Hungarian lawyer Andras Mohacsi was appointed to the role of Commercial Compliance Counsel with the British American Tobacco Group (BAT), based in London, where he will have global responsibility.
Mohacsi's in-house career began in 1990, and he joined BAT in 1998 as its Head of Legal in Hungary. A year he was appointed as the Head of Legal responsible for South East Europe, and he moved to BAT's Amsterdam office in 2005. During his tenure with BAT, he also spent 3 years in Copenhagen between 2008 and 2011.
Currently based in Holland, Mohacsi was until recently the Assistant General Counsel for Western Europe and the Head of Competition for the region for BAT.
Mohacsi commented for CEE Legal Matters: "I am glad that BAT has appreciated the work I have done in our Western European Region in the last 3 years to set up a robust competition law compliance framework. Now they have asked me to do the same in the rest of our regions and in our global headquarters in London. Since sanctions are becoming an important legal risk for multinationals the company also asked me to develop a global compliance approach in relation to our trade involving sanctioned countries. While I am quite comfortable with antitrust, sanctions is a completely new area of law for me. I'm looking forward to the new challenges, including living and working in London."
