dr. Szabó Pál

dr. Szabó Pál

dr. Szabó Pál

Pál has significant experience in both cross-border and domestic mergers & acquisitions, as well as private equity and corporate matters Pál is a Partner and Head of our Corporate/ M&A practice group based in Budapest. He has nearly 15 years' experience in mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate and employment matters. He has significant experience in cross-border and domestic mergers & acquisitions and joint ventures, including acting for both private and public vendors, private purchasers and private equity firms across a range of industry sectors, such as financial institutions, energy, telecommunications and media, chemistry, life sciences, technology and retail & consumer. He has also advised on competitive auction bid processes. Pál also has company reorganisation and restructuring experience and his practice covers all types of corporate and commercial transactions. He regularly advises clients on general employment matters and other specialised areas including collective redundancies, benefits and incentive programmes, share incentive schemes as well as both domestic and cross-border labour law related transactions such as company reorganisations and outsourcing. He has also advised on various arrangements with executives and their compensation packages. Prior to joining us, Pál worked as part of the M&A, corporate and employment teams at other leading international law firms. He also spent nine months on M&A and private equity teams in London. Pál obtained his J.D. from Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Law, Hungary in 2004 and also holds a degree from Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary. He is a member of the Budapest Bar. Pál is fluent in English, in addition to his native Hungarian.