People

Meet the people behind Szécsényi & Partners. Explore each colleague’s professional experience and areas of practice.

László Szécsényi

László Szécsényi

Attorney-at-law · Founder

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Studies

  • Earned law degree in 1992 at the Faculty of Law in the University of Pécs
  • Master’s degree (LL.M.) at the University of Marburg in Germany (1993)

Career

  • Member of the bar since 1996
  • Associate of Janus Pannonius University (Pécs), 1992–1998
  • Associate of the Institute of Comparative Law (University of Vienna), 1999–2000
  • Managing Partner of the Hungarian office of Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati, 2001–2008
  • Managing Partner of the Hungarian office of Schönherr, 2008–2009
  • Managing partner of Szécsényi & Partners since 2010

Practice areas

Real estate, construction, commercial law, M&A, gaming law and arbitration

Languages

Hungarian, English and German

Dániel Kellner

Dániel Kellner

Attorney-at-law · Partner

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Studies

  • Graduated in 2003 at the Faculty of Law in the University of Pécs
  • Master’s degree (LL.M.) at the University of Trier in Germany (2004)

Career

  • Member of the bar since 2008
  • Partner of Szécsényi & Partners since 2010

Practice areas

Real estate and commercial property, construction and building law, commercial law

Languages

Hungarian, English and German

Balázs Vágvölgyi

Balázs Vágvölgyi

Attorney-at-law · Partner

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Studies

  • Graduated in 2007 at the Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest
  • Master’s degree (LL.M.) at the University of Georg-August in Göttingen in Germany (2008)

Career

  • Member of the bar since 2011
  • Partner of Szécsényi & Partners since 2015

Practice areas

Real estate and commercial property, corporate law, commercial law, insolvency, restructuring and financing

Languages

Hungarian, English and German

Janka Szabó

Janka Szabó

Attorney-at-law

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Studies

  • Earned law degree in 2011 at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest
  • Studied at Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski in Poland with an Erasmus scholarship

Career

  • Member of the bar since 2016
  • Attorney of Szécsényi & Partners since 2016

Practice areas

Real estate and commercial property, commercial law, corporate law, intellectual property law and data protection

Languages

Hungarian, English and German

Kitti Diána Gál-Tóth

Kitti Diána Gál-Tóth

Attorney-at-law

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Studies

  • Graduated in 2010 at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest

Career

  • Member of the bar since 2015
  • Attorney of Szécsényi & Partners since 2015

Practice areas

Real estate and commercial property, commercial law, corporate law

Languages

Hungarian and English

András Homa

András Homa

Attorney-at-law

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Studies

  • Graduated at the Faculty of Law in Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest in 2019
  • Studied at the Law Faculty of the University of Padova with an Erasmus scholarship in the academic year 2016/2017

Career

  • Associate of Szécsényi & Partners since 2019
  • Member of the bar since 2023

Practice areas

Real estate and commercial property, shopping centres, commercial law, corporate law, compliance, start-ups

Languages

Hungarian, English

Edmond Kerényi

Edmond Kerényi

Attorney

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Studies

  • Graduated at the Faculty of Law in Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest in 2013 (Political Science) and in 2014 (Doctor of Law)
  • Studied at the Law Faculty of the University of Bergen with an Erasmus scholarship in the academic year 2010/2011

Career

  • Attorney of Szécsényi & Partners since 2024
  • Member of the bar since 2014

Practice areas

Data protection, intellectual property law, e-commerce, software development and artificial intelligence

Languages

Hungarian, English

Bálint Bendegúz Mester

Bálint Bendegúz Mester

Associate

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Studies

  • Graduated at the Faculty of Law in Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest in 2023

Career

  • Associate of Szécsényi & Partners since 2024

Practice areas

Corporate and real estate law, trademarks, civil and administrative litigation

Languages

Hungarian, English

Áron Hajba

Áron Hajba

Associate

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Studies

  • Graduated at the Faculty of Law in Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest in 2025

Career

  • Associate of Szécsényi & Partners since 2025

Practice areas

Corporate law, real estate, and commercial property

Languages

Hungarian, English

Paul W. Sutton

Paul W. Sutton

Language consultant

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Studies

  • Graduated in 1992 from Edge Hill University, UK, with a 2nd class honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language & Literature and Theatre Studies

Career

  • Proofreader and Readily Accessible Fount of English Language Knowledge with Szécsényi & Partners, Budapest, 2019–current
  • Freelance writer of prose and audio drama, 2003–current
  • Technical Writer with SAP, 2005–2007
  • Teacher of English as a Foreign Language in Dublin and Budapest at International House, 2002–2005
  • Script Writer at Riverdeep Interactive Learning, Dublin, 1998–2002
  • Teacher of English as a Foreign Language in Tiszavasvári, Hungary, for the British Council, 1996–1997
  • For the most part starving and repeatedly unemployed yet resourceful theatre actor, 1992–1996, based in Merseyside, UK

Languages

English, Hungarian

Leia, the office dog

Leia

Office dog

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2011–2021