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KRISTÓF FERENCZI ANDRÉKÓ FERENCZI KINSTELLAR ÜGYVÉDI IRODA
whilst maintaining the flawless provision of legal services (whether working remotely or in the office) to our clients and ensuring team cohesion, has been the most critical challenge for me this year, right after having become the managing partner of Kinstellar Budapest. I am satisfied that we have successfully handled this unusual and difficult period both in terms of keeping our team members safe and continuing the successful path in our business. This was also the case on a firm-wide level across Kinstellar’s 11 offices, to which I could contribute as part of our firmwide management committee. This was certainly the result of a concentrated and true team effort, by lawyers and business services colleagues alike, and I am truly proud of the members of the Kinstellar Budapest team, who are outstanding not only in their professional capabilities but are also excellent people who have held together during a profound and unprecedented global crisis. Kudos to our team!
BACKGROUND Kristóf Ferenczi is the managing partner of Kinstellar Budapest and head of Kinstellar’s firm-wide energy and natural resources practice. He is a highly regarded legal professional in Hungary and Central and Eastern Europe with extensive experience handling major transactions, complex projects and regulatory matters in the energy and natural resources sector. He holds a degree in law from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, after which he pursued post-graduate studies in Business Law at the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg, France. Ferenczi is a member of the Budapest Bar and speaks Hungarian, English, French and Italian. OF WHICH ACHIEVEMENTS ARE YOU MOST PROUD? Having successfully navigated through the COVID pandemic period since the early spring with the Budapest office, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our team,
“Having completed my grammar school studies in Italy at an international school, which I had attended on a scholarship […], I had come to realize that I wanted to do something more connected to people and the economy. Law seemed to be a good option.”
Moreover, having the opportunity to support our clients in some of the most challenging, complex and novel transactions and projects in the Hungarian and CEE energy sector with the Kinstellar energy team keeps giving me the drill for being enthusiastic about the legal practice. WHAT DREW YOU TO LAW AS A PROFESSION? Initially, I had been flirting with the idea of pursuing an academic career in liberal arts. But after having completed my grammar school studies in Italy at an international school, which I had attended on a scholarship, and having returned home, I had come to realize that I wanted to do something more connected to people and the economy.
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