Kristóf Ferenczi

Kristóf has substantial experience in energy and natural resources related transactions, including transactions in the electricity, natural gas and district heating sectors, the implementation of major conventional power plant projects and renewable energy development projects, as well as in advising on national and European energy regulatory issues. In addition, he has also gained considerable experience in the field of private M&A and privatisation transactions.

Kristóf is also an arbitrator of the Permanent Court of Arbitration for Energy and has extensive experience in advising on energy sector related contentious matters, including international and domestic arbitration matters, litigation and mediation, in particular in the electricity and natural gas sectors.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES

• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on the USD 8 billion long-term natural gas sale and purchase transaction in the Black Sea region
• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on the acquisition of 98.99% of the registered capital and voting rights in the Hungarian company Tigázfrom the Italian oil & gas giant Eni, including its gas distribution operations in Hungary
• A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT on the establishment of a HUF 97.5 billion 430,000 sqm greenfield electric vehicle battery factory in Hungary

EDUCATION

• 2000 – 2001: Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg, France, Postgraduate studies in Business Law
• 1995 – 2000: University Eötvös Loránd, Budapest, Hungary, Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Law
• 1993 – 1995: United World College of the Adriatic, Duino, Italy, International Baccalaureate Diploma

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Budapest Bar Association

LANGUAGES

Hungarian, English, French, Italian

PUBLICATIONS

• The first handbook on the operation and regulation of the Hungarian natural gas sector, Complex Wolters Kluwer, 2013 (co-author)