October 2013 - Kinstellar’s Budapest office co-hosted a General Counsel Breakfast with KPMG on 17 October 2013 introducing the new Hungarian whistleblowing framework, which is scheduled to take effect on 1 January 2014.
Participants included more than 40 general counsels and in-house compliance specialists from leading multinationals and banks in Hungary, as well as the Hungarian Banking Association and Transparency International.
Two lawyers from Kinstellar’s Compliance, Risk and Sensitive Investigations practice in Budapest gave presentations. Gábor Antal, Managing Associate, expounded on the legal framework and the newly-introduced concept of whistleblowing systems in the workplace, as well as the new possibility for companies to appoint an external ombudsman to facilitate reports of a whistleblowing nature. Dávid Klacsmann, Associate, focused on the data protection and privacy aspects of the new legislation.
György Antalóczy, KPMG’s Head of Forensic Services in Budapest, offered some insights into the expected features of internal investigations that will be carried out under the new legislation.
The presentations were followed by a lively Q&A session with the speakers and guest panellists, which included the compliance department heads of Magyar Telekom and Siemens in Hungary.
For more information, please contact Gábor Antal at +36 1 428 4400, or .