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PÉTER GÖNDÖCZ ATTORNEY AT LAW, PARTNER OF DELOITTE LEGAL GÖNDÖCZ AND PARTNERS LAW FIRM
BACKGROUND Péter Göndöcz earned his law degree at the University of Pécs and also holds master’s degrees in economics and politics. His wife is also an attorney, who he met, as is often the case in the world of international law firms, at work. The pair have three children, one girl and two boys. OF WHICH ACHIEVEMENTS ARE YOU MOST PROUD? I am very proud of our purposeful, highly engaged and truly one stop shop client service that my colleagues so passionately provide to our clients. I take pride in our outstanding growth, which led us from being a five-person practice to today’s 30 lawyer strong law firm. We have successfully advised clients in some of the most complex and groundbreaking matters in Hungary, such as the highest value NPL transaction ever, or one of the very first bond issues within the framework of NKP (Növekedési Kötvény Program), and we are also famous for providing very practical and effective legal support for more operational matters, as we did for Rolls Royce, when it was setting up
its Hungarian operation, for example. Our reputation for excellence not only relies on this high value service, but also on our integrity and on the highest personal, ethical and professional standards we observe in everything that we do.
“I am very proud of our purposeful, highly engaged and truly one stop shop client ser vice that my colleagues so passionately provide to our clients.”
WHAT DREW YOU TO LAW AS A PROFESSION? In my wider family there are quite a few lawyers, most of whom are judges. Even though I had a number of examples ahead of me, I only submitted my application to the faculty of law because my brother went there. As
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