Senior Counsel

György Bálint

Languages

English
German
Italian

György is senior counsel in the employment team at CMS Budapest. He is a highly regarded employment specialist on the market with 20+ years of experience. György started his career in a correspondence law firm of one of the big four, where he also worked on corporate transactions in addition to employment matters. As a result, he has outstanding experience and insight also into the corporate law context of employment law assignments. In the field of employment law, whether individual or collective employment law, in addition litigation, György’s experience goes back more than 20 years. He is also intensively involved in the management of tax, social security, data protection and IP issues related to employment matters.

György and the team are increasingly advising on immigration law issues and the employment of third country nationals. Finally, György has good relation to various organisations representing employers’ interests and works intensively with the employment team to ensure that employers’ needs will be communicated to the legislator and authorities.

Relevant experience

A global investment management corporation on regular employment and disciplinary matters, and establishing and terminating employment relationships, including at management level.
Mylan (Viatris group) on termination, warnings, unfair dismissal, employment law and litigation matters.
A major food retailer on regular employment and disciplinary matters, and establishing and terminating employment relationships, including at management level.
A major civil aviation company on day-to-day employment and disciplinary matters, and establishing and terminating employment relationships, including at management level.
The Hungarian entities of an American multinational information technology company on policies, termination of employment, disciplinary and litigation support.
A major solution provider on day-to-day employment and disciplinary matters, and establishing and terminating employment relationships, including at management level, on implementing global employment policies into the Hungarian labour law environment, updating various labour law documentation regarding data privacy requirements, and advising on working time scheduling arrangements.
Microsoft on employment and disciplinary matters, establishing and terminating employment relationships, including at management level, updating various labour law documentation concerning data privacy requirements, and making risk assessments of employment structures.
Roche Services Europe on introducing home office/teleworking arrangements, on implementing various internal policies and executing global restructuring measures locally.
Agoda, an online travel agency and metasearch platform on mass redundancies.

Memberships & Roles

Budapest Bar Association

Education

2006 - Specialisation in European law, Deák Ferenc Postgraduate Institution.
2003 - Doctor of Law, Pázmány Péter Catholic University.

Practice Areas

Employment, Labour & Pensions Expat Desk

Insights

Global Reach