author: dr. Katinka TÖLGYES With respect to the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the European Commission has mitigated its position related to state aid and has temporarily amended the framework in the light of the crisis. The competition law expert of Kapolyi Law Firm summarized the most important information in this regard and […]

author: dr. Balázs József FERENCZY What force majeure means? Force majeure (in the Hungarian legal language: “vis maior”) is a legal institution dating back to Roman law, and “means a force or event that human weakness cannot resist.”[1] The legal literature includes both overwhelming natural forces, such as earthquakes, floods, shipwrecks, other natural disasters, and certain […]

A new provision of the Hungarian Arbitration Act entered into force on 1 January 2021, which may attract the attention of investors. The stipulation of arbitration proceedings in consumer contracts was generally prohibited until the end of the last year. However, this prohibition, which is intended to ensure the better protection of consumer interests, is […]

Frequent question on management meetings is whether lending in group financing structures would be possible for parent companies or real estate funds for purposes of development or acquiring assets, following the amendment of the definition on group financing set forth in Act CCXXXVII of 2013 on Credit Institutions and Financial Undertakings (Hpt.) effective as of […]

Brexit will bring a number of changes to certain international legal relationships that we can’t anticipate yet; therefore a number of legal issues will arise related to the period beginning on January 1, 2021. Until then, however, there is a transitional period during which we should, as much as possible, prepare for the post-Brexit period. […]