Katalin Szecskay
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Katalin Szecskay heads our banking and finance practice. She specializes in international banking and finance matters and primarily handles various types of lending activities, including project finance, real estate finance, acquisition finance and corporate finance.
Katalin has significant experience in cross-border financing and refinancing transactions. She works for a number of leading companies as borrowers, as well as banks and other financial institutions as lenders and is proud of having built up very good, long-term relationships with her clients. Having been seconded to one of the Hungarian banks for a short period, she has an in-depth knowledge of the lending activities and procedures of banks and can, therefore, in addition to legal advice, provide valuable practical tips to her clients too.
She is fluent in English, conversant in German and French.
"Katalin is very responsive and she has a good understanding of what we want to achieve. She was effective in concentrating on the important issues."
Chambers Global, 2023, Banking & Finance
"The team at Szecskay has pointed out legal and commercial issues as well. They also tried to structure the financing in a way that was the most cost-efficient for us."
Chambers Europe, 2023, Banking & Finance
"Katalin Szecskay. We have valued her availability, kindness, adaptability and capacity to solve complicated matters in an elegant way."
Legal500 2021, Banking, Finance and Capital Markets
"She is very diligent, to the point and always tells us what is necessary to know."
"She is business-oriented, very knowledgeable and adaptable."
Chambers Global, 2021, Banking & Finance
Rankings:
- Legal500, 2015 - 2023, Banking, Finance and Capital Markets (Team): Tier 2
- IFLR1000, 2022, Banking and Finance (Individual Ranking): Notable Practicioner
Bar Memberships:
- Budapest Bar Association (since 2008)
- International Committee of the Budapest Bar Association: Elected Member (since 2010)
Other professional memberships:
- Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)
- J.D., Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law (2004, Summa cum laude)