Mihaly K Varga

Mihaly holds a Master’s Degree in Humanities and Languages of the University of ELTE in Budapest and earned a Diploma in professional Services Marketing from the Chartered institute of Marketing (UK). He participated in numerous professional training programs including a mini-MBA at the Said Business School (UK).

Mihaly is a Budapest-based partner and professional services sector consultant specialized in law firm strategy and business development. He is the founder of Laurens Consulting, which is a CEE-based global consultancy advising law firms on all aspects of practice management including strategy setting and implementation issues, operating in collaboration with Venturis Consulting Group. Mihaly has developed an in-depth understanding of the legal sector gaining management and hands-on implementation experience while holding executive positions at Clifford Chance (1998-2007), DLA Piper (2010-2013), and Noerr (2014-2023) with a wide-ranging responsibility for the CEE region. Mihaly has advised the leadership teams of leading international firms on their market entries in Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic and Hungary focusing on the creation of an integrated regional practice, which involved the development of regional practice groups and regional industry groups. At Noerr, he was responsible for managing the regional CEE key client program of the Firm, which involved the coordination of Research and Intelligence, People Development, Marketing and Business Development as well as Product Development and Know-How Management across regional markets. Examples of  experience: - advised Kinstellar, a regional independent law firm in relation to their acquisition of three offices of an international law office. - advised an independent Nigerian law firm, SPA Ajibade & Co, in relation to reviewing their strategy and operations and making recommendations for performance improvement including people, operations and client development. - advised Pinsent Masons in relation to their market entry into Poland. - advised a Vienna-based tax and accountancy firm building their international network and expansion strategy. - advised a London Headquartered tax advisory network developing their international strategy.