Dr. Gergő Molnár

Education:

• University of Miskolc, Law Faculty (2001)
• Hungarian Chamber of Auditors tax consultant training, tax expert certificate (2003)

Practice Area:

• Banking law
• Corporate law
• Corporate workout matters

Super Skill:

• Wealth planning

Dr Gergő Zsolt Molnár specializes in banking law, pharmaceutical law, and corporate workout matters. Furthermore, he possesses substantial expertise in data protection law, employment law, and corporate law, in addition to his primary focus areas.

Dr Molnár earned his degree from the Faculty of Law and Political Studies at Miskolc University, Hungary, in 2001. In 2003, he successfully completed the tax advisor training program at the Hungarian Chamber of Auditors, obtaining a tax expert certificate.

His legal career commenced at the law office of Dr Péter Bányai, followed by nine years at Dr B. Szabó Gábor and Partners, before he joined the Hungarian legal team at Ecovis in 2011. In 2023, he initiated his legal practice at Aliant.

He has been a member of the Budapest Bar Association since 2005 and served as the chairman of its Admission Committee from 2012 to 2018. Since 2020, he has acted as a censor on the state bar exam committee specializing in economic law.

His primary area of legal expertise lies in economic law. He has gained extensive experience in legal matters concerning the distribution and sale of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, encompassing special competition law, consumer protection issues, and contracts negotiated with healthcare providers.

In labour law, one of his core competencies is representing employers, which includes drafting various labour bylaws, skilfully managing restructuring and downsizing processes, and providing representation in court.

He possesses expertise in all aspects of company law, including company formation, amendments, mergers, spin-offs, and winding-up proceedings. Moreover, he is a specialist in the unique field of trademark law.

He is proficient in Hungarian, English, German, and Italian.

He consistently shares his practical insights and informative legal opinions in blog articles on Jogadó Blog and Wolters Kluwer Jogászvilág, showcasing his expertise in various areas of law.

Education

• Eötvös Loránd University of Science Faculty of Law
  Legal doctor, law
• Further education, USA, UK, Italy

Super Skill

Trust expert

Practice Areas

• Wealth planing
• Tax planing
• Asset protection

Curriculum Vitae

Formerly as a practicing lawyer since 1989, currently as managing partner of Primus Trust Corp. I provide trust and fiduciary services protecting clients’ assets, privacy and business interests while achieving the most optimal tax result.

Chambers and Partners rated me as Top Ranked HNW Advisor in 2019. One of the most influential Hungarian business magazine “Haszon” (“Profit”) appraised me as one of the top 100 Hungarian attorneys.

I am a co-author of the best-selling industry books on the Hungarian Trust and on the Hungarian Asset Management Foundation. I am also a regular correspondent of several professional journals, including Offshore Investment, the leading publication of this field.

Since 2012, I have been a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and served as Vice Chairman of STEP Hungary since its foundation in 2014.

During my whole career, I have been focusing on providing bespoken services for high-net-worth individuals finding the best structure for their business needs.

I am a founding managing partner of Primus Trust Corp., the market leader Hungarian trust service company.

I design, implement and maintain structures for my clients that provide:

– full asset protection,
– absolute privacy,
– safe returns of managed assets,
– tax benefits, and
– legal certainty.

My focus areas are:

– wealth management,
– tax and estate planning,
– trust management,
– asset and privacy protection, and
– cross border transactions.

Education

• Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics )
  LLM, International Tax Law
• Eötvös Loránd University of Science Faculty of Law
  Legal doctor, law
• Central European University Budapest, Cardozo Law School (New York)
  Constitutional law and International Business Law
• University of Ghent, Belgium
  International Common Law, EU Law and International Arbitration Law

Super Skill

Trust Expert

Practice Areas

• Wealth planing
• Tax planing
• Asset protection

Curriculum Vitae

As managing Partner of Primus Trust Corp. I provide bespoken trust & fiduciary services to protect the clients’ assets, privacy, business interest and achieve the most optimal tax result.

Chambers and Partners rated me as Top Ranked HNW Advisor for HNWI four times in row since 2016. One of the most influential Hungarian business magazine “Haszon” appraised me as one of the top 100 Hungarian attorneys.

I’m a co-author of two best-selling industry books about the Hungarian Trust and about the Hungarian Asset Management Foundation, as well as I have been a publicist of Trust and Trustees, Global Foundation Review published by Oxford Journals since 2015. I’m also one of the authors of the following industry books “Limits to tax planning” (Linde Verlag 2013), “The trust” (HVG-ORAC 2014 and 2018), “Business Law in Hungary” (Patrocinium 2016), Introduction of the Trust in Hungary and the International Practice (HVG-Orac 2017).

Since 2011 I’ve been a member of STEP and served as chairman of STEP Hungary since its foundation until 2019.

At St. Stephan University I’ve been a lecturer of the trustee program and HC. Assistant Professor of the University since 2016.

During my whole career I’ve been focusing on to provide bespoken services for high net wealth individuals finding the best structure for their business needs. I know and understand taxation and financial reporting as I studied international taxation in Vienna University of Economics.

I’m a founding managing partner of Primus Trust Corp. the market leader Hungarian trust service company and Aliant-Menyhei Law firm.

I design, implement and maintain structures for my clients that provide:

– full asset protection,
– absolute privacy,
– tax benefits, and
– legal certainty.

Specialties:

– wealth management,
– tax and estate planning,
– trust management,
– estate protection, and
– cross border transactions.