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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 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
"brings ideas to the table"
The Legal500, 2016, Projects and Energy
"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, 2019, 2018, Banking, Finance and Capital Markets: Tier 2
- Legal500, 2019, 2018, Commercial, Corporate/M&A: Tier 2
- IFLR1000, 2019, 2018, 2017, Capital Markets, Banking (Individual Ranking): Highly Regarded
- IFLR1000, 2016, 2015, Banking and Finance (Individual Ranking): Leading Lawyer
- IFLR1000, 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
Bar 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)