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Judit Budai
Senior Partner
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Judit is a senior partner and co-manager of the firm. Having joined the firm since its foundation, she has gained broad corporate, M&A, competition, corporate finance, capital markets transactional and regulatory experience from wide range of industry and service area segments.
During the first half of her practice, Judit played both a team member and team leader advisory role in a number of privatization and strategic M&A (both seller and buyer side) deals and IPOs. Recently Judit is more active in M&A and corporate restructuring or finance transactions for both strategic and financial investors (VC/PE investors and financial institutions), or giving complex corporate structuring advise to innovative start-ups. Judit also advises business owners and top executives in connection with expanding their businesses and restructuring operation for a more sustainable business model or to help generation exchange or solving shareholders disputes.
She is fluent in English.
"Judit Budai is a very commercially-minded practitioner."
Legal500, 2020, Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Judit Budai is commended for her proactive approach and ability to give clear advice.
Chambers Europe, 2019, Corporate/M&A Department
"They provide great legal advice that is to the point and very precise."
Chambers Europe, 2019, Corporate/M&A Department
"she has wide-ranging corporate expertise with a focus on M&A and regulatory matters, including recent cases with real estate aspects"
Chambers Global, 2017, Corporate/M&A
"Judit Budai has an excellent understanding of the economic and financial background of a transaction, and what is important, or less important, for a business to make decisions about"
Chambers Europe, 2016, Corporate/M&A
"a highly effective and focused deal maker who is extremely responsive and tireless in her efforts to resolve issues"
IFLR1000, 2016, Financial and corporate
Rankings:
- Legal500, 2020, 2019, 2018, Banking, Finance and Capital Markets: Tier 2
- Legal500, 2020, 2019, 2018, Commercial, Corporate/M&A: Tier 2
- IFLR1000, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, Capital Markets, Banking (Individual Ranking): Highly Regarded
- IFLR1000, 2016, 2015, Banking and Finance (Individual Ranking): Leading Lawyer
- IFLR1000, 2020, 2019, Corporate/M&A: Tier 2
Competition Law Compliance Program
23. 01. 2018. Anikó Keller, Miklós Boronkay, János Vajda, Gábor Faludi Jr., Bence Molnár, Gusztáv Bacher, Judit Budai
Public Issuers COVID-19 Relief Measures – IBA Securities Law Committee (SLC) Five Continents Overview
28. 05. 2020. Judit Budai, Attila Jásdi
Public Issuers COVID-19 Relief Measures – IBA Securities Law Committee (SLC) Five Continents Overview
28. 05. 2020. Judit Budai, Attila JásdiBar Memberships:
- Budapest Bar Association (since 1994)
Other professional memberships:
- International Bar Association (IBA), Securities Law Committee Conference Quality Officer
- Union International des Avocats (UIA),
- Executive Committee Member,
- Deputy Director of National and Regional Activities (former Director of Seminars) and
- President of the Banking Law Commission
- Hungarian Venture Capital Association (HVCA), Advocacy Coordinator of the Legal Committee
- American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary (AmCham)
- Governance and Transparency Committee member
lecturing and participating in role plays simulating public and private board room case studies to businesses and universities in FCPA and integrity subjects
- Innovation Policy Task Force member
active in working out private sector program proposals for submission to policy makers to improve the ecosystem of cooperation of multinational innovative businesses, start-ups and universities in complex technology intensive and innovative R&D projects
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4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Budapest
Start Your Business! goes to BME Federated Innovation and Knowledge Centre- EU Law Post Graduate Program, Center of European Law, School of Law, King's College London (2004)
- MBA, Budapest Economic University - joint program with London Business School (1996)
- J.D., Eötvös Loránd Faculty of State and Legal Science in Budapest (1991)