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Morley Allen & Overy Iroda

MADÁCH TRADE CENTER, MADÁCH IMRE UTCA 13-14, 1075 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Hungary

Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, Allen & Overy LLP is a second tier firm,

Morley Allen & Overy Iroda represents numerous European banks involved in regional leveraged finance deals and continues to advise MOL on syndicated loans. The team, led by James Graham, recently assisted Wanhua with financing issues concerning its acquisition of BorsodChem.

Capital markets

Within Capital markets, Allen & Overy LLP is a first tier firm,

Morley Allen & Overy Iroda is active in the domestic and international bond markets, and recently assisted MOL with a €750m Eurobonds issue. Although stronger on debt-side mandates, Zoltán Lengyel’s team has also advised corporate clients on equity offerings and banks as underwriters on major IPOs.

Competition

Within Competition, Allen & Overy LLP is a second tier firm,

Morley Allen & Overy Iroda bolstered its bench by recruiting counsel Tibor Szántó from the GVH’s Competition Council. The team recently represented ING before the Metropolitan Court in an appeal against a HUF90m fine for alleged anticompetitive conduct.

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, tier 4

Morley Allen & Overy Iroda’s Balázs Sahin-Tóth recently represented Betclic before the National Consumer Protection Office, and Zoltan Lengyel acted for ING in litigation before the Metropolitan Court.

Energy

Within Energy, tier 4

Morley Allen & Overy Iroda has a solid track record of project finance in the energy sector, and has advised EBRD on wind farm projects across CEE. Banking lawyer James Graham oversees this work.

Mergers and acquisitions

Within Mergers and acquisitions, Allen & Overy LLP is a second tier firm,

Morley Allen & Overy Iroda has sourced a number of significant mandates from strategic investors through its broad international network. Highly recommended team head Zoltán Lengyel advised a foreign entity on acquiring an equity stake in a Hungarian chemicals company. Locally generated clients include Shell, OTP Bank and IKO.

Project finance

Within Project finance, Allen & Overy LLP is a third tier firm,

Morley Allen & Overy Iroda’s Budapest office has experienced a slowdown in domestic project finance work, but it remains active in energy projects regionally. Recent work includes advising EBRD on financing of a €200m power plant project in Slovenia, and assisting ING Bank with a wind farm in Poland.

TMT

Within TMT, Allen & Overy LLP is a third tier firm,

Morley Allen & Overy Iroda has handled a number of corporate transactions for UPC, Magyar Telekom Nyrt and IKO Group.

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    A recent second instance judgment by the Metropolitan Court of Appeal (“Court of Appeal”) provides some interesting insight into the court’s approach in cartel matters. The case before the Court of Appeal concerned the second instance review of a first instance judgment that annulled certain parts of the decision of the Hungarian Competition Office (the “HCO”).
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    Hungary is the first country in the CEE region to introduce the real estate investment trust (REIT) regime on the back of US and Western European examples. The new REIT regime took effect on 27 July 2011.
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    After the publication of the Annual Growth Survey (AGS) by the European Commission, the Hungarian Presidency undertook to implement the first ever "European Semester" a six-month period of each year in which Member States' budgetary and structural policies are reviewed to identify any inconsistencies and emerging imbalances, so as to facilitate coordination before major budgetary decisions are finalised.
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