Expertise
Balázs is an attorney-at-law, and a qualified and chartered tax advisor. He has gained more than 25 years experience in tax planning in connection with domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers & acquisitions, transfer pricing and operating model effectiveness, global wealth management and private client services. with domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers & acquisitions, transfer pricing and operating model effectiveness, global wealth management and private client services.
Education
Balázs studied at and graduated from Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law. He holds degrees from the University for Economic Studies in Vienna in Austrian and international tax law, he also studied at New York University international and US tax law and at the University of Sorbonne European tax law. He earned an LL.M. degree in international tax law in Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and a PhD degree at Pázmány Péter University, Faculty of Law.
Professional experience and affiliations
Balázs began his career at BDO Austria where he started learning the profession of tax advisory. During the course of his training, besides participating in the advisory work, he was also trained in accounting. He joined Deloitte Hungary in 2003 and worked for more than 10 years at Deloitte also as partner in charge for the Hungarian tax department (2000-2003) and head of international tax services in Central Europe (2003-2005). He had several secondments abroad, including London, New York and Paris. In 2005, Balázs joined the European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union of the European Union. In 2007, Balázs rejoined Deloitte and created and headed the International Tax Practice of Deloitte Russia and CIS. Between 2009 and 2013, Balázs worked for Wolf Theiss Law Firm as head of tax for Hungary. In 2014, Balázs was asked to establish the CEE practice of Ryan Tax, an international US tax brand, as practice leader for Hungary and Central and Eastern Europe. In 2015, Balázs established BékésPartners.
Balázs has been admitted to the Hungarian Bar and is a chartered international tax advisor. He is a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) and a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) as well as a Board Member of STEP Hungary. Furthermore, he is an Assistant Professor in the financial law department at Pázmány Péter University.
Publications and seminars
Balázs has given presentations at numerous seminars and conferences and has published several articles and chapters in different books both in Hungary and abroad.
Languages
Hungarian, English, German, French
Expertise
Balazs is an attorney-at-law, economist and a qualified and chartered tax advisor. Balázs gained more than 12 years’ experience in domestic and cross- border/international tax advisory/planning, mergers&acquisitions, transfer pricing and operating model effectiveness, global wealth management, private client services, tax accounting and tax technology.
Education
Studied at and graduated from University of Szeged, Faculty of Law (MSc and LLM in law – 2006) and Faculty of Economics (MA in Economics – 2010). Holds degrees from the TODAI University of Tokyo, Japan, Faculty of International Legal Studies.
Professional experience and affiliations
Associate at Hogan Lovells LLP, Senior Tax Consultant at Deloitte Hungary, International Tax Department, then Senior Associate at Wolf Theiss Law Firm. Director at the international tax firm Ryan in Hungary, then Head of the European International Tax practice. Full member and Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Languages
Hungarian, English. Italian
Expertise
Tibor is an economist with a major in financial asset management. He also has a banking and insurance and a CEFA Investment Analyst qualification. He has been dealing with investments for more than 15 years and has an active client portfolio in the financial and insurance markets, and he has successfully helped its clients both in the economic downturn in the credit market in 2008 and in the 2020 pandemic crisis, as well as in the 2022 war crisis. In the course of its activities, it manages both private and legal entities as well as foundations in the full range of capital markets.
Education
Tibor graduated from the Corvinus University of Budapest – Department of Economics and Management, where he wrote his dissertation comparing the operations of the American and Hungarian central banks. He also qualified as an Asset, Fund Portfolio and Qualified Investment Adviser and as a CEFA Investment Analyst at the International Banking Institute. He also holds an official exam in financial and insurance intermediation, while also successfully completing a course in Financial Markets at Yale University.
Tibor is responsible for donations at the CoGoodwill social enterprise, helping their disadvantaged compatriots to implement various projects in the Carpathian Basin.
Languages
Hungarian, English
Education
Zsolt graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University in 2018. He spent a semester at the Yeditepe University in Istanbul in 2014 and at the University of Lisbon (ULisboa) in 2015. During his university studies, he was a history teacher in the FEB’93 Youth Educational Foundation and a member of the Foreign Affairs Circle. He successfully passed his bar exam in 2022.
Professional experience
Between 2016 and 2022, Zsolt worked as a trainee and then as a junior attorney-at-law at Buzády & Udvari Law Office, mainly in corporate, real estate, employment and other civil law matters. He had also spent time abroad, in 2015 as a research assistant at the Erik Castrén Institute (ECI), part of the University of Helsinki, and in 2018 as a project officer at the CRC Policy Center “Hope For Children” in Nicosia, working on various projects.
From 2022, as a member of the budlegal Law Firm, he had provided legal advice to and represented domestic and international clients, mainly business entities. He joined the SQN Trust team in January 2024.
Languages
Hungarian, English
Education
Kinga is an economist with a major in corporate finance, she is graduated from the Corvinius University of Budapest at the Faculty of Business Administration in 2008. She completed the chartered accountant course in 2010 and became a registered charted accountant.
Professional experience
Kinga started her career at Deloitte Hungary as an auditor where she coordinated various audits and served clients in different industries (primarily financial and service sector). In 2012 she joined to Aegon CEE BV Hungarian Branch Office (headquarter of Aegon’s East Central European Region) where she has gained 7 years experience in connection to controlling and financial roles. Since 2019 she worked as a CFO at Wáberer Hungary Insurance Company till she joined the team of SQN Trust.
Languages
Hungarian, English
Education
Mark studied humanities at the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church (Hungarian Literature and Linguistics)
and at the University of Pécs (Liberal Arts), and is currently a student at the Faculty of Law at Pázmány Péter Catholic University.
Professional Experience
Mark always lived in the attraction of the law through his family, and has been working for lawyers for several years. His main task
is to manage and coordinate the office, as well as to prepare and assist for more effective legal work; editing of legal documents, related administrative and IT tasks.
Languages
Hungarian, English
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