Dr Levente Kálmán > Szabó Kelemen & Partners Andersen Attorneys > Budapest, Hungary > Lawyer Profile

Szabó Kelemen & Partners Andersen Attorneys
Mészáros utca 58/A
H-1016 Budapest
Hungary

Position

Partner

Career

Levente Kálmán is a Partner at Andersen in Hungary. He has more than 15 years of experience in banking and finance, real estate, and corporate law. He focuses on large-scale commercial real property acquisitions and developments, corporate restructuring and project finance. 

Prior to joining Andersen, Levente Kálmán worked for one of the biggest commercial banks in Hungary as an in-house counsel between 2002 and 2009; he joined the law firm of Péter Vincze in 2009.

His recent experience includes

  •  providing legal advice, representation, and drafting deeds in connection with the development of commercial real estates (land acquisitions, permit procedures, zoning and construction contracts);
  • preparing project finance documentation in a cross-border refinancing transaction;
  • planning and implementation of the restructuring of a domestic corporate network consisting of more than 20 entities;
  • acting as an external legal expert of a CSD in regulatory issues;
  • establishing a venture capital fund management company, providing legal support, and drafting documentation for venture capital investments;
  • providing the full range of corporate law advisory services and preparing documentation (company foundation, preparing dematerialized and printed share certificates, corporate transformations, dissolution);
  • acting as the legal advisor of the liquidator of a Hungarian investment service provider (securities dealer);
  • drafting documentation and implementation of portfolio transfer transactions;
  • acting in debt collection, collateral enforcement, insolvency and work-out procedures;

Languages

Hungarian, English

Lawyer Rankings

Hungary > Banking, finance and capital markets

The banking and finance team at Szabó Kelemen & Partners Andersen Attorneys advises commercial and state-owned banks and investment funds, as well as borrowers across the energy and renewables, construction and logistics sectors. Practice head Péter Vincze has over 20 years’ experience, ranging from capital markets, to restructuring and insolvency, to regulatory matters. Along with Erik LandgrafZoltán Módos advises on project and trade finance, including cross-border financings. Levente Kálmán specialises in real estate finance, while Tamás Kárpáthegyi advises on syndicated lending, refinancing and securities.

Hungary > Real estate and construction

Industrial and commercial real property are the real estate team’s particular specialisms at Szabó Kelemen & Partners Andersen Attorneys; the practice demonstrates expertise across the full real estate spectrum, from due diligence, acquisition and development to management, letting and sale. Domonkos Kiss, Szabó Tamás and Levente Kálmán jointly lead the team. With experience in renewable energy projects and greenfield investments, Péter Vincze lends further support. Zsolt Eperjesi handles commercial real estate portfolios on behalf of asset management and development companies, while Gergely Gundel-Takács represents clients in litigation proceedings. Dorottya Rebeka Tarba and Dániel Csegeziare are the other key names to note.