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Eszter Török is an English law-qualified partner at CMS Budapest. She supports the work of our finance and corporate/M&A departments, contributing her expertise in corporate and finance law.

Eszter has played a significant role in numerous financing and portfolio transfer transactions, utilising her in-depth knowledge in company acquisitions, project finance, refinancing/restructuring and portfolio sales, as well as her expertise in regulatory matters related to financial law.

Eszter holds dual qualification as a lawyer in Hungary and as a solicitor of England and Wales, enhancing her ability to handle complex legal issues across different jurisdictions.

Her extensive experience also includes negotiating commercial contracts, advising on corporate law and corporate governance issues, and advising on various M&A transactions, particularly in the financial services sector.

Eszter started her career with CMS in the Budapest and London offices between 1995 and 2004. She then joined Teva Pharmaceuticals where she worked as General Counsel of the Hungarian Teva Group. She rejoined CMS in 2015. 

Between July 2020 and December 2021 Eszter was on full-time secondment to EBRD, working as counsel in the OGC Banking Department.

Awards & Recognitions
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    "Eszter Török is very diligent and gets to the point quickly and the fact that she is qualified both in the UK and Hungary is helpful when working on cross-border financings."
    Legal 500, 2020

Relevant experience

  • Balbec Asset Management 
    • on the purchase of MKB Bank Plc’s non-performing retail mortgage loan portfolio, secured mostly by residential mortgages;
    • on the acquisition of retail real estate non-performing loan portfolio owned by CIB Bank.
  • A US fund and CEE servicing entity on the acquisition of a non-performing loan portfolio owned by a retail bank.
  • A major Austrian commercial bank on a bilateral loan facility to be provided to a Hungarian commercial bank under English law.
  • Futureal Prime Properties on Budapest One Business Park and Etele Plaza financings. The plaza is Hungary’s third largest (55,000 m2) shopping and entertainment centre.
  • Sberbank Hungary on a high-value property financing matter and on Project Atrium financing located in Budapest and Szombathely.
  • HYPO NOE Landesbank für Niederösterreich und Wien AG on the acquisition of Infopark “D” building.
  • Two major Austrian commercial banks on the refinancing of an office building development project in Serbia.
  • A major Hungarian bank on the restructuring of a company group holding several shopping malls and other commercial real estate in Hungary, Poland and Cyprus.

Memberships & Roles

  • Budapest Bar Admission 

Education

  • 1995 - Legal Practice Course Diploma, College of Law, London, UK
  • 1993 - BA Honours, Jurisprudence, The Queen's College, Oxford University
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