Led by Ákos Fehérváry, the employment team at Hegymegi-Barakonyi and Fehérváry Baker&McKenzie Attorneys-at-Law supports clients throughout the entire lifecycle of relevant projects, regularly assisting with labour law issues arising from cross-border transactions. The team expertly handles labour and compliance investigations, and is well versed in providing representation in legal proceedings. The group’s expertise also covers collective employment and labour-related data privacy issues. Its client base spans multiple jurisdictions, with a particular focus on major players from the automotive, IT and pharmaceuticals sectors. Leveraging his experience as a transactional specialist, Ferenc Dávid advises on the employment aspects of outsourcing, reorganisations and M&A deals, as well as providing day-to-day support from an employment perspective. Nóra Óváry-Papp regularly advises on immigration matters.
Testimonials
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‘A professional team that we can turn to in all circumstances. It provides help in a timely and relevant manner.’
‘Their global reputation makes us proud to work with them. Their full range, covering every aspect of legal work, is outstanding. Their employees are fast to react to all our queries and provide the highest level of support.’
‘Their friendly attitude to us, as non-legal experts, makes us feel easy to reach out for legal support. They explain all complicated legal terms while highlighting different possibilities to solve each issue.’
‘Baker McKenzie in Hungary is a law firm worthy of trust, and they have proved it on several occasions. They provided us several times with complex and detailed guidance on very complicated and non-usual queries related to employment law. They have a broad knowledge, and they know how to apply it in practice in order to advise their clients in the best manner adapted to their business.’
‘Nóra Óváry-Papp is very responsive; she always acknowledges my queries, and this makes me feel that she is very close to the business. She respects the deadlines, and her emails are fully explanatory – she understands that we are not experts on Hungarian law and for that reason, she intends to be as detailed as possible. Also, knowing the business model, she adapts her advice to the specificities of our business.’
'We have worked with the firm for several years, to our great satisfaction. The strength of the team lies in their ability to respond quickly and accurately to all our problems. Thanks to their excellent teamwork, they also provide help for cases that are out of the ordinary. Each case is carefully examined and the best possible solution is proposed for the situation.'
'I believe that over the years they have proven their excellence and interoperability in countless cases. We will continue to rely on them in the future, I believe that many of our business successes would not have happened without them.'
'People we work closely with: Ákos Fehérváry and Ferenc Dávid. What distinguishes them from competitors is that we receive prompt and efficient assistance for all our requests, whether routine or completely unique. We would like to thank them for their work and cooperation!'
Key clients
- Orlen Unipetrol
- AbbVie
- Grand Automotive
- Ford
- BP Business Service Centre
Work highlights
- Advised AbbVie on the integration of the Allergan business in Hungary following AbbVie’s completion of the global acquisition of Allergan.
- Advised a major commercial real estate company on the labour law aspects of a cross-border multijurisdictional sale of multiple business lines, including assisting with employee transfers.
- Advised ORLEN Unipetrol on the acquisition of a major chain of 79 petrol stations in Hungary from MOL, assisting with the transfer of employees and transfer of the collective bargaining agreement of MOL.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ákos Fehérváry