Firm Description

With over 1,200 lawyers, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (“Weil”) is one of the world’s leading law firms. Our worldwide network of 20 offices and corresponding counsel relationships enables us to provide clients with full interdisciplinary service – from the inception of the transaction through its corporate and contractual structuring to financial close. Weil is consistently recognized for outstanding service and judgment in all practice areas. Our offices work closely together in order to provide integrated legal services that meet and exceed the demands of our clients, wherever they may be.

In Europe, our offices in Budapest, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Prague and Warsaw provide the full scope of legal services to investors and businesses from across the globe.

Weil opened its Budapest office in 1991. In accordance with Budapest Bar rules, it operates in cooperation with the law firm of its Hungarian partner, Siegler Law Office. The office is staffed by 26 Hungarian and US-qualified attorneys. Weil’s Budapest-based lawyers are proficient in Hungarian, English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Russian and Serbo-Croatian.

The Budapest office has a strong energy practice and represented Hungarian and foreign clients in a wide variety of international and cross-border transactions, including corporate and commercial, M&A, restructuring and insolvency matters, banking and finance transactions, financial regulatory matters, private equity investments, capital markets transactions, privatizations, joint ventures, greenfield projects, competition, litigation, employment and IP matters.