Orsolya Görgényi

Senior Partner
Orsolya Görgényi is a deal maker in addition to being very good technically. She found suitable solutions in very hard to negotiate situations.
Chambers Global, 2024, Corporate/ M&A
Certainly one of the most professional teams in Hungary. Smooth collaboration. Orsolya Görgényi stands out for the high quality of her work and her leadership.
Legal500, 2024, Commercial, Corporate, M&A
The corporate and M&A team under the lead of Orsolya Görgényi is truly exceptional: they are extremely experienced with international transactions and are well-versed, always available and ready to go the extra mile. They stand out with their exceptional team of attorneys, who demonstrate unwavering commitment to excellence and client-centric approach.
Legal500, 2024, Commercial, Corporate, M&A
She knows her stuff, her business acumen is high, she is very pleasant and well spoken and pro-client oriented. At the same time, she has a good eye for catching anything that could pose a risk to the client.
Chambers Global, 2023, Corporate/M&A
Orsolya Görgényi represents the values of the M&A practice: on top of things, fast, efficient and very committed.
Legal500 2023, Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Orsolya Görgényi is an outstanding M&A lawyer. She has a very profound legal background and a lot of negotiation experience in English. She reopened doors during negotiations that seemed to be shut by proposing new clauses and good compromises. She gained a high level of respect on the other side and has a very convincing impetus.
Legal500 2022, Commercial, Corporate and M&A

PRACTICE AREAS

Corporate / M&A
Capital Markets
Contract and Commercial Law
Employment Law
Tax and Customs
Restructuring and Insolvency

MARKETS

Automotive Industry
Logistic, Transport and Aviation Services
Beauty, Fashion and other Branded Products / FMCG
Technology
Start-ups / Venture Capital and Private Equity
Financial, investment and insurance sector
Private Clients / Asset Planning

Orsolya Görgényi is a transactional lawyer with international clients, with vast global connections and two decades of experience in the legal sector. Her motto: “I help clients to cross borders – both state borders and business ones.” She works with clients from around the world in all stages of establishing, acquiring and operating businesses in Hungary, and in assisting Hungarian clients in expanding their business activities abroad.

 

She specializes in international transactions, private and public M&A and corporate law, focusing on joint ventures, venture capital and private equity investments, as well as privatizations and related tax law. She is involved in tax and employment matters and is active in business mediation and roundtable negotiations utilizing supervision techniques.

 

She is a member or holds a position in several Hungarian and international professional organizations. She served as president of AIJA, the International Association of Young Lawyers in 2015-2016. Since 2018 Orsolya serves as secretary of the Budapest Bar Association in charge of international affairs. She is a regular speaker and – being an active member of Toastmasters International – enjoys delivering “TED-style” talks at various conferences in the international legal sector.

 

She is fluent in English and German and conversant in French and Spanish.

Rankings:

  • Legal500, 2022 – 2024, Corporate/M&A (Individual ranking): Leading Individual
  • Legal500, 2017 – 2024, Corporate/M&A (Team): Tier 2
  • Chambers Europe & Global, 2024, Corporate/M&A (Individual ranking): Band 2
  • IFLR1000, 2016 – 2023, Corporate/M&A (Team): Tier 2

 

Awards:

  • Eötvös Károly Prize, the highest professional distinction awarded by the Budapest Bar Association to lawyers who have improved the reputation of the legal profession, practised their profession in an exemplary manner, to a high professional standard, with the utmost respect for the interests of their clients and the rule of law, and who have demonstrated their commitment to public life through their actions, 2023
  • Elected as Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, 2017
  • “Honorary President” of AIJA (appointed by the general assembly held in Tokyo in 2017 in recognition of her valuable contribution as former president of the association)
  • “Exemplary Lawyer” Award from the Hungarian Bar Association in recognition of exemplary dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession, 2016

Bar Memberships:

  • Budapest Bar Association (since 2002); since 2018 Secretary of the Budapest Bar Association in charge of international affairs

 

Other professional memberships:

  • AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers): President 2015-2016 after holding many other positions in the association. She served as vice-president Skills, Career, Innovation, Leadership & Learning (SCILL) at AIJA in 2017-2020. She has been active in the M&A commission of AIJA for over a decade and has organized and spoken at a number of M&A seminars held across the globe.
  • ELTA (European Legal Technologies Association): ambassador until 2019, board member 2019-2021
  • DAV (German Bar Association): extraordinary member, since 2018 board member of the International Business Law section (IWR)
  • ABA (American Bar Association): Section of International Law, Business Law Section, Law Practice Management Division member, Non-US Lawyer Representative of the ABA SIL Council in 2017-2018.
  • IBA (International Bar Association): member of the Closely Held Companies Committee and the Corporate and M&A Committee
  • UIA (International Association of Lawyers) and IPBA (Inter-Pacific Bar Association) member
  • IPBA (Inter-Pacific Bar Association) member, vice-chair of the Legal Practice Committee since April 2024
  • MSZCT (Association of the Hungarian Supervisors and Supervisor-Coaches): member
  • OME (Hungarian Mediation Association): member
  • Toastmasters International: member
  • Conflict Manager (2024, WIFI  – Business Promotion Institute of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce)
  • She holds an LL.M. degree in Transnational Commercial Practice from Lazarski University / CILS and completed 6 courses of Boston University School of Law’s Executive LLM in International Business Law Program between 2013-2015.
  • She is a registered mediator and qualified as a tax advisor in 2014.
  • In 2012, she participated in a multiregional professional exchange program (International Visitor Leadership Program – IVLP) organized and funded by the U.S. Department of State, Office of International Visitors)
  • She completed a two-year postgraduate business consulting, organizational development and supervision studies program at the International Business School in 2005.
  • J.D., Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law (1998, Summa cum laude).

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