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Lakatos, Köves & Partners Joins Lex Mundi

We are proud to announce that Lakatos, Köves & Partners, a leading team of Budapest-based lawyers, has become the exclusive Hungarian member of Lex Mundi, the world’s largest network of independent law firms.

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LKT Announces Promotion of Péter Berethalmi to Partner in Corporate and M&A Group

LKT is pleased to announce the promotion of Péter Berethalmi to Partner within our Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) group.

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At leading Hungarian Law Firm Lakatos, Köves and Partners Richard Lock takes over as Senior Partner

Péter Lakatos, managing partner, said “Péter Köves has been one of the founding and the senior partner of our firm since its establishment, at the time of our separation from Clifford Chance in 2009 and now becomes Partner Emeritus and Honorary Senior Partner and Richard Lock steps up to become Senior Partner.

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LKT wins two "Deal of the Year" awards at the CEE Deals of the Year Awards Banquet

We are delighted to share that two of LKT’s 2023 deals, namely 4iG and Corvinus's Acquisition of Vodafone Hungary (“Deal of the Year in Hungary”) and Diófa Fund Management's Acquisition of Gordius Private Equity from Indotek Investments (“Deal of the Year in Serbia”)

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Viktória Szilágyi has been promoted to Partner at Lakatos, Köves & Partners Law Firm (“LKT”)

Dr. Viktória Szilágyi has been promoted to Partner of LKT as of 1 April, 2024.

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Legal 500 2024 – LKT at the top of the Hungarian rankings table

Lakatos, Köves and Partners (“LKT”) is delighted that in the newly published Legal 500 2024 law firm rankings all of our practice areas were highly ranked.

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Recognition in Chambers Europe 2024

Lakatos, Köves and Partners is delighted that in the newly published Chambers and Partners Europe 2024 law firm rankings all of our earlier ranked practice areas achieved Band 1 or Band 2 rating and our Tax Group was ranked for the first time this year, which is a great acknowledgement of our work and place in the legal market in Hungary.

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Chambers Global Rankings 2024

Lakatos, Köves and Partners is delighted that in the newly published Chambers Global 2024 law firm rankings, our practice groups and lawyers are highly ranked in all categories examined by Chambers Global in Hungary (Banking & Finance, Corporate M&A, and Dispute Resolution).

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LAKATOS, KÖVES & PARTNERS (“LKT”) announce significant hirings

We are pleased to announce that Péter Berethalmi and Zsuzsanna Regina Lukács from Hungarian law firm Nagy & Trócsányi join LKT’s team as of January, 2024. Péter is the former Managing Partner of Nagy & Trócsányi, and Zsuzsanna is a Corporate/M&A lawyer.

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LKT wins CEE Legal Matters "Deal of the Year 2022" award

We are delighted to share that one of our 2022 deals, namely "GIC’s acquisition of 30% Stake in Cetin from PPF" was selected and awarded as the “Deal of the Year in the Czech Republic in 2022” on 25 May, 2023 at the CEE Legal Matters Deal of the Year Gala in Istanbul. LKT received the trophy for its work and involvement in the Hungarian aspects of the deal.

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Lakatos, Köves and Partners won "Best Law Firm of the Year" award at the Hungarian CIJ EUROPE Awards

Congratulate to our Real Estate Team for their professional and client-focused work!

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What impressed me was the excellent, timely and accurate advice we always received for any query we had.

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Lakatos, Köves and Partners is a law firm offering cutting edge know-how and solutions. We are the front-runners in implementing innovative approaches and solutions to help our clients to develop business and navigate through the challenges they face. In all fields, be it a courtroom, a negotiating table or our offices, we strive to reach the best legal advice for our clients. We are responsive, efficient, thorough and fast. Our goal is to provide the best legal advice in Budapest, Hungary.

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Lakatos, Köves & Partners Joins Lex Mundi

We are proud to announce that Lakatos, Köves & Partners, a leading team of Budapest-based lawyers, has become the exclusive Hungarian member of Lex Mundi, the world’s largest network of independent law firms.

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