Budapest - Team

Csaba Polgár

Partner
Csaba Polgár
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Csaba Polgár is one of the founding partners of Pontes Budapest. He leads the energy, infrastructure and project finance and arbitration groups in the Budapest office. His main areas are renewable project developments, acquisitions, divestments and financings, with special emphasis on solar projects. He also has substantial experiences in loan restructurings, NPL acquisitions and insolvency matters. Before establishing Pontes Budapest, Csaba spent more than seven years with Allen & Overy’s Budapest and London Offices working on energy matters and cross border M&A deals.

Katalin Sirály

Of-counsel
Katalin Sirály
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Katalin is an of-counsel of Pontes Budapest. She leads the public sector, public procurement, European Union law, and state aid practices.
A licensed public procurement adviser, she often represents both contracting authorities and tenderers in complex, high value public procurement procedures. She also regularly advises all stakeholders with relation to various EU subsidy programmes. Her main clients include large utility companies; local government owned companies in the field of public transport, road operation, maintenance and cultural organizations. 

Tibor Szántó

Of-counsel
Tibor Szántó
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Tibor is of-counsel at Pontes Budapest. Tibor is a specialist in competition law and regulated industries, with more than 20 years of experience gained as a private practitioner and as a regulator. He spent a decade at various positions with the European Commission and the Hungarian Competition Authority, including for years as member of the Competition Council of the Hungarian authority. Before starting his competition boutique, he spent a decade with various international law firms.

Peter Ruff

Partner
Peter Ruff
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Péter started his career at Pontes Budapest in 2017 and was promoted to partner in April 2024. He is in charge of the corporate advisory and PE/VC activity of the firm. Peter is a seasoned corporate lawyer who also has experience in corporate restructuring. He frequently advises clients in M&A transactions in various sectors

Gergely Brassnyó

Of-counsel
Gergely Brassnyó
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Gergely is an of-counsel at Pontes Budapest, specializing in corporate law, M&A, IT/IP and banking and financing. Gergely has a unique background, combining years as an attorney at top tier law firms and as an in-house counsel at a multinational banking institution. He also worked as international legal expert in Milan, Italy, at the headquarter of one of the Europe’s largest banks, focusing on cross-border business development and other projects for the banking group.

Balázs Kálmán

Of-counsel
Balázs Kálmán
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Balázs is an of-counsel at Pontes Budapest. For more than two decades, he has been providing legal services to several major Hungarian banking groups in corporate restructuring, foundation of financial institutions, supporting full scale of front and back office activities, preparing internal regulations, and representation in debt collection procedures and in litigation matters. He also has many years of experience in supporting multinational companies and their investments/subsidiaries in Hungary, including market leading construction companies, and several major companies across various industries mainly in the areas of commercial and financial law.