CMS Budapest strengthens its Insurance practice with a senior hire

István Pozsgay has joined the Insurance practice of CMS as Of Counsel, effective from 2nd of October.

István brings over 20 years of experience working as a commercial, transactional and regulatory legal professional in multinational corporate environment at US-based insurance companies in Hungary. Before joining CMS, István was Head of Legal and Data Protection Officer at MetLife Hungary and General Counsel and Compliance Officer at AIG/ALICO Hungary, where he also gained robust experience in compliance and data protection matters.

Managing Partner, Gabriella Ormai comments: “Adding István to our team illustrates our mission to have the best sector-experts on board. He has an extremely valuable knowledge and understanding of the insurance sector, which we intend to fully capitalize on.”

“István’s work as a corporate counsel earned him an outstanding reputation on the market and a strong national and international network of key figures in the insurance sector, which will be an invaluable asset to us” – added Zsolt Okányi, CMS’ Global Head of Dispute Resolution and Head of Dispute Resolution at CMS Budapest.

“As Head of Legal at MetLife, I have been working with CMS for many years before actually joining the company, so I know that I will be part of a competent and professional team. I am positive that my years of experience as a corporate counsel in a heavily regulated sector such as the insurance sector will add a new dimension to the team’s current capabilities.” – said István Pozsgay.