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Torsten Braner, LL.M.
Torsten Braner, LL.M.

Torsten Braner, LL.M.

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Torsten is the Head of our Budapest office. He advises clients from a broad range of industries on corporate and banking & finance law. He’s also recommended for his commercial and employment advice to national and international clients.

Torsten supports you with your corporate and banking & finance needs and provides specialist commercial as well as employment and pensions advice. He works with clients from a wide span of sectors, including consumer & retail, energy, finance, insurance, logistics & transport and technology, media & communications. His support expertise in corporate matters covers the full range of advice, including M&A transactions, syndicate agreements for startups, corporate restructurings and general corporate issues. As regards employment law, he and his team are especially focussed on finding the right solutions for their clients coming from the industries of tomorrow.

Expertise

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Banking & finance
Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Private equity
Venture capital
Employment, pensions & mobility
Restructuring & insolvency
Multi-service
Immigration & mobility
Employment
Pensions
General corporate
Equity capital markets
Joint ventures
Insurance & reinsurance disputes
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Sectors

Logistics & transport
Consumer & retail
Financial institutions & insurance
Technology, media & communications
Insurance
Cryptoassets, blockchain and distributed ledger technology
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CV

Since 2013 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2006 – 2012 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
2005 – 2006 Associate, Squarra & Partos in cooperation with Lovells
2003 – 2004 Associate, Rittershaus, Mannheim and Gassner and Stockmann & Kollegen, Heidelberg, Germany
2002 – 2004 Legal clerkship, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2006 Admitted to the bar, Hungary
2006 Admitted to the bar, Germany
2004 – 2006 Postgraduate studies (LL.M.), European law and comparative law, Andrássy University Budapest
1997 – 2002 Legal studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Career

Since 2013 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2006 – 2012 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
2005 – 2006 Associate, Squarra & Partos in cooperation with Lovells
2003 – 2004 Associate, Rittershaus, Mannheim and Gassner and Stockmann & Kollegen, Heidelberg, Germany
2002 – 2004 Legal clerkship, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Education

2006 Admitted to the bar, Hungary
2006 Admitted to the bar, Germany
2004 – 2006 Postgraduate studies (LL.M.), European law and comparative law, Andrássy University Budapest
1997 – 2002 Legal studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Publications

Hungarian Corporate Law with special regard to the Law concerning the Hungarian Private Limited Company, 3rd edition, Zerb Publishing House, 2015

Numerous articles in Hungarian trade magazines and economic media titles

Memberships & Associations

Budapest Bar Association

Karlsruher Bar Association

Additional languages

English German

Awards

Legal 500 2026

Featured

Recommended lawyer - Banking and finance

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Recommended lawyer - Commercial, corporate & M&A

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer - Employment

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer - Commercial, corporate and M&A

Recommended - "Torsten Braner - stand out partner. Very good knowledge and thorough commercial advice." (Employment)

Recommended lawyer - Employment: "Torsten Braner is not only very deep into his fields of practice but also super-quick and highly pragmatic in answering our questions – with a great understanding of companies’ needs."

Experience

Berenberg Bank on the financing of the Hungarian solar park Szügy

Comprehensive legal advice to German private bank Berenberg regarding the financing and the review of the borrower legal due diligence in connection with the development of the Hungarian solar park "Szügy" (65 MWp) of the international EPC & solar park developer Greencells Group, for which the Berenberg Green Energy Junior Debt Fund III provides junior debt financing for the construction and commissioning phase.

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Wage transparency can’t wait: Why do employers need to take action now?

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