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Since 1993, Lengyel Allen & Overy Ügyvédi Iroda has established itself as one of the premier practices in Hungary, with a formidable group of experienced lawyers particularly suited to corporate and finance work. We're always looking for business-savvy leaders to join our global, collaborative, and forward thinking network.
Practice areas
Banking and Finance
Allen & Overy is at the heart of the world's banking and financial markets. Few practices can match the quality of our people, the breadth of our client base, our global reach and our top tier position across the full range of financial products. We advise our clients on the full spectrum of financing disciplines.
Capital Markets
We have a strong track record advising on many ground-breaking capital market transactions. In many cases our lawyers in devising novel structures to meet Hungarian requirements and to satisfy our clients' needs. The wide scope of our work includes local and international equity offerings, eurobonds, convertible bonds as well as projects in the Hungarian financial markets.
Corporate and M&A
We handle the full range of transactional and multidisciplinary work, and provide advice on all corporate matters. Clients value our intergrated and seamless legal services, whether they are raising capital, buying or selling businesses, outsourcing, restructuring or carrying out other corporate or corporate or corporate finance transactions.
Employment
Our Hungarian team works with clients to meet the challenges of the modern workplace with a forward-thinking approach. We cover all aspects of HR, pension and compensation policies, taking into account relevant issues such as labour law, social security, tax and EU provisions.
EU and Competition
We have built up a competition law practice based on the impressive experience of two newcomer regulators and private practioners, covering almost all ranges of competition law related fields from antitrust to intellectual property. Our Budapest team works in close partnership with our CEE competition law group and also with our Brussels team which manages daily business with the European Committee
Intellectual Property
We have a strong team of experienced litigators who ensure that a client's IP rights are protected against infringers before the national and European courts and in arbitration proceedings.
Litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution
Our Dispute Resolution team has significant expertise in corporate and commercial litigation, international arbitration, directors’ liabilities, shareholder and partnership disputes, restructuring and contentious and non-contentious insolvency advice.
Project and Energy
Our Energy practice focuses on finding business-driven solutions for our clients in this sector’s complex legal and regulatory regimes. We have market-leading expertise in M&A, joint ventures, privatisations and project financing, supported by our specialist practices in environmental law and litigation.
Real Estate
We offer strategic legal solutions on the full range of property related transactions to some of the most ambitious organisations in the world.
Telecommunications, Media and Technology
We have extensive experience in advising clients (operators, suppliers and customers) in the communications sector on all types of commercial agreements. We also advise clients on interconnection network construction and infrastructure sharing agreements and telecoms service contracts, as well as outsourcing and regulatory and licensing issues.
Employee stories

Working environment
Located in the Madách Trade Center in the heart of the city, Allen & Overy Budapest has a diverse, multicultural, inclusive working environment.
We enjoy off-site weekends in the summer, a Christmas party and a variety of sport activities against other firms.
As an employee, you can enjoy corporate fitness center membership – which includes a swimming pool, well-equipped gym a wide range of classes, and personal trainers.
Learning and development
In an increasingly complex and rapidly changing world, strong leadership skills are more important than ever. We believe that nurturing our leadership talent will give us an advantage over our competitors, ensuring we have the best client relationship and business leaders in the market to drive our future success.
The A&O Leadership Centre equips the next generation of leaders with the business skills to drive success, inspire others, encourage innovation and develop deeper and more strategic relationships with our clients. The Centre offers a combination of programmes, master classes, personal coaching, mentoring and access to relevant experience and opportunities, so you can tailor your personal development to your own needs and aspirations.
Our aim is to broaden the range of partners with the skills to successfully lead major client relationships, practice groups, regions, offices, sectors and strategic projects.
Benefits
We’ll equip you for the future, both yours and ours, whatever it may bring. We believe that enjoyment and satisfaction at work go hand in hand. That’s why we’re proud to offer a competitive and innovative employment package that’s committed to the health, success and well-being of all of our people.
Our employees are also entitled to life insurance, travel and accident insurance and personal health insurance.
Our international secondment programme is available to associates with at least two years' experience with the firm.
Our locations
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Europe
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Africa
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Asia Pacific
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Middle East
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North America
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Latin America
In addition to countries where we have offices, we also have a number of International Desks advising clients on large scale international transactions in Europe.
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