Péter Köves

Banking & Finance; Capital Markets; Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Projects & Infrastructure

Péter Köves, founding partner of Lakatos, Köves & Partners, is a distinguished trial lawyer and arbitrator with over three decades of experience in litigation, banking, and complex financial transactions.

Graduated summa cum laude from Eötvös Loránd University, he was an equity partner at Clifford Chance for more than 15 years before leading Lakatos, Köves & Partners. Péter played a pioneering role in introducing innovative banking treaties and public-private partnership projects in Hungary, notably the award-winning M5 and M6 motorway developments.

He regularly acts as arbitrator in international proceedings and has held prominent leadership roles in the Budapest Bar Association, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (serving as its president), and the International Bar Association.

An accomplished author in banking and finance law, he has received numerous accolades, including the Eötvös Károly Prize and the Great Cross of Austria.