Eszter Takácsi-Nagy is a Senior Associate in the Budapest office focusing on life sciences and healthcare matters.

Her expertise includes in-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical, biotechnological, healthcare and medical devices sectors and the related regulatory environment. Eszter also regularly advises on competition and state aid matters, and has leveraged that experience to deliver a broader and deeper service offering to the firm’s life sciences clients. She has advised domestic and international clients on licensing, compliance, enforcement as well as sector related M&A.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

Life Sciences & Healthcare

• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on its internal investigation and compliance cases aiming to reveal potential wrongdoings and alleged misconducts reported through the company’s compliance hotline
• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on a confidential internal investigation of its Hungarian subsidiary
• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on the global group restructuring and potential sale of a consumer business in Hungary
• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on the restructuring of its Hungarian entities as part of the company’s global tax driven restructuring plan
• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on its contemplated establishment of an industrial hemp processing business in Hungary
• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on reviewing and revising clinical trial agreements to be entered into by and between the company and healthcare professionals as well as hospitals in Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia
• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on a lawsuit initiated by a former employee alleging the unlawful termination of its employment and other irregularities; we represented the client also in negotiating and finalizing a settlement with the plaintiff
• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on carrying out and implementing its local GDPR compliance project
• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on the acquisition of Ceumed Group (Central European Medical), a company focusing primarily on personal care products for babies and mothers and pharmaceutical products in other categories, including anti-lice, dermatological care, in Hungary

EDUCATION

• 2007: Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary, Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Law
• 2006: University of Abertay, Dundee, UK, Faculty of Law, BA Degree
• 2005: University of Mannheim, Germany, Faculty of Law, ERASMUS exchange programme

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Budapest Bar Association

LANGUAGES

Hungarian, English, German