Bálint Szűcs

Partner, Tax Expert, Attorney-at-law

Bálint is the head of RSM Legal | Szűcs and Partners.
As a lawyer and a tax advisor, he is actively involved in legal and taxation issues affecting companies. In addition to corporate income tax, value added tax and stamp duty issues, he mainly assists our customers in the legal and tax risk due diligence of groups of companies, the design and implementation of corporate structures, divestments and acquisitions and wealth planning matters.

Owing to his wealth of experience accumulated during advisory assignments for a number of hydrocarbon exploration companies operating in Hungary and abroad, he is an expert in specialised mining and energy sector issues.

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We give advice in the areas of general corporate law, civil law, labour law, contracts, financial law, real estate law, competition law and represent clients in contractual negotiations, in front of authorities as well as civil law litigation, tax and economic criminal law proceedings.

We are proud that we efficiently support not only companies but also private person clients in the management of their family businesses, generation changes, inheritance and marital property law.

Our industry specific knowledge, with which wish to differentiate us from our competitors, is a result of the specialization that we expect from our employees and the activities we perform in specific areas.

The key areas of specialization of our lawyers are M&A (mergers and acquisitions),mining and the hydrocarbon industry, employee benefit schemes, tax litigations, bank and leasing transactions and real estate investments.

Our services

Bálint Szűcs

2020.04.01

Epidemic-safe company set-up, transformation and sale or purchase of property with digital attorney counter-signature

Company proceedings, property sale and purchase contracts: almost everyone automatically remembers that an attorney is necessary for these procedures and the signature typically takes place in the office of the legal representative. Many are unaware, however, that company foundation and company transformation processes and even sales and purchases of property requiring attorney counter-signature can be carried out electronically without personally seeing the attorney.

Bálint Szűcs

2020.03.20

Extraordinary measures override the Labour Code

According to the regulation published in today\'s Hungarian Official Gazette, the new package of measures has overridden several labour law rules. Teleworking and working from home can be ordered independently of an employment contract, as the possibilities for derogation from the Labour Code are extended.

Bálint Szűcs

2020.03.19

What can employers do and what not in the COVID-19 situation according to the Labour Code?

We discuss the labour law questions most frequently asked in the COVID-19 induced pandemic situation based on the Labour Code. What can employers do, how can it change the working hours and the employment of employees?

Bálint Szűcs

2019.12.18

First green premium tender in Hungary is closed – initial takeaways and expected timeline for final decisions

The filing deadline of the first tender subsidizing energy production from renewable resources under the green premium scheme has recently finished at the December 2 15:00 deadline and the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (HEPURA) has published the basic data of the renewable sector tender after the opening of the submitted tender documentation.

Bálint Szűcs

2017.12.07

Data storage – not only concerning primary sources!

Companies often underestimate the quantity of data they accumulated about their buyers, customers. This also means that they underestimate the significance and potential consequences of the introduction of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Bálint Szűcs

2017.11.21

Company acquisition options and their legal consequences

In a previous post, we gave an overview of possible methods of acquisitions (share, asset or division purchase) and the primary business issues arising in case of each of the alternatives. Choosing from these methods, although a business decision, obviously leads to different legal consequences.