Hungary

FIRM:

Forgó, Varga & Partners Law Firm was established in 2000, following the departure of the three partners from an international law firm.

Since then Forgó, Varga & Partners has developed to be one of Hungary’s premier independent law firms. We compete on equal footing with the largest international law firms as far as quality is concerned, yet, we make every effort to provide personalised, partner lead service with competitive pricing.

In recognition of the quality of our services the prestigious European Legal 500, PLC Which Lawyer and Chambers and Partners highly rate our firm with respect to numerous practice areas, such as Mergers & Acquisitions, corporate-commercial, TMT, outsourcing, employment, dispute resolution, real estate and construction, life sciences, energy, IP. For details please, see www.icclaw.com, www.whichlawyer.com, www.chambersandpartners.com Hungary section. The 2009 edition of the European Legal Experts (similarly to the previous editions) selected partners Zoltán Forgó, János Tamás Varga and Gábor Damjanovic among the highly recommended Hungarian lawyers.

Forgó, Varga & Partners currently offers the services of 3 partners, 9 associates and has a total staff of 17.

The firm has a strong focus on M&A, venture capital, private equity and technology related legal areas (IT, telecommunications, media, Internet, IP) and also undertakes a fair amount of general commercial, arbitration, litigation, financing, labour and pharmaceutical related work.
The firm’s core clientele consists of international and Hungarian strategic and financial investors, corporate finance firms, IT, telecommunications, pharmaceutical and energy companies and real estate developers. Our firm is a regular choice for leading international law firms (primarily US, UK and other EU based international law firms) for cross-border transactions and Hungarian legal matters.

 
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Mergers and Acquisitions, Privatisation
• Private Equity, Venture Capital
• Corporate
• General Commercial
• Employment
• Competition
• Litigation/Arbitration
• Restructuring, Insolvency
• Information Technology
• Data Protection
• Telecommunications, Internet
• Media
• Outsourcing
• Intellectual Property
• Pharmaceuticals, foodstuff
• Real Estate, Construction
• Infrastructure
• Banking, Project Financing, Loan Financing, Securitisation
• Insurance
• Financial Services
• Public Procurement
• Energy
• Gaming, betting, licensing