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With a legacy in Hungary going back more than two decades, we are committed to the market and deeply rooted in the community. Our lawyers are intimately familiar with the nuances of local business practice and can help you get things done quickly and effectively.

Work with Dentons to help you manage the prevailing economic conditions and understand complex, new reforms in the Hungarian market.

Our Budapest office offers dynamic, sophisticated legal services, partnering with clients to advance their interests in Hungary and across CEE/SEE. Many of the world’s largest corporations, preeminent investment banks and sovereign governments rely on Dentons to provide advice on business opportunities and resolve complex challenges in Hungary and across the region.

Our Budapest office boasts more than 50 Hungarian, UK, US and Canadian qualified lawyers, and it is one of the largest international law firms in Hungary. You can be confident that our lawyers will serve as your trusted advisers—delivering the insights you need to ensure successful results.

You can look to our lawyers in Budapest for effective solutions across the Hungarian market, including:

• Arbitration, litigation and dispute resolution
• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Competition and antitrust
• Corporate/mergers and acquisitions
• Employment and labor
• Energy
• Environment and natural resources
• Government and regulatory
• Intellectual property
• Life sciences
• Private equity
• Real estate
• Restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy
• Technology, media and telecommunications (TMT)

Recognition

Dentons brings home five awards at the CEE Legal Matters 2024 Deal of the Year Awards

April 2, 2025

Global law firm Dentons was recognized with five awards at the 2025 CEE Legal Matters Deal of the Year Awards, including Deal of the Year in Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Latvia and Montenegro. The accolades are a testament to the quality of Dentons’ legal advice and the Firm’s leading role in the most important transactions in Central and Eastern Europe in 2024.

Dentons secures top-tier recognition in The Legal 500 EMEA 2025

March 28, 2025

Dentons has reinforced its position as a leading global law firm in The Legal 500 EMEA 2025 guide, securing 266 practice and sector rankings across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The guide also recognized 247 Dentons lawyers with 299 individual rankings across 32 jurisdictions, underscoring their leadership in their respective practice areas.

Dentons celebrates quality rankings in Chambers Europe 2025

March 20, 2025

With 142 lawyers ranked and 112 practice and sector rankings, Dentons has maintained a strong position in the newly released Chambers Europe 2025 guide. These results highlight the quality of our talent across the region and confirm the firm’s solid positioning, backed by consistently positive client feedback.

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Insights

2025 Global Guide to Autonomous Vehicles

May 14, 2025

As the technology underlying autonomous vehicles (AVs) continues to evolve, so too does the legal and regulatory landscape governing the testing and deployment of AVs within the United States and across the globe.

ESG due diligence obligation for financial institutions in Hungary

November 14, 2024

Hungary: The money side of the green transition continues to be of great importance, especially when considering the perpetual financial anxiety that EU member states face. Capital needs to be available for future-proof and competitiveness-supporting investments all over in Europe. For this to thrive, the need remains to identify new ways to mobilize capital for investing in future green technologies, but so far, the messages have been mixed about the prospects of new public funding for the commercialization and scaling of tech—clean, deep as well as bio. 

Client alert: The EU AI Act enters into force today, August 1, 2024

August 1, 2024

Hungary: The EU’s Al Act (Regulation 2024/1689) enters into force today, August 1, 2024. The groundbreaking Act is designed to ensure that AI systems are safe, transparent, and governed by rules that protect fundamental rights. The Act categorizes AI applications into risk-based tiers, with each tier subject to different levels of regulatory scrutiny and compliance requirements.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Warning: Cyber-scam impersonating Dentons

May 21, 2025

Please be aware that a malicious actor has been misusing the Dentons brand and impersonating our firm and/or lawyers as part of an attempted phishing attack against business executives.  

At the forefront of innovation: Dentons launches proprietary AI tool DAISY across Europe

May 12, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has launched DAISY, an internally developed AI tool which provides secure and adaptable generative AI capabilities to all Dentons’ personnel across Europe and Central Asia.

Dentons announces 2025 partner and counsel promotions in Europe and Central Asia

April 28, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has promoted 13 lawyers to partner, three to Senior Counsel, six to Managing Counsel, and 46 to Counsel as part of the 2025 promotion round across Europe and Central Asia. The promoted lawyers represent 13 countries, 18 offices, and all practice groups operating in the Europe Region.

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