Éva Kovács

Éva Kovács is an experienced real estate lawyer in Budapest, serving as head of Real Estate and Construction team at Jalsovszky. She specializes in real estate law, mergers & acquisitions, and commercial law, advising on domestic and international clients on complex real estate or corporate structuring, and cross-border transactions. Additionally, the firm’s other practice areas offer a full suite of services in banking & finance, capital markets, employment, IP/IT & data, real estate, dispute resolution, and white-collar crime.

As a real estate lawyer in Budapest, she advises her clients on high-value cross-border acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and transactional negotiations.

Before, Éva began her legal carrier at the Budapest office of a New York based Magic Circle international law firm, helping build their M&A and corporate, as well as Real Estate practices. In 2002, she earned an LL.M. from a prominent New York law school. In addition getting admitted to the Budapest Bar in 2007, she got was admitted to the New York Bar in 2008 after which she practiced law in New York for two years at one of the largest international law firms in the USA.

Éva has worked on a variety of prominent cases, she advised on:

• On land acquisition and negotiation of design and construction contracts regarding landmark buildings in Hungary;
• Domestic and foreign real estate developers and real-estate investors;
• Multi-jurisdictional transactions across Central & Eastern Europe;
• Act as lead counsel on complex real estate developments and tailor-made, lease-anchored facilities in Hungary, where her sector range includes infrastructure, logistics/industrial, office campuses, and retail and hospitality;
• Early stages of several of Hungary’s flagship construction mandates;
• complex, cross-border property deals for major foreign capital alongside domestic counterparties.
• share/asset deals, joint ventures, reorganisations, and cross-border M&A transactions.

Client identities remain confidential, yet the way she directs these matters evidences strong technical skills and strategic judgement.

• Law degree, Miskolc University, Miskolc (2001)
• LL.M., Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo Schoool of Law (2002).
• Licensed attorney, member of the Budapest Bar Association (since 2007).
• Licensed attorney, member of the New York Bar Association, NY, NY USA (since 2008).
• Languages: fluent in English and proficient in Russian.

These qualifications demonstrate her strong professional base and cross-border outlook as a real estate practitioner in Budapest and a commercial law expert in Hungary.

Éva is deeply engaged in mentorship, leadership, and professional discourse:

• Publications and thought leadership
• She regularly contributes articles analyzing Hungarian real estate corp topics
• Speaking engagements and conferences
• She addresses legal audiences at conferences including MIPIM
• Topics include recent issues and trends in real estate law.
• Personal pursuits
• When not working, Éva can be found traveling, on the tennis court, horseback riding, or pursuing culinary adventures—pursuits that strengthen her well-being and professional effectiveness.