CERHA HEMPEL Dezsö & Partners is the Hungarian arm of leading Austrian firm CERHA HEMPEL. The Budapest branch, which dates back to the 1990s, has a team of around 30 legal professionals and is part of a network of offices that also encompasses branches in Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania and the Slovak Republic.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm advises borrowers and lenders in financing transactions and has experience in banking, project development deals and domestic and cross-border M&A deals.
Key clients
The firm's clients include Cisco Systems, DiscoverIE Group, Sonepar Group, Telenor, MÁV Magyar Államvasutak, Nemzeti Infrastruktúra Fejlesztő, Magyar Nemzeti Vagyonkezelő, Erste Goup Bank, Omnibus Hungária, Osmotica Pharmaceuticals, Tungsram Operations, Allianz, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich, Infogroup and Ober Lízing.
Research period review: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
During the research period the firm was active in banking, project development deals and M&A deals.
In banking the firm worked in financing, financial restructuring, project finance and banking deals for clients connected with the lighting, investment, pharmaceutical, automotive, real estate fund, PPP service provider, banking, and leasing sectors.
In project development the firm worked on project development and project procurement for clients connected with transport, government and public policy, construction and materials and automotive sectors.
In M&A the firm worked on asset acquisitions, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestments for mostly buyers connected with technology and communications, transport,
industrials, and manufacturing sectors.
Deal highlights: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Erste Group Bank banking deal with Feneberg Group
MÁV Magyar Államvasutak €113 million
public procurement
Nemzeti Infrastruktúra Fejlesztő €851 million railway
public procurement
Tungsram Operations banking deal with the Hungarian Export-Import Bank
Volánbusz joint venture with MVM Mobiliti
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2020/2021)
M&A
"Responsiveness, quality of work."
Zita Albert
"Availability, quality of work and solution oriented."
