ABOUT US
A DKKR Partners is a law firm formed in 2015 by senior lawyers with decades of experience gained at international law firms. We provide a full service to clients on all major areas of law. We are committed to providing the highest standard of legal advice to our domestic and international clients, focusing on value added and practical counselling. As an independent legal advisor we are flexible and committed to provide pragmatic legal advice, without the strings attached to working at big organisations. Our experience allows us to understand the business interests of our clients and we place significant emphasis on building a close and personal relationship with our clients which, together with the first class technical knowledge you would expect, means we can deliver a service which is focussed, accurate and value for money.
DKKR Partners is an associated firm of ARCLIFFE. ARCLIFFE is a new consolidated legal practice focused on Emerging Europe, comprising senior attorneys of international pedigree and training. ARCLIFFE has been created by four local leaders in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) legal market – Pepa & Dobre from Romania, JedwabnyLegal from Poland, Krutak & Partners from Czech Republic, and DKKR Partners from Hungary. For further details and information on ARCLIFFE and the services it can provide to you in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia or in the Czech Republic, please refer to www.arcliffe.com.
PRACTICE AREAS
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
• legal due diligence
• public takeovers
• privatisations
• private sales and acquisitions
• controlled auctions
• acquisition of strategic interests
• joint ventures
• “greenfield” investments
CORPORATE
•• company establishment
• corporate governance
• company and group reorganisations
• capital increases and reductions
• mergers, demergers, transformations
• liquidations and solvent dissolutions
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
• representation in civil law litigations
• representation in arbitration proceedings
• out-of-court settlements
HUNGARIAN GOLDEN VISA PROGRAM
RESIDENCE BY INVESTMENT
A new act on the general rules of third country nationals’ inward travel and Hungarian residence entered into force on 1 January 2024, introducing (similarly to certain other countries) the „residency through investment” concept in Hungary via the rules governing the „guest investor visa” and the „guest investor residence permit”. In practice this means that third country nationals making one of the three possible investments are entitled to Hungarian visa and residence permit. Guest investors and their family members are entitled to stay and work in Hungary without restrictions for 10 plus 10 years.
- The lowest possible amount of investment is EUR 250,000 for which the guest investor is required to purchase unit in a real estate investment fund whose net asset value comprises minimum 40% of investments in residential real estate in Hungary;
- A person purchasing a residential property with a value of at least EUR 500,000 in Hungary is also entitled to guest investor visa and guest investor residence permit (as from 1 January 2025); or
- donating EUR 1,000,000 to a higher education institution maintained by a public trust with a public-service mission is the third form of investment for the guest investor visa.
Our firm provides all-round legal assistance to guest investors to
- compile their applications for the guest investor residence permit, its filing with the immigration authority,
- broker investment fund units,
- manage the real estate transactions
- negotiate and draft the real estate sale and purchase agreement and
- have the investor’s ownership registered in the land register, furthermore
- find a suitable education institution and getting the donation to the beneficiary
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
• trademarks
• patents
• other IP protection
• licensing
• copyright
• domain disputes
CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL LAW
• complex international commercial contracts
• general terms and conditions
• e-commerce
• franchise agreements
• software development, system integration, support contracts
REAL ESTATE
acquisition of retail, office, industrial, hotel and residential/housing projects
• real estate-based M&A transactions
• sale and leaseback transactions
• leasing of retail, office and industrial properties
• construction and development
• hotel management contracts
• financing of real estate transactions
• property dispute resolution
EMPLOYMENT
• preparation of legal documents in relation to the establishment and termination of employment relationships
• drafting and updating employment policies
• non-compete agreements
• development of bonus systems
• employment aspects of M&A transactions and reorganisations
• negotiations with employee representative bodies
• representation in employment litigation
STATE AID
•national and EU state aid law compliance
• notification of grant programs to the European Commission
• project structuring from a state aid perspective
• assistance and representation in irregularity procedures
• self-audit aimed at identifying potential irregularities
• grant agreements
COMPETITION
•joint ventures
• supply, exclusive and selective distribution agreements
• agency, licence and subcontracting agreements
• abuse of a dominant market position
• concentrations
• restrictive trade practices
ATTORNEYS
Nóra DEME
Partner
Nóra has worked for international law firms (Kinstellar, Linklaters, EY Law Luther Menold) for 15 years and is an expert in real estate matters with significant experience in corporate and commercial law. She has extensive experience in transactional and non-transactional projects related to commercial and industrial real estates including: complex real estate acquisitions, leasing, restructuring, asset management, and construction and development. She also advises major players in the energy sector in the context of development projects and banks in relation to the real estate implications of project financings.
Dániel KASZÁS
Partner
Dániel has over 24 years of experience at international law firms as a senior M&A and competition lawyer and litigator. Dániel has gained broad experience in advising on a full range of mergers and acquisitions transactions (including public takeovers, privatisations, controlled auctions, acquisition of strategic interests, joint ventures and start up “greenfield” investments, reorganisations, buyouts, mergers, demergers, other transformations and liquidations), acting for both bidders and targets and strategic and portfolio investors.
Dorottya KERESZTY
Partner
Having worked for international law firms (Kinstellar, Linklaters, Gide) for nearly 10 years, Dorottya has gained substantial experience in the entire field of employment law such as: advising on the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions and restructurings; advising in relation to the establishment and termination of the employment relationship; the development of employer incentive schemes; and negotiating with employee representative bodies and their legal representation in legal disputes.
Levente RÖVID
Of Counsel
Levente is among the founding partners of our firm now cooperating with us as an Of Counsel. Levente gained part of his professional experience during the sixteen years of working with international law firms (Kinstellar, Bird & Bird) heading the tax practice and as a tax advisor with one of the BIG4 advisory companies (Ernst & Young). As a tax qualified lawyer, Levente specialises in advising on transactions as well as on issues arising from day to day operations primarily in corporate income tax, value added tax and transfer tax.