Dr. Alice Dessewffy

Dessewffy and Dávid & Partners Law Office is one of the oldest established law offices in Hungary. Amongst a host of other specialities, they focus on property law, financial and tax law, banking law, the law of public procurement, renewable energy law, company law and the law governing EU and domestic subsidies. The law office can muster a 15 members strong legal team and is able to provide services to domestic and foreign clients in five languages (Hungarian, English, German, French and Italian). The law office is the accredited advisor of the National Development Agency (in Hungary).

Dessewffy and Dávid & Partners Law Office is the only Hungarian law office that belongs to MSI Global Alliance (an alliance of independent legal and accounting firms currently having over 250 members in 100 countries) with its headquarters in London (UK); as a result, in addition to serving their clients domestically they can provide them with quality legal and tax consultancy services globally. To facilitate all this, they have established efficient working relationships with a number of Hungarian and international audit firms and financial institutions.

Their clientele mainly consist of foreign investors in Hungary and Hungarian companies pursuing their activities in a number of different sectors of the economy, with an emphasis on property development, banking and public utilities. Their high-profile clients, quality services and international connections have enabled them to successfully compete with the international law offices established in Hungary.

The law office is located in the heart and business center of Budapest, in Andrássy street, in very refined surroundings, which provide a truly proper backdrop to the quality service their clients have grown to expect.

One of the main profiles of the law office is real estate law and property development, which includes construction law, field formation, construction agreements, each form of alienation at the sale of real properties, the possibilities of financing and in accordance with the needs of the parties proposing the most suitable legal and financial scheme (e.g. sale through a project company). With its tax lawyers the law office monitors the whole sale procedure from tax law aspects as well.

Dessewffy and Dávid & Partners Law Office gained extensive experience in advising several clients on sale and purchase of properties both by the way of asset deal and share deal. For these transactions they also provide legal due diligence, advising on licensing procedure and financial consultancy. The law office effectively cooperates with municipalities and other permit grantor authorities. They also have experience in advising clients on the construction and operation of office buildings and shopping malls.

Related references of the law office include – among others – international hotel chain and restaurant chain, shopping mall and office center developments, green field investment, residential building projects.

The contact persons of Dessewffy and Dávid & Partners Law Office: Dr. Dávid Alíz and Dr. Ujfalussy Zsolt.