Dr Levente Csengery > KCG Partners Law Firm > Budapest, Hungary > Lawyer Profile
KCG Partners Law Firm Offices
H-1052 Budapest
Türr István street 9. 2nd floor
Hungary
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Dr Levente Csengery
Work Department
Employment / Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) / Financial regulatory and capital markets / Dispute resolution
Position
Founding Partner
Career
Prior to founding KCG Partners, Levente worked at the global law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel as the head of the employment and litigation groups, at Clifford Chance as a senior associate managing the labour law team and supporting the litigation team and at Salans, focusing on employment law and dispute resolution.
Levente is a seasoned corporate lawyer who has represented many large and medium sized international corporations and financial institutions in connection with their investments in Hungary and with other specific assignments. He is focusing on employment law, compliance-regulatory matters and dispute resolution issues across various sectors. His practice specializes in employee stock ownership plans (ESOP), redundancy matters and high-profile management fraud cases, as well as he also possesses substantial experience in damage claims, civil law actions and financial litigation.
Languages
English, Hungarian
Memberships
International Bar Association (IBA); Budapest Bar Association; American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary; French Chamber of Commerce in Hungary.
Education
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. LL.M. degree. New York, NY, USA (2004)
- New York University (NYU), School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Certificate in US Law and Methodologies. New York, NY, USA (2003)
- University of Szeged, School of Law (JD). Szeged, Hungary (2002)
Lawyer Rankings
Hungary > Employment
With a recent influx of new clients, the employment team at KCG Partners Law Firm saw an increase in mandates related to international mobility issues and the relocation of employees. The practice handles a variety of contentious matters, and is also involved in collective redundancies and large-scale reorganisations. Levente Csengery and Rita Párkányi jointly lead the group; with over 20 years’ experience in employment law, the former is experienced in the establishment and operation of ESOP programs, while the latter brings extensive knowledge of employee data processing to the team. Borbála Maglai, who joined the team from Lohn Law Firm in April 2023, brings employment and immigration litigation experience to the firm. Eszter Ila-Horváth focuses on TUPE laws, terminations and data protection issues.
Hungary > Dispute resolution
KCG Partners Law Firm‘s dispute resolution team, led by Levente Csengery and Rita Párkányi, covers banking, real estate, IP and insolvency disputes. The practice also noted a recent increase in immigration and international mobility cases. Bálint Éberhardt ‘throws himself into investigating and pursuing all the cases‘. Eszter Ila-Horváth specialises in employment-related disputes, and the addition of Borbála Maglai from Lohn Law Firm in April 2023 further strengthened the team’s employment litigation practice.