Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, has appointed Dr. Gábor Király as the new Country Managing Officer in Hungary effective January 1, 2022. In his new role, he will be responsible for the day-to-day management and leadership of the Budapest office, in addition serving clients as a partner in the Banking and Finance team.

Gábor Király has more than 20 years’ experience in financing, debt and equity transactions, derivative and treasury matters, as well as financial regulatory issues. He offers clients a unique combination of private practice experience from Dentons and another international law firm, and in-house experience from the financial sector.  He started his career at the Hungarian National Bank in the early 1990s, and he also worked for five years at CIB Bank.  He joined Dentons in 2015, and after briefly leaving the Firm to work for a private equity house, he rejoined as a partner in 2021.

He takes over the leadership role from Dr. István Réczicza, who served as managing partner for more than 23 years, including seven at Dentons.  Under his leadership, Dentons has not only become one of the top law firms in Hungary, but also one of the very few that provides advisory services beyond the law to offer full-scale support to clients’ transactions. István Réczicza will continue to work at Dentons as a Senior Partner, where he will focus on supporting his clients, while strengthening the advisory business.

Commenting on his new position, Gábor Király said: “It is a great honor and privilege that the leadership has entrusted me to take our market leader position in Hungary to a new level. Working together with István Réczicza, I will blend innovative ideas with our well-established strategy, in order to build on the incredible success that the Firm has achieved in recent years. I would like our office to remain a people-centered Firm, where all of our colleagues are able to fulfill their ambitions and support our clients with their professional expertise.  Drawing upon Dentons’ unparalleled global coverage, we will focus on providing high quality professional advice to our growing clientele to help them grow, finance, protect and operate their business.”