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Our team

Our clients place their trust in our diverse team of legal and business experts who have honed their skills at major international law firms. Our team delivers to our clients the highest quality in service by aligning our unique culture, efficient project structuring and value-oriented processes.

Deep understanding of business 

We are seasoned business lawyers who are equipped with general and sector specific business knowledge. Many of our lawyers have academic diplomas in business and tax. This business background helps us better understand the difficult challenges our clients face in their industries and enables us to craft legal advice that can be easily applied with minimal disruption to our client’s business operations.

 

Strong international academic background

We have been educated at leading European and US universities, including

  • Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  • Vienna University of Economics & Business
  • University of Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) 
  • University of Jean Moulin Lyon 3 
  • University of Paris-Sud XI
  • Université Catholique de Lyon
  • Université de Rouen
  • Masaryk University
  • Castle College Nottingham
  • Humboldt Universität
  • University of Leicester and
  • Tilburg University

 

Firm commitment to professional development 

We are committed to develop persistently our legal and business knowledge through individualized coaching programs and structured training initiatives - both for our team as well as for our clients.

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PARTNERS

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DR. ESZTER KAMOCSAY-BERTA

LL.M. (Vienna)

Founding and Managing Partner, Attorney-at law

eszter.kamocsay-berta@kcgpartners.com

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DR. LEVENTE CSENGERY

LL.M. (New York)

Founding Partner, Attorney-at-law

levente.csengery@kcgpartners.com

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DR. GABRIELLA GÁLIK

Certified tax advisor

Founding Partner, Attorney-at-law

gabriella.galik@kcgpartners.com

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DR. RITA PÁRKÁNYI

MBA (Lyon)

Founding Partner, Attorney-at-law

rita.parkanyi@kcgpartners.com

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DR. LÁSZLÓ MADÁK

Partner Attorney-at-law

laszlo.madak@kcgpartners.com

DR. ESZTER KAMOCSAY-BERTA

Founding and Managing Partner 

Eszter has over 18 years of top tier experience in M&A, projects, transactions and tax law with special recognition as an expert in restructuring, construction and energy matters. She regularly advises multinationals and their local subsidiaries, representing clients from the oil and gas, renewable energy, construction, financial, chemical, pharmaceutical and automotive industries. 

 

Professional Experience

A qualified attorney-at-law licensed to practice in Hungary, Eszter previously worked at prestigious law offices like Gide Loyrette Nouel as a partner of the Budapest office, and at Clifford Chance and Salans as a senior associate. Now, as a Founder and the Managing Partner at KCG Partners, she leads a professional, cohesive team of high-performance lawyers.

 

Education

  • SEED School for Executive Education and Development, Budapest, Hungary
  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics, „Engineering consultancy and FIDIC Contracts”
  • Vienna University of Economics & Business, International Tax (LL.M.), Vienna, Austria
  • Pázmány Péter University, Faculty of Law & Political Sciences (JD), Budapest, Hungary
  • Eötvös Loránd University, Sociology and Media Studies (M.A.), Budapest, Hungary
  • University of Stirling, Social and Media Studies, Scotland, UK
  • Carl-Bosch-Gymnasium, Abitur, Ludwigshafen, Germany 

 

Professional Associations

  • Member of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA)
  • Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Member of the Budapest Bar Association 

 

DR. LEVENTE CSENGERY

Founding Partner

Levente is a seasoned corporate lawyer who has represented many large and medium sized international corporations and financial institutions in connection with their investments in Hungary and with other specific assignments. He is focusing on employment law, compliance-regulatory matters and dispute resolution issues across various sectors. His practice specializes in employee stock ownership plans (ESOP), redundancy matters and high-profile management fraud cases, as well as he also possesses substantial experience in damage claims, civil law actions and financial litigation.

 

Professional Experience

Prior to founding KCG Partners, Levente worked at the global law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel as the head of the employment and litigation groups, at Clifford Chance as a senior associate managing the labour law team and supporting the litigation team and at Salans, focusing on employment law and dispute resolution.

 

Education

  • Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. LL.M. degree. New York, NY, USA (2004)
  • New York University (NYU), School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Certificate in US Law and Methodologies. New York, NY, USA (2003)
  • University of Szeged, School of Law (JD). Szeged, Hungary (2002)

 

Professional Associations

  • Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Member of the Budapest Bar Association

 

DR. GABRIELLA GÁLIK

Founding Partner 

Gabriella is a recognised M&A practitioner and a noted real estate transaction specialist having vast experience in industrial development (including greenfield and brownfield investments), construction law and infrastructure. She has worked on many high-profile M&A and commercial deals, and advised on large-scale operational and process restructurings across a wide range of industrial sectors. She is a certified tax advisor and mediator. 

 

Professional Experience 

Prior to founding KCG Partners, Gabriella worked at the global law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel as a senior associate focusing on major investment projects, at Clifford Chance, dealing with real estate and M&A transactions and at Salans, focusing on real estate and corporate restructurings.

 

Education 

  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics, „Engineering consultancy and FIDIC Contracts” (2015) 
  • Certified mediator (2014) 
  • Certified tax advisor (2009) 
  • Eötvös Loránd University: Faculty of Law. (J.D. Summa cum laude). Budapest, Hungary (2005) 

 

Professional Associations 

  • Member of the Budapest Bar Association

 

DR. RITA PÁRKÁNYI

Founding Partner

Rita is a highly skilled business lawyer with deep experience in employment, data protection, dispute resolution and litigation matters. She advises clients across many aspects of employment law, including C-suite hires, terminations, staff re-structuring and internal organizational regulations, and has been closely involved in a number of multi-sector corporate restructurings.

 

Professional Experience

Prior to founding KCG Partners and leading its French Desk, Rita worked at the global law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel since 2008 focusing on employment, litigation and corporate matters. 

 

Education

  • Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Management, MBA (2015- 2017)
  • University of Paris-Sud XI, Jean Monnet Faculty: Master of Law & Management, Paris, France (2008)
  • Eötvös Loránd University: Faculty of Law (JD), Budapest, Hungary (2007)
  • University of Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Faculty of Law: French & EU Law, Paris - Budapest (2006)
  • University of Liège, Faculty of law: Erasmus studies, Liège, Belgium (2005)

Professional Associations

  • Member of the Budapest Bar Association

 

DR. LÁSZLÓ MADÁK

László is a seasoned attorney-at-law who has represented many corporations and financial institutions in most relevant transactions and M&A deals in recent years, and provides full legal support to these companies in conncetion with their business activities. His practice specializes in the development of the transaction strategy, negotiation and drafting of transactions documents in M&A transactions, and has relevant experience in litigation, with a particular focus on financial litigation.

 

Professional Experience

Prior to joining KCG Partners Law Firm László was head of the Civil Law Department (M&A Group, Regulatory Group, Litigation Group, Business Advisory Group) as a partner attorney-at-law and a member of PK& Partners Law Firm. In this position he worked in overall management and legal support of number of significant, high-value M&A transactions, the development of legal strategy and negotiation of important litigation cases, and preparation of legal opinions and studies. Previously he practised in Santander Consumer Finance Ltd. where he gained significant experience in debt enforcement law and litigation.

 

Education

Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law, Budapest, Hungary (2005)

 

Languages

Hungarian and English

 

Professional Associations

Member of the Budapest Bar Association

Member of the Legal Examination Board – Civil law and family law, Corporate law

University Guest Lecturer - Pázmány Péter Catholic University, JÁK, Deák Ferenc Institute for Continuing Education

 

OUR TEAM

Attorneys at Law

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DR. BÁLINT ZSOLDOS

LL.M; Certified tax advisor

balint.zsoldos@kcgpartners.com

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DR. LÍDIA SÜVEGES

lidia.suveges@kcgpartners.com

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DR. ESZTER ILA-HORVÁTH

LL.M (Leicester)

eszter.ila-horvath@kcgpartners.com

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DR. KRISZTIÁN KIRÁLYVÖLGYI

LL.M

krisztian.kiralyvolgyi@kcgpartners.com

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DR. BORBÁLA MAGLAI

borbala.maglai@kcgpartners.com

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Dr. BÁLINT ÉBERHARDT

balint.eberhardt@kcgpartners.com

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DR. LILLA MAJOROS

LL.M

lilla.majoros@kcgpartners.com

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DR. RÓZSA RUSVAI-DARÁZS

rozsa.darazs@kcgpartners.com

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DR. DÉNES GLAVATITY

LL.M; MSc structural engineer

denes.glavatity@kcgpartners.com

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DR. RÉKA FÜLÖP

reka.fulop@kcgpartners.com

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TATIANA ABALINA

Consultant

tatiana.abalina@kcgpartners.com

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DR. IMRE KEDVES

imre.kedves@kcgpartners.com

Associates

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DR. TAMÁS ZSIROS

tamas.zsiros@kcgpartners.com

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DR. FANNI CINTIA TARÁNY

fanni.tarany@kcgpartners.com

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DR. DOMONKOS Z. CSÁKAY

domonkos.csakay@kcgpartners.com

Administrative staff

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SZILVIA SIKLÓS

Office manager

reception@kcgpartners.com

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ZSÓFIA SIMON-DENKE

Assistant

zsofia.simon-denke@kcgpartners.com

ADDITIONAL STAFF

Ida Körtvélyesi

Trainee

ida.kortvelyesi@kcgpartners.com

Anna Kun-Székely

Trainee

anna.kun-szekely@kcgpartners.com

Maja Illés

Trainee

maja.illes@kcgpartners.com

RANKINGS

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