Gergely Szalóki
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Banking & Finance
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About
Provided by Gergely Szalóki
Practice Areas
Gergely frequently acts for clients in the financial industry on both the borrower and lender side, and also provides financial regulatory advice for the banking and insurance sectors. He regularly advises on the regulatory aspects of market entry, corporate restructurings, provision of cross border financial, insurance, payment services and investment services and compliance matters. Furthermore, he is continuously involved in bond issue transactions representing both managers and issuers and acts for investment funds. Gergely is an arbitrator at the Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as at the Vienna International Arbitral Centre in the fields of Banking & Finance and Capital Markets.
Career
Senior Associate and co-leader of the local Banking & Finance practice at Wolf Theiss Budapest. Prior to joining Wolf Theiss, Gergely was a local partner and led the Banking & Finance practice of an international law firm in Hungary. Gergely frequently publishes in business and academic journals and holds a teaching position at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest.
Personal
Károli Gáspár Protestant University, Budapest, (PhD), 2011
Emory University, World Law Institute, Budapest, 2008
Central European University, Budapest, (LL.M.), 2008
Károli Gáspár Protestant University, Budapest, (J.D.), 2005
Chambers Review
Europe
Gergely Szalóki rises in the rankings as a result of strong market support. He assists both lenders and borrowers with revolving credit facilities and amendments to existing facilities agreements. He also acts on bridge financing, acquisition financing and loan refinancing, as well as assisting with fintech regulatory matters. Gergely Szalóki left Schoenherr and joined Wolf Theiss in May 2024.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"We knew we were in safe hands with the proactive approach to our process."
"Gergely Szalóki is responsive, proactive and pragmatic, and delivers documents with a high level of accuracy."
"We knew we were in safe hands with the proactive approach to our process."
"Gergely Szalóki is responsive, proactive and pragmatic, and delivers documents with a high level of accuracy."