A one-stop shop for clients based in Hungary, across the CEE region, and those with global operations, the employment team at Lakatos, Köves and Partners is regularly instructed by companies from the IT, logistics and automotive industries. The group’s contentious practice spans all employment-related disputes, and is well versed in both litigation and mediation. The group works in tandem with the data protection and privacy departments to advise on social media use and GDPR issues, and regularly advises on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, such as restructurings and M&A deals. Practice head Éva Bognár has over 20 years’ experience in the full range of employment matters, from restructuring schemes and redundancy programmes to labour disputes. Specialising in management contracts and employment litigation, Katalin Losonci brings over 15 years’ experience to the team. Petra Rózsahegyi advises corporations on employment frameworks, including agreements, contracts and TUPE.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Éva Bognár leads a team of very professional and knowledgeable employment attorneys who often team up with tax or data protection professionals from their law firm to efficiently resolve clients' requests.'
- 'Top notch employment practice in Hungary.’
‘Éva Bognár is very responsive and always gives to-the-point and concise answers to sometimes very complex questions.’
Key clients
- Mattoni 1873 a.s.
- WHSmith
- Boston Consulting Group
- TUE Manifacturing CO, Inc
- Omnipresent Group Limited
- Norbit ASA
- Toyo INK
- Flowserve
- VGP Parks
- MARS Multisales and Manufacturing entities
- ThreeBond
- American International School of Budapest (AISB)
- Essentra International Limited
- KNAUF
- Warner Media
- Trimble Inc.
- Nvidia
- Soulbrain
- Sinbon
- Eurolife
- Dynata
- Mid-Europa
Work highlights
- Advising Viterra on the implementation of a management change in Hungary, including the various options relating to executive termination and removals from corporate positions in several group companies.
- Advised Vodafone plc on the sale of Vodafone Magyarország Zrt. to 4iG Nyrt. and Corvinus Zrt. for a total cash consideration of €1.7bn, which required employment structuring since the HR framework changed from the employment regulation of privately-held companies to party state-owned regulation.
- Advising Flowserve on the setup of the entire employment framework of its new shared financial services centre, including the standard and executive employment contracts, policies and working conditions.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
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Practice head
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Éva Bognár