Senior Counsel

Péter Tóth

Languages

English
Hungarian

Péter is Senior Counsel in the Corporate/M&A team at CMS Budapest.

He has more than 15 years’ experience in both domestic and international corporate transactions and projects, including due diligence exercises, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and venture capital deals. He has participated in the implementation of several complex M&A transactions.

Péter has significant experience in banking and finance transactions as well as real estate transactions. He has also been involved in a wide range of competition law issues, including merger clearance procedures. He has considerable knowledge in advising on the employment related aspects of transactions.

He is skilled in tax-driven corporate and commercial restructurings as well as advising clients with their day-to-day affairs. He gained experience as an in-house lawyer when he worked as a secondee for Citibank and MOL.

Relevant experience

Advent International and its portfolio company Zentiva on the acquisition of the CEE business of global generic and over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals manufacturer Alvogen.
Cinven, a major private equity house, on its acquisition of Partner in Pet Food (PPF), a leading European pet food manufacturer, from Pamplona Capital Management.
Unisun Energy Group, one of the largest distributed energy strategic investors in China, on the acquisition of solar power plants and projects in Hungary.
Wizz Air, the Hungarian low-cost airline with its head office in Budapest, on the transformation of the holding company.
OTP Bank Group on its strategic expansion in CEE by acquiring the local banking, financial leasing and insurance subsidiaries of Société Générale S.A. of France across five jurisdictions.
A Chinese state-owned energy conglomerate on a contemplated solar power plant project in Hungary, on the indirect acquisition of nine single solar projects with separate interconnection points to the distribution network system.
One of the leading manufacturers of fluorochemicals, especially chemicals, technical textiles and packaging films, on its greenfield investment in Hungary.
A thermal management company on a global reorganisation project and on the demerger of a business line of the client group.

Memberships & Roles

Member, Budapest Bar Association

Education

2001 - Doctor of Law, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
1999 - Master of Arts, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Practice Areas

Corporate/M&A

Insights

Global Reach