About Szabolcs Mestyán

Szabolcs Mestyán is a partner and head of Lakatos, Köves & Partners’ Banking and Finance Group. He is one of the leading aviation finance lawyers in the C&SEE region, recognised for his commercial insight and technical excellence, with extensive experience in aircraft leasing, structured finance and cross-border aviation transactions. Szabolcs regularly advises international lessors, financiers and airlines on aircraft acquisitions, leasing structures, operating and finance leases, and repossession and enforcement matters. His broader practice includes cross-border banking, capital markets regulation, securitisation, and NPL transactions. He contributed to the EBRD’s “Guidelines for the management of NPLs” and is ranked in leading legal directories for both aviation and financial law.