Szabó Kelemen & Partners Andersen Attorneys

Firm Details:

Managing Partner: László András Kelemen

Number of partners: 18

Number of lawyers: 33

Languages: English, German, French, Hungarian

Firm Overview:

Szabó Kelemen & Partners Andersen Attorneys is a leading law firm in Hungary that was founded in 1996. It is now part of Andersen Global, an international alliance of top tax advisory and law firms. The firm is known for providing outstanding legal services to major domestic and international clients in complex transactions. With a diverse clientele that includes multinational corporations and large and medium-sized Hungarian companies from different industries, the firm is recognized as a dependable legal partner for businesses seeking exceptional legal representation in Hungary.

Main Areas of Practice:

Antitrust/Competition Law

Banking & Finance

Capital Markets

Corporate & Commercial

Dispute Resolution

Employment & Compensation

Intellectual Property

Mergers & Acquisitions

Projects

Real Estate

Antitrust/Competition:

1 partner, 3 fee earners

■ Advising and representing a leading international aluminium casting company before the HCA in the merger clearance of its acquisition of a regional aluminium extrusion plant.

■ Advising and representing an international insurance company before the HCA in a merger clearance for an international insurance portfolio acquisition.

■ Advising and representing a leading book retail company before the HCA in the merger clearance of the acquisition of a large domestic publishing house.

Banking & Finance:

1 partner, 5 fee earners

■ Drafting financing documentation for a major Hungarian TV channel group restructuring as to its financing

■ Drafting financing documents for a Hungarian Investment Fund with over 1 billion EUR of managed assets

■ Drafting several project finance loan documentations for financing renewable energy projects

Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency:

2 partners, 5 fee earners

■ Advising the Hungarian Reorganisation Asset Management Plc in connection with the restructuring of loan transactions with 20,000 retail and 4,000 corporate customers.

■ Providing advice in connection with the takeover of bank distressed asset portfolios.

■ Representing the client as creditor in a liquidation procedure of a Hungarian heating plant.

■ Representing various entities of a property group re: bankruptcy proceedings.

Dispute Resolution & Litigation:

2 partners, 6 fee earners

■ Regular representation of clients before GAFTA, FOSFA, ICC ICA and domestic arbitration courts

■ Advising and representing a global commodities trader's Hungarian affiliate before GAFTA and the HCC Arbitration Court re: a damage claim

■ Plaintiff-and defendant side litigation in commercial and labor law disputes

Employment:

1 partner, 5 fee earners

■ Reviewing all the client’s employment contracts and policies, drafting new contract samples, including special managerial employment contracts

■ Representing the client in a labour law litigation concerning the lawfulness of the work schedule and successfully proving that the client is in compliance with the relevant legal requirements

■ Providing legal support regarding e.g. individual labour law litigations with employees and with the Labour Supervision Authority, handling the trade union’s demands, etc

IT & Telecommunications:

1 partner, 2 fee earners

■ Advising a company that specializes in IT security software. Creating commercial agreements, registering intellectual property, and carrying out daily advisory work.

■ Supporting the client in large-scale IT projects, including system development and implementation.

Restructuring & InsolvencyCorporate & Mergers & Acquisitions:

3 partners, 15 fee earners

■ Advising a Hungarian financial institution on a merger with other financial institutions, creating thereby the second largest Hungarian financial institution

■ Seller-side and buyer-side representation regarding the sale and purchase of private health institutions

■ Reorganisation of 12 Hungarian corporations belonging to the same group of companies (oil industry) via mergers, dissolutions and share transfer transactions ■ General corporate work for a number of multinationals and their Hungarian subsidiaries

Real Estate & Commercial Property:

1 partner, 3 fee earners

■ Advising the client on large-scale greenfield investments involving the construction of a logistics facility, and also re: renting and operation of existing logistics facilities

■ Transactional advice in connection with the sale of a share in a joint venture holding a real estate project (residential building with approximately 900 flats)

■ Providing legal advice, conducting negotiations and contract conclusion in connection with the purchase of a downtown real property having a heritage listing

■ Providing legal support to the client in the course of its office construction project

■ Advising the client during the development of an industrial property, including purchasing, financing and drafting agreements related to development

Area of recent growth:

Agribusiness

Data protection

Agribusiness

2 partners, 2 fee earners

Buyer-side representation in the sale and purchase of more than 80% of an agribusiness company, as well as sector-specific due diligence.

Contacts:

■ Laszlo Kelemen Email: [email protected]

■ Domonkos Kiss Email: [email protected]

■ Peter Vincze Email: [email protected]

■ Balazs Dominek Email: [email protected]