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HUNGARY Law and Practice Contributed by: Pál Rahóty, Lakatos, Köves & Partners

Lakatos, Köves & Partners is Hungary’s leading in - dependent law firm, with 13 partners and more than 50 fee-earners dedicated to providing high-quality legal services to local and global clients. The firm guides international investors through the complexi - ties of Hungary’s and the European Union’s econom - ic and regulatory landscape. For more than 30 years, the firm has combined a strong tradition of legal ex - cellence with innovative, business-focused solutions tailored to clients’ needs. Operating as the Budapest office of Clifford Chance until 2009, the firm builds on a unique international heritage while maintaining full

independence, ensuring the standards, responsive - ness and cross-border capability expected by global clients, alongside the flexibility and partner-led ap - proach of a leading domestic firm. The lawyers pro - vide strategic advice and commercially driven solu - tions across all corporate and financial transactions, regulatory matters, dispute resolution and complex projects. They act on high-value M&A transactions, banking and finance matters, capital markets deals, real estate developments, energy and infrastructure projects, competition and compliance issues, and tax and restructuring mandates.

Author

Pál Rahóty is a partner in LKT’s corporate and M&A group and heads the firm’s financial regulatory practice. With over 20 years of international and domestic transactional and advisory experience, he focuses

primarily on cross-border M&A transactions and financial sector matters. He advises banks, capital markets institutions, investment funds and insurance companies, drawing on extensive expertise in Hungarian and EU financial regulatory law. Pál regularly supports clients on equity capital markets transactions, complex corporate law matters including restructurings and disputes, as well as joint ventures and a wide range of commercial agreements.

Lakatos, Köves and Partners Madách Imre út 14 1075 Budapest Hungary Tel: +36 1 429 13 00 Email: pal.rahoty@lakatoskoves.hu Web: www.lakatoskoves.hu

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