Dentons strengthens presence in Hungary

Dentons, Kyiv, Ukraine, 
Fri, April 17, 2015

Kyiv,17 April 2015—Dentons is pleased to announce thearrival of István Réczicza, Rob Irving and Edward Keller, who join as partnersin the Budapest office, along with approximately 50 local partners, associatesand other professionals. The team join Dentons from White & Case on May 4,2015 to further strengthen the Firm’s Corporate M&A, Private Equity andDispute Resolution offering in Hungary, the Central and South Eastern Europeregion and Europe.

"We are delighted to welcome thisprominent team to Dentons. Their market leading expertise will significantlybroaden our offering to clients not only in Hungary but in the CEE region andacross Europe,” commented Tomasz Dabrowski, Dentons Europe Chief ExecutiveOfficer. “This is another step in our Firm’s strategy to be one of the very toppractices globally offering top-notch, band 1 advice to its clients and at thesame time to be deeply rooted in the communities in which we work."

Their arrival follows Dentons' recentlyannounced merger with US law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge as well as thecombination between Dentons and 大成, creating the world’s largest law firm. The Dentons Budapest teamwill remain White & Case’s preferred team for referrals, and existingclient matters handled by the Budapest office will be coordinated by White& Case and Dentons.

With more than 25 years’ experience,Réczicza joins as the new Budapest Office Managing Partner and will bring theWhite & Case team with him. He will also be a partner in the GlobalLitigation and Dispute Resolution Group. He regularly advises private,state-owned companies and sovereigns in a broad variety of administrative, courtand arbitral disputes. In addition, Réczicza, one of the leading lawyers inHungary, advises on transactional and regulatory work in regulated industries,such as the telecommunications, energy, financial services and life sciencessectors.

Leading practitioner Irving, will join asCo-Chair of the Global Private Equity Group along with his regional PrivateEquity and M&A team focusing on CEE/SEE high-end transactions. Irving alsohas more than 20 years’ experience working on landmark M&A, private equityand finance transactions throughout Central and South Eastern Europe, includingTurkey. Also joining as a partner in Dentons Global Corporate and PrivateEquity Groups is Keller, a US-qualified attorney of Hungarian descent. Kellerhas been ranked as a leading lawyer in the region in cross-border M&A andprivate equity matters. He also has substantial experience in representingpublic and private issuers, underwriters and selling shareholders (includingprivate equity houses) in both equity and debt offerings, includingUS-registered public offerings, Rule 144A offerings and Regulation S privateplacements.

István commented: “We are very excited tojoin Dentons. The Firm’s Budapest office has consistently been ranked among theelite firms in Hungary. Our entire team is really looking forward to continuingto drive forward the development of the office."

Evan Lazar, Co-Chair of Dentons GlobalReal Estate and Chairman of Dentons Europe Board added: “We are seeing a verystrong increase of cross border M&A and private equity transactions andthis team’s arrival will truly bolster our European offering incorporate/M&A, private equity, TMT and dispute resolution.”

For further information, pleasecontact:

JacintaO’Shea-Ramdeholl

PR &Communications Dentons Europe

T: +44 20 35303708

E: jacinta.oshea-ramdeholl@dentons.com

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