Gergely Szaloki
Counsel
Gergely Szaloki
Counsel
“Gergely Szalóki is a standout counsel. He understands commercial sensitivities at a glance and is excellent availability. When you need him, he’ll be there to deliver.”
– Chambers Global
About Gergely Szaloki
Gergely Szalóki is the co-leader of the Banking & Finance practice in Budapest. Gergely has more than 20 years of experience advising on banking & finance, capital markets, insurance regulatory issues and financial sector M&A transactions. He 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. Gergely 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. He 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. 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 Loránd University, Budapest.
Expertise
Banking & Finance Capital Markets Financial Institutions Insurance Private Equity & Venture Capital Restructuring, Insolvency & Distressed InvestmentsEducation
Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest, (PhD), 2011
Emory University, World Law Institute, Budapest, 2008
Central European University, Budapest, (International Business Law, LL.M.), 2008
Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest, (J.D.), 2005
Languages
Hungarian, English, German
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