VJT & Partners’ dispute resolution practice specialises in employment, insurance, commercial and corporate disputes both before state and arbitration court, as well as in procedures before the registry court initiated against corporate actions. The firm’s dispute resolution team includes civil law university professor and highly regarded arbitrator Attila Menyhárd.
Head of the team: András Lovretity and Zoltán Csernus
Email: lovretitya@vjt-partners.com; csernusz@vjt-partners.com

Intellectual property: VJT & Partners is an experienced adviser in various areas of IP law, including trademarks, software and copyright, and specialises in digital IP matters, advising Fortune 500 IT companies.
Head of the team: Endre Várady
Email: varadye@vjt-partners.com

Practice areas

  • Corporate and M&A
  • Employment
  • Digital
  • Dispute resolution
  • Commercial contracts
  • Competition
  • Data protection
  • Banking, insurance, investments
  • Immigration
  • Intellectual property
  • Private equity
  • Regulatory and compliance
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Aviation
Department Name Email Telephone
Digital; Corporate and M&A; Employment; Private Equity János Tamás Varga vargajt@vjt-partners.com +3615019900
Corporate and M&A; Commercial Contracts; Dispute Resolution; Private Equity; Restructuring & Insolvency; Aviation András Lovretity lovretitya@vjt-partners.com +3615019900
Competition; Banking, Insurance, Investments; Regulatory & Compliance Andrea Belényi belenyia@vjt-partners.com +3615019900
Immigration; Intellectual Property; Data Protection Endre Várady varadye@vjt-partners.com +3615019900
Employment; Dispute Resolution Zoltán Csernus csernusz@vjt-partners.com +3615019900
Photo Name Position Profile
Nándor Beck photo Dr Nándor Beck Nándor Beck is a counsel in the firm’s Corporate and M&A team,…
Andrea Belényi photo Dr Andrea Belényi Andrea Belényi is leading the firm’s Regulatory & Compliance practice. Having worked…
Zoltán Csernus photo Dr Zoltán Csernus Zoltán Csernus is a senior employment lawyer, expert in contentious and non-contentious…
András Lovretity photo Dr András Lovretity Corporate/M&A practice leader András Lovretity is expert in leading M&A, private equity…
Endre Várady photo Dr Endre Várady Endre has substantial international experience in data protection, digital transformation and other…
János Tamás Varga photo Dr János Tamás Varga János Tamás Varga is the founder and managing partner of VJT &…
Eszter Vezse photo Dr Eszter Vezse Counsel Eszter Vezse has been working with VJT & Partners since the…
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