December 2012 - Lawyers from Kinstellar’s Hungarian office were invited to participate as guest speakers at KPMG’s General Counsel Breakfast, which took place at Budapest’s Hotel Corinthia on 12 December.
Gábor Antal, Managing Associate, and Dávid Klacsmann, Associate, opened their presentation with a review of general counsel trends and new developments and how the role of general counsel is evolving in Hungary. They then spoke about current topics of interest, in particular the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act and the direct and indirect ramifications that these and other cross-border anti-corruption laws have in Hungary. Their presentation included a discussion on Kinstellar’s practical experience to date with new legislation in Hungary, including the new Data Protection Act and the new Labour Code.
Presenters from KPMG were Csaba László, Senior Partner and Head of Advisory Services and György Antalóczy, Manager, Head of Forensic Services, who spoke on the results of KPMG’s Global General Counsel Survey and provided an analysis of the challenges facing general counsel in today’s corporations.
Attendees at the event included senior representatives from several leading corporates in Hungary, including MVM (Hungarian Electricity Works), MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas Company, OTP (the largest commercial bank in Hungary), GE, Nissan, Mercedes/Daimler, Allianz, CIG Pannónia, Telenor and several others. The presentations were followed by a thoughtful Q&A session.
For more information, please contact Gábor Antal on +36 1 428 4400, or at .