Former Dentons Counsel Zita Albert has joined Schoenherr as a Local Partner to lead the Budapest office's Corporate/M&A team.
Albert has over 13 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity transactions across CEE. She joins Schoenherr from Dentons' Budapest office, having also worked for many years at legacy White & Case. She is a graduate of the Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, and also attended the University of Leipzig in Germany on a one-year scholarship.
"In the last few years we have seen an increase in deal flow coupled with ever more intricate corporate mandates," commented Schoenherr Budapest Managing Partner Kinga Hetenyi. "Having advised on complex domestic and cross border transactions, Zita brings Schoenherr a wealth of corporate experience in a range of business sectors, such as energy, banking and private equity. We are thrilled that she is strengthening our Corporate/M&A practice and we welcome her to the team."