In response to a recent series of fraud in the Hungarian investment sector, the Hungarian Parliament amended the Criminal Procedure Code to impose more stringent regulation on asset freezing in case of white collar crimes committed in connection with financial services. The amendment also authorizes courts to freeze managers’, board…
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Dr. Janos Puskas
BrowsingDr. Janos Puskas is an attorney in Baker McKenzie's Budapest office and focuses on compliance and investigations, administrative/regulatory disputes, white collar crime and asset recovery. Janos as an investigation practitioner assists clients with internal and government investigations, anti-corruption due diligence, compliance and ethics inquiries, risk assessment, risk minimization strategies and creating and implementing compliance programs. He also focuses on disclosure issues and represents clients in civil and criminal procedures initiated in relation to compliance violations. Janos has a proven track record in administrative regulatory dispute cases, in which he represented several multinational companies in administrative litigation against the regulator, including extraordinary judicial review procedures before the Supreme Court.