Budapest
Hungarian Branch Office
YBL Palace
Károlyi utca 12
1053 Budapest
Hungary
CMS’s Budapest office is located in the city centre. Having been present in Hungary since 1989, our award-winning team of around 85 lawyers advise national and international organisations on the full range of commercial law issues.
You can access unparalleled and specialist local knowledge combined with an international outlook and track record. The CMS Budapest office is a one-stop-shop for the largest and most complex transactions in Hungary and in the region. We can help you whether you’re consolidating or expanding, acquiring or restructuring, reinforcing your defences or seeking new opportunities. If you are involved in disputes — either locally or internationally — we have a network of top-tier risk and dispute experts who can help you resolve them pragmatically and effectively. We can help you negotiate, or renegotiate, financing and raise new equity capital. From intellectual property to taxation, from competition law to contracts, we can give you all the support you would expect from a full-service international law firm.
Many of our lawyers have worked in-house and are familiar with the day-to-day challenges in-house legal departments face.
Speaking Hungarian, English, French, German, Italian and Mandarin, you can be assured of doing business in the language with which you feel most comfortable.
If you do business in Hungary, please contact us via our online contact form or give us a call.
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Our expertise
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Commercial
Antitrust, Competition and Trade
Corporate/M&A
Dispute Resolution
Employment, Labour & Pensions
Intellectual Property
Public Procurement
Real Estate
Consumer Products
Energy & Climate Change
Hospitality, Travel & Leisure
Infrastructure & Projects
Insurance
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Manufacturing
Private Equity
TMT - Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Directions
The Budapest office is located in the centre of Budapest.
By underground
Click here to view the Budapest underground map. The Budapest office is located only 2 minutes from Ferenciek tere (metro line M3) underground station and 5 minutes from Kálvin tér (metro line M3 and metro line M4) underground station.
By aeroplane
The airport is located 22km from the city centre.
From 4:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. you can take bus number 200E, which runs between the airport and Kőbánya-Kispest metro terminal (metro line M3). From Kőbánya-Kispest metro terminal, take the metro line M3 towards Újpest Központ to reach the city center and Ferenciek tere underground station.
By taxi the journey takes approx. 30 minutes from the airport. It is strongly recommended not to hail a taxi in Hungary, and book an airport shuttle (e.g Főtaxi, City taxi) instead.
By train
There are 3 main international railway stations in Budapest: Eastern (Keleti), Western (Nyugati) and Southern (Déli). All three international railway stations are connected to the Budapest underground system, Déli and Keleti are connected to M2, Keleti is also connected to M4 and Nyugati to M3.
Location
Hungarian Branch Office
YBL Palace
Károlyi utca 12
1053 Budapest
Hungary
Local market knowledge. Global outlook
We provide future-facing legal advice to help your organisation thrive. Combining local market knowledge and a global perspective, and with lawyers in locations worldwide, your organisation benefits from the expertise it needs, even across borders.
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