The banking, finance and capital markets team at Lakatos, Köves and Partners continues to be a force in the marketplace, leveraging the experience of its team to advise major international financial institutions (Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup) involved in complex, high-value multi-jurisdictional transactions and regulatory compliance. The practice is jointly led by transactional expert Szabolcs Mestyan, who brings expertise to acquisition finance, securitisation, derivatives and structured finance and asset management and non-performing loan (NPL) transactions; and John Fenemore, a specialist in real estate finance, margin lending and asset finance. Other key names include Balázs Rokob, who displays strength in regulatory matters; Ágnes Ábrahám, who handles cross-border finance and debt capital markets transactions; Gergely Kántor, who manages mandates involving complex banking operations; and Nóra Kertai. Veronika Bakonyi joined the firm from Gárdos Mosonyi Tomori Law Office in April 2024.

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‘Szabolcs Mestyán: very reliable, very commercial.’
‘LKT is a pre-eminent independent law firm in Hungary, handling multiple high-profile cases and clients. The team has real depth, with strong experts across virtually all legal fields.’
‘Szabolcs Mestyan is super capable, mixing legal advice with a very useful business perspective.'

Key clients

Indotek
Deutsche Bank
JP Morgan
HPS Investment Partners
Oaktree Capital Management
Goldman Sachs
Credit Agricole
Citigroup
PNC Bank
ING
Hungiran Development Bank (MFB)
Hungarian Export-Import Bank (HunExim)
Hungarian Export-Import Bank (HunExim)
Bank of America
KKR

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