In December 2020, Ecovis Hungary Legal awarded the four “Ecovis Musketeers” for the fourth time. In the program launched in 2017 we award our best colleagues in every year: nominees are selected based on professional achievements, personal development and community participation. Winners of 2020 (from left to right on the picture): dr. Tímea Farkas, Ágnes Vári, dr. Andrea Szigeti-Szabó and dr... »

Dear Clients, Partners and Friends,   We would like to close this year by expressing how thankful we are. In this year, which has been struggling for everyone, human gestures have become more valuable in professional collaborations. We are grateful that we have been able to do our job successfully even facing great challenges and we can look forward to next year with your trust in our... »

Summarizing property law topics, the first Ecovis e-learning curriculum has been completed in November, which will be available as a series of video conference lectures until the end of 2021. As part of the educational program with the accreditation of the Hungarian Bar Association, we launched the lectures in the scope and content fit for credit point training, organized by our expert partner in... »

The bill on the Act CXXX of 2016 on the amendment of the Code of Civil Procedure of Hungary was published on 13th October 2020. The aim of the current changes is to refine and simplify the rules of the procedure. Our colleague has summarized the main changes to be introduced by the bill in a series of articles on the “Jogadó Blog”: In the first article, the main changes proposed in... »

In September, ECOVIS ACADEMY, a comprehensive program for internal training of our coworkers, was relaunched. The initiative is nothing new: we have combined several years of tradition and our development plans, which were frozen this spring due to the pandemic, into a complex training program. The professional and personal development of our colleagues has been supported by the office in many... »

In July we returned to the office and as a first community event we celebrated an anniversary: Veronika Sáfár has been a member of our team for 10 years! We have been looking forward to the ceremony which had been postponed since March due to the state of emergency. Vera has been supporting our office with all her heart and soul: she had begun to work as a receptionist and filing clerk and... »

The omnibus act on the “transitional rules relating to the termination of the state of emergency and health alert” adopted on 16 June 2020 allows for the continuation of several rules promulgated by government decrees during the state of emergency. Our expert lawyer reviewed an important company law topic in his recent article: rules on the restriction on foreign investments in Hungary. To... »

On May 5th, 2020 Vezinfo published Invoicing Handbook 2020 - subtitled: All you need to know about invoicing - written by Dr. Kelemen, László,  Partner at Ecovis Tax Solution Kft. It focuses on mandatory online invoicing entering into force from July 1st, 2020 and January 1, 2021. The 274 page long handbook examines the relevant rules from a billing point of view and provides the... »

What are employers required to do to protect the health of their employees, and what can an employee expect when taking a second job, for example as a courier? Measures adopted by employers to address the economic consequences of the pandemic situation have triggered restructuring in the labor market that requires a strong consideration of health risk issues in addition to labor law provisions... »

Until further governmental actions, Ecovis Hungary Legal does not close its services and will remain at the service of its clients as business as usual. Unless circumstances force us to make a different decision, our work will be conducted primarily at the office under the professional guidance of the managing and equity partner of the law firm. Then, as far as possible, we generally switch to... »