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Gabor Simon Makes Partner at DLA Piper in Hungary
DLA Piper lawyer Gabor Simon has been promoted to a Partner position with the firm's Budapest office.
Simon, who has been a part of DLA Piper for 14 years, will lead the firm’s Energy and Procurement practice. Before joining the firm in 2009, he spent two years as a Senior Legal Counsel at the Mavir Hungarian Transmission Operator and, earlier, five years as Legal Counsel with Magyar Villamos Muvek.
DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. This positions us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.
With more than 60 lawyers, including 14 partners, and a staff of over 140, DLA Piper Hungary is one of the largest international law firms operating in Hungary. What makes us stand out is that we offer not only legal services but also tax and business advisory support in a fully integrated manner. We maximize synergies between legal, tax, and business advisory services to offer a unique service for our clients, particularly in regulated industries such as energy, infrastructure, life sciences, banking, and telecommunications.
We are a true full-service firm, providing our private and public sector clients with advice on all aspects of their business. This includes transaction-related advice, people and employment, commercial dealings, litigation, information technology, media and communications, intellectual property, insurance, tax, real estate, and restructuring plans.
DLA Piper Hungary has received numerous professional awards and is consistently ranked among the top law firms in Hungary by international rankings. We are ranked #1 by Mergermarket among the law firms active in Hungary based on the volume of M&A deals handled between 2005 and 2024.
