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TAMÁS SZABÓ CO-MANAGING PARTNER, SZABÓ, KELEMEN ÉS TÁRSAI ANDERSEN ÜGY VÉDI IRODA
School and started his traineeship in Law Firm No. 50, which was a general practice in 1986 in Budapest’s District XX. He was admitted to the Budapest Bar in 1989, joined one of the Big 4 in 1991 and became a partner in 1994. He started the law firm that is now Szabó Kelemen & Partners Andersen in 1996 and was managing partner for about 20 years, and is now comanaging partner with László Kelemen, Domonkos Kiss and Péter Vincze. OF WHICH ACHIEVEMENTS ARE YOU MOST PROUD? I am proud of our international clientele. Some clients have been with us for 20-25 years or even more. I am proud of our team, because it consists of gifted people. Although they are strong individuals, and sometimes they
“Besides the legislative bodies, the courts and the jurisprudence, lawyers shape the law with almost everything they do, and they helped a lot in forming the market economy in Hungary.”
have to be able to stand up for their clients on their own, they have learnt to cooperate as a team, too. The core group has been with us for decades and are in their best lawyering age now. Also, we have been able to attract young people and I am proud that we could win their devotion to the common cause of client service, generation after generation. Recently, I am very proud that Andersen have accepted us into their global tax and legal team. It has been an excellent experience to work with this fast expanding network of professionals. BACKGROUND Tamás Szabó has more than 30 years of experience in domestic and international corporate and commercial law. He focuses on large-scale commercial and real property acquisitions and developments, as well as corporate acquisitions, take-overs, and restructurings. Szabó is regularly featured in legal directories as a leading individual and notable practitioner in corporate / M&A in Hungary. Szabó graduated from ELTE Law
WHAT DREW YOU TO LAW AS A PROFESSION? In secondary school I studied mathematics. I figured solving problems for people in need of legal assistance would be a good field for me. However, I had to find out the hard way that there are a lot of smart people among the competition, therefore, I would need my training in sports, too, to stay above the water. I like the battle, I like the teamwork and I like when our clients are happy.
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