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András Posztl

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Country Managing Partner
András Posztl is highly regarded for his work on M&A transactions. He has experience advising clients on joint ventures, acquisitions and mergers and is a popular choice for transactions involving the natural resources and energy sector.
— Chambers Europe, 2022
Budapest
About

András Posztl has over 20 years’ experience of helping clients with international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets and private equity work. He assists international and Hungarian corporates and institutions, and family-owned companies, particularly in the energy and media sectors.

András is widely recognised as a leading M&A lawyer and leads the Mergermarket rankings in Hungary for the volume of transactions he has been involved since 2005.

He recently advised an Italian multinational oil and gas company on several buy-side and sale-side transactions, and one of the largest media houses in Hungary on its acquisition.

Areas of FocusCorporateEnergy and Natural ResourcesMedia, Sport and EntertainmentMergers and Acquisitions
Professional QualificationsLawyer (Ügyvéd) admitted to the Budapest Bar Association (Budapesti Ügyvédi Kamara)

Highlights

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising an Italian multinational oil and gas company on several buy-side and sale-side transactions, providing full-scale due diligence.
  • Advising one of the largest media houses in Hungary on its acquisition. Our work included legal due diligence and we assisted the client during the whole process.
  • Advising one of the largest frozen bakery companies in the world on the acquisition of one of the most successful bakery franchises in Europe. This multijurisdictional mandate required in-depth knowledge of franchise law, intellectual property law and top quality transactional know-how.
  • Advising one of the leading companies in the Hungarian agricultural market on the sale of its minority shareholding and buyout of the majority shareholding.
Languages
  • Hungarian
  • German
  • English
Education
  • EU and competition law studies, Universität Trier, Germany, 1994
  • J.D., Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Faculty of Law, 1989-1994 summa cum laude

Rankings and Awards

  • Chambers Global, 2017 - 2023, Corporate and M&A, (Individual Rankings): Band 1
  • Chambers Europe, 2017 - 2023, Corporate and M&A, (Individual Rankings): Band 1
  • Legal 500, 2019 - 2023, Corporate M&A, (Individual Rankings): Leading Individual
  • IFLR1000, 2018 - 2022, M&A, (Individual Rankings): Highly Regarded/Market Leader
  • IFLR1000, 2018 - 2020, Energy, Government and public policy, (Individual Rankings): Highly Regarded/Market Leader
  • Mergermarket, based on the volume of M&A deals 2005 - 2022, (Individual Rankings): #1

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Supervisory Board Member of Friends of The Liszt Academy of Music
  • Member of YPO, the global leadership community of extraordinary chief executives

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