Lakatos, Köves and Partners is highly experienced in high-stakes, cross-border IP and brand protection matters for major global clients. The firm offers strong transactional support, integrating IP risk analysis into mergers, joint ventures, and new platform launches. It also maintains a robust digital compliance offering, supporting key clients in the advertising and technology sectors with GDPR and local IP law. The practice is led by partner Iván Sólyom, whose experience covers IP litigation, transactional work, and brand enforcement. He is supported by Zsuzsanna Lukács, who is central to the firm’s IP, privacy, and digital compliance work.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Highly responsive and very practical, and can understand the concerns and instructions of the client.’
- ‘They have strong knowledge of the intellectual property types based on the sector of the client and can design good due diligence procedures and transaction delivery mechanisms to ensure full acquisition of the intellectual properties in a cross-border M&A deal.’
Key clients
- Foundation for the Protection of Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi
- Fruit of the Loom Ltd.
- DDB Group
- Xiaomi Technology (Polska) sp. z o.o.
- Philip Morris International Management S.A.
- Szentkirályi Magyarország Kft.
- Mastercard Europe SA
- Gstarsoft Co., Ltd.
- Attention CRM Consulting Kft
- Indotek
- Stratum Home SL
Work highlights
Acted for Gstarsoft in the EUR7m acquisition of a Hungarian BIM software company, focusing on IP due diligence, software licensing, and securing the transfer and future use of key proprietary technologies.
Advised Deutsche Bank Hungarian Branch on IP and IT matters on an ongoing basis, including complex software licensing, service-level agreements, and high-stakes IT vendor contracts.
Advised DDB Group, one of Hungary's leading advertising and creative agencies, on day-to-day intellectual property matters, with a focus on copyright and licensing structures and IP clauses in commercial agreements.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Zsuzsanna Lukács
Practice head
Iván Sólyom
Other key lawyers
Zsuzsanna Lukács