dr. Balázs KÁNTOR
EXPERIENCE
Partner, attorney and tax expert, leading the tax group of Kapolyi Law Firm
He started his professional career as a trainee lawyer at Allen&Overy in Budapest in 2008, after which he worked in the tax group of DLA Piper. From 2015, he headed the tax group of Lakatos, Köves & Partners Law Firm (former Clifford Chance). He joined Kapolyi Law Office as a partner in 2024.
During his professional career, he has advised on a number of cross-border and domestic transactions, including high-value commercial real estate acquisitions, high profile M&A transactions and financing transactions, securities offerings.
He has successfully represented clients in disputes involving serious tax assessments.
BACKGROUND
Dr. Balázs Kántor obtained his law degree from the Eötvös Loránd University, and subsequently qualified as a tax advisor in the framework of a training organised by the Hungarian Chamber of Auditors.
He speaks English fluently.
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dr. Viktor KREZINGER
EXPERIENCE
Senior attorney at law, heading the Capital Markets Department at Kapolyi Law Firm.
He started his career in 2007. Has a 10+ year experience in capital market, which was acknowledged by the rankings from Chambers and Legal500 in 2018.
Provides legal assistance for wide range of investment fund managers and investment service providers. He has a comprehensive knowledge related to both licensing procedures and the support of the daily operations. Supported licensing procedures on transfer of accounts, acquisition of a qualifying Interest in a capital market firm, and other procedure subject to licensing.
BACKGROUND
He obtained his law degree at the Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University in 2006.
As legal advisor, assisted issuers and service providers in numerous private placements, IPOs and public offerings for sale.
Provided full scope services for bidders and target companies in several pubic takeover bid procedure.
A member of the Budapest Bar Association.
He is fluent in English.
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dr. József KAPOLYI
EXPERIENCE
Founder and managing partner of Kapolyi Law Firm.
He started his professional career as a junior legal counsel at the Hungarian securities and exchange commission and after spending a year as a chief legal counsel at a portfolio company he became a legal counsel at the Budapest Stock Exchange. In February 1999 he established his own law firm which operates to this day under the name of Kapolyi Law Firm.
He is an arbitrator at the Money and Capital Market and Energy sections of the Permanent Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 2002 and the member of the board for 5 years. He had been the member and co-president of the Corporate Governance Committee for a decade. He is a Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Supervisory Board of Interactive Brokers Central Europa Zrt..
BACKGROUND
He obtained his law degree at the Faculty of Law of József Attila University in 1996. He took part in the course organized by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on regulations related to securities in Washington DC. In October 1996 he passed his stock exchange securities exam and stock exchange exam organized by the State Financial and Capital Markets Supervision. He passed his bar exam in October 1998.
He speaks English fluently and German on a basic level.
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dr. Sándor HABÓCZKY
EXPERIENCE
Partner of Kapolyi Law Firm, heading the Real Estate and Construction Law practice group as well as advising on high profile transactions.
He regularly represents and supports significant domestic and foreign investors and commercial real estate developers, especially in the office and hotel sectors, as well as assists individual property transactions and portfolio deals.
Sándor and his colleagues have unique experience with FIDIC contractual schemes and other construction contracts and also in relation with design works’ documentation for major developments.
BACKGROUND
Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the József Attila University of Szeged in 1996 and started his professional career the same year.
He passed his bar exam in February 1999 and he has been a member of the Budapest Bar Association since August 2001.
In 2001 he joined the M&A dept. of one of the leading international law firms in Budapest, where he spent more than five years. From 2010 to 2017 he was acting as partner in charge of real estate and dispute resolution mandates with a Vienna based leading international law firm. During this period, he participated in major transaction matters and also high profile dispute resolution mandates (including a significant case won at the Court of Justice of the European Union).
Looking for new challenges, he has joined Kapolyi Law Firm in the summer of 2017.
He speaks English fluently and German on an intermediate level.
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