Kornelia Nagy-Koppany

Kornelia Nagy-Koppany is the managing partner of the Budapest office of KNP LAW. She has represented international companies in the acquisition of Hungarian enterprises, advised investors on significant international transactions in the life sciences and pharmaceutical, telecommunication, insurance, and financial sectors and assisted clients in establishing and successfully operating Hungarian business ventures. Drawing on her U.S. education and work experience, she enjoys working on restructuring and bankruptcy matters and advised the Hungarian government during the preparation of the first free market economy bankruptcy code. On the public law side she negotiated trade and legal status agreements between foreign governments and Hungary.

Dr Nagy-Koppany received her J.D., summa cum laude, from Eotvos Lorand University Faculty of Law in Budapest, her Masters of International Comparative Law from Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé in France, and her LL.M. from New York University School of Law. She recently graduated from an International Business Management program at Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies in Washington, D.C.

Dr Nagy-Koppany served as a clerk in the office of the Chief Justice for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in 1988 and 1989. She has been associated with U.S. law firms since 1989, was the managing partner of the Budapest office of the largest Washington, D.C.-based international law firm between 1996 and 2006, and established KNP LAW in 2007.

Dr Nagy-Koppany is a member of the Budapest Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association, and the International Bar Association. She regularly participates in pro bono works for the advancement of equal opportunities and elimination of racial bias and discrimination. She has authored and contributed to numerous domestic and international articles and legal publications.