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PÉTER BERETHALMI MANAGING PARTNER, NAGY & TRÓCSÁNYI ÜGYVÉDI IRODA
He is married to an economist. They have two children, both of whom are secondary school students. He likes reading, traveling, he is a theater-goer, loves both classical and contemporary concerts and festivals. OF WHICH ACHIEVEMENTS ARE YOU MOST PROUD? I am probably most proud of the fact that I have held a managing partner position for 15 years out of the 25 years of my legal practice with my firm. During this time, I have successfully maintained good relationships and created a network with multiple foreign international law firms. I have managed our membership in law firm networks, especially in Lex Mundi, organized various events and participated in many others. I acquired managerial skills that I had not
“I have found it interesting to gain understanding of different industries and how they do business. Business lawyers, I think, need to understand their clients’ business and commercial interest.”
BACKGROUND Péter Berethalmi began his legal career in Szeged at Török Béla Law Offices, where he worked as an associate. In 1996, he moved to Shell Hungary in Budapest and became the legal counsel of the firm. Berethalmi joined Nagy és Trócsányi in 1996. He became a partner of the firm in 2001 and he was promoted to managing partner in 2005. His practice includes corporate M&A, real estate, commercial and regulatory. Berethalmi received his JD from József Attila University in Szeged in 1994. He has also held a Postgraduate Diploma in Laws since 2010 from The University of London International Programs.
thought I had when I started the position and I became a problem solver, or rather a problem manager. I am proud that I became a lawyer in many ways that I dreamt about after graduation. I am now a lawyer with proper experience in handling even the most difficult transactions and matters, domestic or international. Lastly, I am also proud that I have been able to guide and mentor various junior lawyers on their way to improving their legal and technical skills; it is always a great pleasure to see them grow. WHAT DREW YOU TO LAW AS A PROFESSION? Both my parents were lawyers: my mother spent her professional life in a lawyer cooperative (ügyvédi munkaközösség) and I saw her practicing as a private lawyer during socialism in that cooperative. Lawyers worked practically as private lawyers but were forced to work in a cooperative. Most of their work involved private individuals’ regular civil law and family law matters. Company law did not exist and commercial agreements were handled mainly by inhouse counsels of state-owned corporations or special
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