Hegymegi-Barakonyi and Fehérváry Baker&McKenzie Attorneys-at-Law

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Ákos Fehérváry serves as managing partner of the Firm’s Budapest office, while heading the M&A/Corporate Practice Group and the Employment Practice Group in Budapest. Ákos brings three decades of distinguished experience in complex corporate transactions and employment law. As a trusted advisor on mergers and acquisitions, he has guided both domestic and international clients through sophisticated deals spanning privatizations, private equity investments, and greenfield ventures. His transaction portfolio includes notable work in energy, automotive, banking, technology, and transportation sectors. As Head of Employment, Ákos leads strategic workforce initiatives for multinational corporations, skillfully managing business transfers, restructurings, and sensitive employment matters. His integrated expertise in both M&A and employment law provides clients with comprehensive guidance through complex corporate transformations. Ákos is particularly noted for his work on cross-border transactions and corporate reorganizations, including mergers and spin-offs. His counsel extends beyond traditional deal execution to encompass the critical employment considerations that shape successful business transitions. A respected voice in the legal community, he regularly shares insights at various forums and conferences.

András Gaál

András Horváth

András has more than ten years of experience advising and representing clients in antitrust and competition law matters. He represents FMCG, banking and travel agency clients in cartel cases, pharmaceutical clients in abuse of dominance cases and technology companies and OTAs in unfair commercial practices and cases. András regularly advises automotive clients in connection with vertical competition law issues. He has experience in advising FMCG clients on significant market power issues. András also represents energy and automotive companies in merger control cases. He frequently advises banking and pharmaceutical clients on compliance matters, preparing competition law compliance manuals and dawn raid manuals, also holding respective trainings for employees. Before joining the Competition practice group of the Budapest office, András was an attorney at the Budapest office of another international law firm, and a trainee attorney before that. Before that András worked as a trainee at DG Competition of the European Commission in Brussels, at the Hungarian Competition Authority, as well as the Hamburg office of German law firm.

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Artúr Tamási

Dr. Artúr Tamási has 18 years of experience in the field of dispute resolution and general commercial law gained at other prestigious international law firms. Artúr has focused his practice on dispute resolution and has experience in all major areas of dispute resolution, including Hungarian domestic litigations, co-ordination of foreign court litigations and enforcement procedures, Hungarian domestic and international arbitration procedures, enforcement procedures, Hungarian domestic insolvency procedures and administrative and public law proceedings. He also has experience in corporate investigations and victim representation in white collar criminal proceedings. Artúr has extensive experience in commercial law, and drafted and negotiated a vast array of contracts ranging from sale and purchase, distribution, contract manufacturing, contract of work to logistics or marketing co-operation agreements.

Benedek Kovács

Dr. Benedek Kovács is a partner in the Commercial Corporate, Real Estate & Tax Practice Group of the Firm’s Budapest office. Dr. Kovács also advises on corporate, commercial and real estate issues and has previous experience in advising financial institutions and brokerage houses on issues related to his field. Dr. Kovács' practice focuses on real estate acquisitions —including the negotiation, preparation and review of real estate sale and purchase — as well as lease agreements. He advises Hungarian and multinational clients active in the retail and real estate sector on their general corporate and commercial matters and real estate projects in Hungary. Dr. Kovács also has extensive experience in court proceedings and litigation matters, and regularly represents clients in real estate litigation matters.

Csaba Vári

Csaba Vári is the head of the IPTech Practice Group in Budapest. With more than 20 years of experience Csaba represents Hungarian and multinational companies in many business sectors (e.g., automotive, manufacturing, bank, insurance, trade, pharma, real estate, IT) on a broad range of business law, including data privacy and cybersecurity issues, compliance investigations, whistleblowing, and different areas of digitization related matters, such as online marketplaces, connected cars, electronic signatures, social media and applications, as well as online payment services and crypto assets, NFTs. Csaba has particularly broad experience in the field of data protection; he provides legal advice to our clients in connection with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and relevant Hungarian laws and provides complex assessments of companies' data processing activities and assists our clients in introduction of GDPR compliant data processes and policies. Csaba also assists clients in connection with Data Subject Access Rights related matters, Intra Group Data Transfer Agreements, transfers of personal data to third countries, and assessments of legal basis for data processes (e.g., legitimate interest balancing tests, data privacy impact assessments). Csaba assists his clients in addressing legal issues in connection with processing of consumer and employee data, and data privacy aspects of online applications. His area of expertise includes advising on operation of surveillance systems, and preparation and operation of whistleblowing schemes. Csaba advises clients in connection with the transposition of the Whistleblowing Directive into Hungarian law. Csaba has particular experience in the area of cyber investigations and cyber incident management. He represents clients before the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Hungarian DPA) in connection with data breach reporting and registering Data Protection Officers. Csaba regularly publishes articles and holds presentations and continued legal education courses in connection with legal aspects of data protection and digitization, as well as the Whistleblowing Directive and its Hungarian transposition laws. Csaba is a member of the Budapest Bar since 2003 and a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Dániel Orosz

Daniel is a seasoned Corporate/M&A attorney located in our Budapest office. He specializes in assisting clients with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate restructuring. Daniel has provided expert advice on numerous acquisition transactions and regulatory matters, particularly within the energy and gas sectors. Dániel’s practice is centered on both domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), FDI, joint ventures, and corporate restructuring. He has a particular emphasis on energy and renewable energy transactions. Dániel has advised on numerous acquisition transactions and regulatory matters within the energy and gas sectors. With substantial experience in various forms of financing transactions, Dániel has also expertise in various financing arrangements including corporate, project, public-private partnership (PPP), acquisition financing, syndicated, sub-participated, and cross-border financing across the CEE region. He is also well-versed in state-subsidized export financing and factoring transactions. Dániel has assisted many clients with workout and restructuring transactions. He has provided comprehensive advice and support to a wide range of Hungarian and international financial institutions and corporate borrowers. His services include the preparation of transaction documents (including Loan Market Association (LMA) standard documentation and the establishment of collateral packages), management of negotiations, support for business considerations, and coordination and management of due diligence processes. Additionally, Dániel has expertise in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) requirements related to transactions, ensuring compliance and integrating sustainable practices into his clients’ business strategies.

Ferenc Dávid

Gergely Riszter

Dr. Gergely Riszter heads the Tax Group of the Firm’s Budapest office. He has been recognized as a Highly Recommended Tax Practitioner by PLC Yearbook 2008. Dr. Riszter regularly lectures at the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Faculty of Law on financial and tax law matters. He serves as editor of the Budapest office’s Tax Newsletter and regularly contributes to other tax-related publications. Dr. Riszter focuses on corporate tax, transfer pricing and VAT matters. He routinely advises multinationals on the tax structuring of their investments in Hungary and the tax implications of establishing financing and licensing structures through Hungarian vehicles. He also helps clients manage cross-border taxation matters. Dr. Riszter advises on tax and related legal issues arising from M&A transactions, and on VAT issues of various transactions and structures implemented in Hungary. He also represents clients before the Hungarian courts, Ministry of Finance and the tax authority.

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Ines Radmilovic

Ines Radmilovic is a senior counsel in the Firm's M&A practice group. She is the past chairperson of the Firm's EMEA M&A Practice Group Steering Committee and former member of the Global M&A Practice Group Steering Committee. Before moving to Budapest in 1992, Ines was a corporate and securities associate in the Chicago office. She became a partner in 1996 and senior counsel in mid 2024. Ines has advised clients in various industries - including manufacturing, IT/communications, life sciences & healthcare, and financial services - on a range of cross-border or multijurisdictional transactional matters, including purchases and sales of businesses, advising on the complete transaction lifecycle, from structuring to implementation, as well as post-acquisition legal entity integration, spin-offs, mergers, demergers and corporate group restructuring.

József Vági

Dr. József Vági is the local partner in Banking and Finance Practice Group. József joined Baker McKenzie's Banking and Finance Practice Group in 2006. He regularly advises on a range of transactional and regulatory financing matters, including project financings, syndications, acquisition financing, energy projects. He supports clients in all aspects of financing transactions, from origination and negotiation to documentation and closing and, when necessary, to enforcement of remedies, litigation or procedures and agreements for workout and reorganisation. He advises financial institutions in their various capacities in financing, capital markets, securitization and derivatives transactions and assists them in connection with regulatory laws (including outsourcing, bank secrecy, etc.).

Márton Horányi

Márton Horányi heads the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group in the Budapest office of Baker McKenzie. He previously headed a Big Four accounting firm's antitrust and competition practice in Budapest and led the local competition practice of a boutique law firm. Between 2007 and 2015, he practiced in the competition team of Baker McKenzie, Budapest and was seconded to the Firm's Düsseldorf office. He also gained experience in competition law as a blue book trainee at the Legal Service of the European Commission in Brussels. Márton is a lecturer at the post-graduate competition law program of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University as well as at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He regularly speaks at conferences and client events, and publishes in reputable competition law journals. Márton focuses his practice on antitrust and competition, state aid, unfair commercial practices, consumer protection, compliance matters and European law. He has extensive experience representing clients in cartel, abuse of dominance and merger cases before the Hungarian Competition Office, the European Commission, and the Hungarian and EU courts. Márton also advises on distribution issues and assists clients in developing effective compliance programs. He frequently works with clients in the pharmaceutical, retail, energy, IT/telecom and automotive industries.

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Nóra Óváry-Papp

Dr. Nóra Óváry-Papp is a Counsel in Baker McKenzie's Budapest office and a member of the Firm's Employment & Compensation practice group. She also acts as lead attorney for Investigations & Compliance matters. She is a lecturer at the Department of Labor and Social Law at ELTE Faculty of Law. Nóra is a seasoned expert in advising clients on a comprehensive range of employment and employment-related issues. Her areas of expertise encompass termination of employment, dismissal, breaches of fiduciary duties, enforcement of restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations, protection of trade secrets, and conducting thorough employee investigations. Nóra has a proven track record in conducting internal investigations, providing employment-related compliance advice, and managing work council and union relations. Additionally, she is adept at representing clients in labor safety matters, ensuring their compliance with relevant regulations and standards.

Péter Mezei

Réka Vass

Tímea Bodrogi-Szabó

Tímea focuses on tax law. She has an outstanding expertise in representing clients in tax controversy both in front of the tax authority, and in front of the courts in case of a judicial review of the tax authority's resolution. She represented several Hungarian and multinational companies in complex tax audit procedures and the litigations following such audits. Tímea also advises our clients on VAT matters. Further to the above, she regularly advises the Hungarian subsidiaries of multinational companies regarding corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. She is also advising regarding liquidation and related tax issues."

Zoltán Hegymegi-Barakonyi

Dr. Zoltán Hegymegi-Barakonyi is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition and IPTech practices of the Budapest office. Benchmark publications consider him as one of the most recognized competition law practitioners in Hungary. Zoltán is the president of the Hungarian Competition Law Association and vice-president of the International League of Competition Law (LIDC). He is a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN), and a member of the Scientific Board of the Competition Law Research Institute at Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE). He regularly speaks on competition law related matters at Firm and third-party conferences and also lectures at postgraduate competition law courses at PPKE and ELTE Universities. Zoltán is highly experienced in competition law, IP law and pharmaceutical regulations, including litigation work in these areas. He represents companies in unfair competition, cartel, dominant position and merger control cases before the Hungarian Competition Office and the European Commission, as well as before Hungarian and EU courts. He regularly advises on antitrust compliance programs. Zoltán also represents clients in trademark registration, as well as IP infringement matters. He works for major international and Hungarian companies in a number of sectors, including the banking, energy, telecommunications, automotive and pharmaceutical industries.

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