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Szecskay Attorneys at Law is a leading independent Hungarian fully-fledged law firm specialized in Hungarian and cross-border legal advice. Its mission is to be the long-term trusted legal advisor who enables clients to focus on growing their business. The firm covers all areas of business law and has gained market experience from a full spectrum of industry, trade and services. Most clients are multinational companies, as well as major and mid-sized Hungarian enterprises.
Founded in 1992, the firm has grown to achieve a legal advisory reputation for professional excellence and mapping out feasible business solutions. International presence and global reach are supported via a strong worldwide law firm network.
In addition to Hungarian lawyers, the firm has foreign attorneys licensed to practice in England & Wales, Germany and Denmark. Working languages include Hungarian, English, German, French, Russian and Danish. Szecskay Attorneys at Law and its attorneys are consistently top-ranked in all major legal ranking publications (Chambers, Legal500 and IFLR). The firm’s practice areas include banking & finance, commercial, corporate / M&A, dispute resolution, real estate, capital markets, competition, employment, intellectual property, data protection and tax law among others.
+36 (1) 472-3000
András Szecskay is the Founder and Managing Partner of Szecskay Attorneys at Law, a law firm with an international clientele and scope of activities.
SPECIALISATION
M&A, corporate and project finance, litigation/arbitration, IP.
EDUCATION
Received his JD, summa cum laude, from the Szeged University Law School in 1973 and has participated in a professional continuing education program in Canada.
MEMBERSHIPS OF ANDRÁS SZECSKAY
► Budapest Bar Association: Vice-President responsible for International Relations (2002-2018)
► Hungarian Bar Association: Vice-President (since 2010)
► Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE): Head of the Hungarian Delegation
► Hungarian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright (MIE): President (since 2010)
► Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA): Former member of the Executive Committee, currently Director of UIA IROL responsible for the independence of the profession
► Member of: IBA, UAE, AIPPI, LIDC, HVCA
AWARDS/RECOGNITION OF ANDRÁS SZECSKAY
► “In the Service of Justice” Award by Hungarian Bar Association (2019)
► “Market Maker”, CEE Legal Matters, 2017
► “Deák Ferenc Award” (“Pro Meritis De Iuris Peritia”), the highest joint award of all legal professions in Hungary (2014)
► Pro Collegium Advocatorum (“Az Ügyvédségért” – “For the Legal Profession”) Award by the Hungarian Bar Association (2011)
► Knight’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, awarded by the President of Hungary (2008)
► Recognized as an Exemplary Lawyer (“Kiváló Ügyvéd”) by the Hungarian Bar Association (2003)
► Eötvös Award by the Budapest Bar Association (2000)
► Consistently top-ranked as a leading lawyer in various legal fields in Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, and other international legal ranking publications
PUBLICATIONS/OTHER
Dr. Szecskay regularly lectures at domestic and international conferences. He is the author or co-author of a number of articles on Hungarian and international corporate law, competition law, arbitration and IP law and his articles have appeared in international publications and Hungarian professional periodicals.
+36 (1) 472-3000
Judit Budai is a Senior Partner at Szecskay Attorneys at Law, a law firm with an international clientele and scope of activities.
SPECIALISATION
M&A, corporate and project finance transactions, capital markets and banking transactions and regulatory matters, competition law
EDUCATION
Received her JD, from Eötvös Loránd Faculty of State and Legal Science in Budapest in 1991 and an MBA from the Budapest Economic University (BEU) in 1996 in a joint BEU/London Business School program and participated in an EC Law Post Graduate Program of the Center of European Law, School of Law, King’s College London in 2004
MEMBERSHIPS OF JUDIT BUDAI
► Budapest Bar Association (since 1994)
► IBA: Securities Law Committee
► UIA: Executive Committee Member, Deputy Director of National and Regional Activities (former Director of Seminars) and President of the Banking Law Commission
► HVCA: Advocacy Coordinator of the Legal Committee
► American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary: Governance and Transparency Committee and Innovation Policy Task Force
AWARDS/RECOGNITION OF JUDIT BUDAI
► Eötvös Károly Award by the Budapest Bar Association (2020)
► Regularly ranked as a leading lawyer in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 for her work in Commercial, Corporate/M&A, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets law
► Ranked as Highly Regarded Individual by IFLR1000
Contact
Head Office
KOSSUTH LAJOS TÉR 16-17. III.
BUDAPEST, 1055
HUNGARY
Seefeldstrasse 123
P.O. Box 8008
Zurich, Switzerland
Executive Director
Rafael Truan Blanco
The Law Firm Network is a network of independent law firms originated in 1989. Our members are not affiliated in the joint practice of law; each member firm is an independent law firm and renders professional services on an individual and separate basis
The Law Firm Network is a network of independent law firms originated in 1989. Our members are not affiliated in the joint practice of law; each member firm is an independent law firm and renders professional services on an individual and separate basis
