With a joint M&A and tax practice, the team at CMS utilise their European reach to advise on acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and joint tax matters across the energy, life sciences and defence sectors. Practice head Anikó Kircsi focuses on private equity, venture capital, and capital market mandates. He is joined by dually qualified corporate and finance lawyer Eszter Török and Andreas Köhler, who advises German, Austrian, and Swiss clients on cross-border investments, divestments and restructuring work. Other key names include Szilvia Kabács, who handles cross-border and domestic M&A matters, Zoltán Poronyi, who advises on private equity matters in the energy and financial sectors, and Péter Tóth, who specialises in consumer products, technology, and energy M&A transactions.
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Testimonials
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- Great team able to draw on members' talents, competencies, and experience to come up with relevant and essential information for their customers to make final decisions.
- Zoltán Poronyi, although not a partner yet, has been our key lawyer for more than a decade.
- Dr. Eszter Kalman (Senior Counsel): excellent and deep knowledge of tax law, able to foresee and model scenarios bringing true value to the decision-making process.
- Availability. High level of commitment. Extensive knowledge.
- Eva Talmasi is an experienced M&A partner. Szilvia Kabács is committed, hard-working, and very responsive.
- Each deal we worked on involved numerous moving parts across several countries, and CMS managed everything with impressive professionalism. It was clear they are highly experienced in managing high-stakes, cross-border deals and bring the right expertise to every situation. Their deep understanding of regional markets, combined with extensive experience, made them an invaluable partner throughout the process. Throughout our collaboration, their service was consistently excellent. The team was consistently responsive, proactive, and solutions-focused — even when working under significant time pressure or dealing with complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions.
Key clients
- Corvinus Zrt.
- Cinven / Artemis Acquisitions Topco Limited
- Louise Dreyfus
- CVC Capital Partners, Emma Capital
- Werfen, S.A.
- De Lage Landen International B.V.
- Egis Pharmaceuticals Plc.
- EXIM Exportösztönző Magántőkealap
- Faerch A/S
- Coloplast A/S
- Canal+ Luxembourg S.ár.l.
Work highlights
Advised Corvinus Zrt. and Vinci SAS on the acquisition of Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport.
Assisted in the vendor due diligence and acted as the sell-side’s legal advisor (alongside Freshfields) in relation to the sale of the Partner in Pet Food company group, which has offices in more than 10 countries.
Advised the Hungarian branch of the sale of Viterra's oilseed businesses in Hungary and Poland to Louis Dreyfus Company, including full scope due diligence and transactional advice in cooperation with CMS UAE
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Practice head
Anikó Kircsi
Other key lawyers
Eszter Török; Andreas Köhler; Szilvia Kabács; Zoltán Poronyi; Péter Tóth