Senior Associate

Szabina Marsi

Languages

Hungarian
English
German
French

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Szabina is an Senior Associate in the Corporate/M&A practice group at CMS’s Budapest office.

Szabina has substantial experience in advising on both domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and has been involved in several business transfers, company restructurings and joint ventures in a wide variety of sectors. She regularly handles Hungarian FDI licensing procedures and has also been engaged in various capital markets transactions. Szabina advises a wide range of clients on general corporate governance matters and generally assists in the analysis of complex company law issues.

Szabina graduated summa cum laude from Eötvös Loránd University in 2016 and simultaneously completed a French-Hungarian Comparative Law course organised by Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II. She is a qualified lawyer in Hungary and was admitted to the Budapest Bar Association in 2020.

Relevant experience

Framatome on the acquisition of Evopro, including a complex legal and tax due diligence, as well as legal assistance with transaction documentation and FDI licensing.
E.ON Hungária on two takeovers on the Budapest Stock Exchange as part of a global transaction involving E.ON group’s acquisition of the Innogy group.
Liberty Global on the Hungarian (and Czech and Romanian) aspects of Vodafone’s EUR 18.4bn acquisition of Liberty Global’s European assets, which was the largest transaction in CEE in recent years.
China CEE Investment Co-operation Fund and CEE Equity Part-ners on their EUR 200m acquisition of 99.9% of Magyar Telecom B.V.’s holdings in the Invitel Group, including INVITEL Távközlési Zrt., INVITEL Központi Szolgáltatások Zrt., Invitech Megoldások Zrt. and Invitel Technocom Kft., in a secondary buy-out transaction.
LG Chem Ltd. on the Hungarian legal aspects of a quota subscription in Toray Industries Hungary Kft. and the establishment of a joint venture including a red flag due diligence and the assistance with an FDI licensing procedure.
Modine Europe GmbH on the Hungarian aspects of the pre-sale restructuring of the Modine group, a global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, and the separation (demerger) of its automotive business into a new company.
A major manufacturing company on the acquisition of a minority shareholding in a leading Hungarian ICT company listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange.
The largest investment service provider in Hungary on the acquisition of a Hungarian “discount brokerage” company and an IT service company.

Memberships & Roles

2020 – Budapest Bar Association

Education

2016 – French-Hungarian Comparative Law Course, Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II.
2016 – Doctor of Law, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary.

Practice Areas

Corporate/M&A Capital Markets

sectors

Private Equity

Insights

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