Horváth & Partners DLA Piper adds 2 tax specialists

International law firm Horváth & Partners DLA Piper has hired 2 tax specialists. [private]

Before joining DLA Piper, Levente Torma (32) headed the Budapest tax practice of Allen & Overy, which hired him from the Budapest office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. He has extensive experience in national and international taxation and tax planning especially in tax-driven corporate restructuring, M&A, tax litigation, EC tax laws, taxation of financial instruments, tax driven asset finance, employee remuneration schemes, transfer pricing and VAT. Levente Torma’s responsibility will be to further expand the growing tax group.

László Bóné (32) has joined DLA Piper from the Budapest office of CMS Cameron McKenna. Formerly, he worked as a tax advisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has extensive experience in corporate law and specializes in cross border M&A transactions. He regularly advises domestic and international clients operating in the commercial, industrial and financial sectors. László Bóné’s will work in the corporate group, a core practice of the firm.[/private] Horváth & Partners DLA Piper is a business law firm which provides its international and domestic clients with integrated legal services, relying on its lawyers’ international experience and local expertise in an increasingly competitive Hungarian business environment. Since its foundation in 1988, the law firm has established its reputation for corporate and finance & projects work. Its real estate, commercial and media practices are also making a significant impact on the market.

DLA Piper is one of the most dynamically growing global legal service providers, which has 66 offices in 28 countries worldwide. The London and Chicago-based firm was ranked as the most active law firm on global M&A deals in 2008 by M&A intelligence service mergermarket.com.