Balázs has been with the firm since 2000. He is a member of A&O Shearman's pro bono team and has received some prestigious recognition for his work. He has been awarded as "the Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year 2015" by the Budapest Bar and won the International Bar Association’s (IBA) prestigious Pro Bono Award in 2017. In 2019 Balázs was ranked as highly commended by Financial Times Innovative Lawyers - Rule of Law and Access to Justice for the pro bono work on a landmark school segregation damages claim.
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Balazs Sahin-Toth
Counsel
Balázs leads the Hungarian corporate group. He has experience in a wide range of M&A and real estate transactions and employment law. He regularly acts for banks and corporate entities.
Expertise
Industries
Experience
Representative matters
CMC on the sale of its 100 MWe solar power plants located in Kaposvár, Hungary to the MVM group.
eMAG on the termination of a joint venture with the founders of Extreme Digital Zrt. and the sale of the Vatera online marketplace.
Amadys Group BV on the acquisition of the Hungarian telecom infrastructure provider RayNet Kft.
Erste Bank on the acquisition of the 15% stake held by the Hungarian state in Erste Bank Zrt.
Aegon on the sale of its insurance companies in the CEE, including a litigation on FDI blocking.
Pro bono
The Chance for Children Foundation and 62 Roma children on their moral damages claim against the municipality and school in Gyöngyöspata, Hungary, on account of school segregation.
Mentoring students through the special mentorship program with Romaversitas, a leading educational and advocacy organization to help young people from the Hungarian Roma community.
Qualifications
Admissions
Academic
Law Degree, Eötvös Loránd University, 1998
International Commercial Law, T.M.C. Asser instituut, 2000
LLM, International Business Law, Central European University, Budapest, 2001
Languages