Practice Areas

Support throughout the business lifecycle for international investors in Bulgaria: market-entry structuring, incorporation, branches and representative offices, joint ventures, corporate transformations and transfers of businesses. Due diligence, negotiation and structuring of M&A transactions and restructurings, corporate governance and relations between shareholders.

Merger clearance, antitrust compliance and prevention of prohibited agreements. Representation before the Commission for Protection of Competition in unfair competition, advertising and merger control proceedings.

Terms and conditions, consumer claims and representation before the Commission for Consumer Protection and in appeals against its decisions. Advance review of promotions, advertising campaigns and prize draws.

Licences, operating permits and planning approvals in regulated sectors.

Challenges to administrative acts at every level, from ministerial orders to municipal decisions, before the administrative courts and the Supreme Administrative Court. Detailed development plans and construction documents, regulatory decisions, public procurement, financial corrections, compulsory administrative measures and administrative penalties. We represent both those affected by administrative acts and the authorities issuing them.

Bid structuring, proposal analysis and contract management for Bulgarian and European projects; challenges to award decisions and financial corrections. Advice to contracting authorities on tender documentation, evaluation committees and the procurement procedure as a whole.

Transactions, structuring, tax aspects, title due diligence, property disputes, land-use planning and the construction process.

International personnel, employment compliance, management contracts, employee benefits and trade union relations; employment disputes at every level of the court system.

Regulatory and operational advice to banks, leasing companies and non-bank financial institutions; letters of credit, bank guarantees, loans, mortgages and registered pledges.

Establishment, licensing and regulatory compliance, insurance and reinsurance claims.

VAT, excise duties, cross-border structures, tax planning and compliance; tax audits and inspections, administrative and judicial appeals against tax assessment acts, and customs disputes.

Conventional and renewable energy, nuclear energy, natural resources, environmental matters, petroleum, biofuels, water infrastructure, district heating and radioactive waste. FIDIC contracts and the financing and development of electricity and natural gas projects.

Award and performance of concessions, mineral prospecting and exploration rights, challenges to refusals, concession agreement disputes and transfers of rights.

Representation of creditors and debtors at every stage: lodging claims, creditors’ meetings, realisation of assets and actions to recover assets for the insolvency estate. Cross-border proceedings within the EU.

Order for payment, litigation and interim relief proceedings; enforcement through a nationwide network of enforcement officers, including enforcement of registered pledges.

Representation at every level of the Bulgarian courts and in arbitration. Cross-border asset protection and advice on Bulgarian law in proceedings before foreign and international courts.

A distinct practice serving individuals, leasing companies and businesses affected by banking and insurance fraud, document-related offences, money laundering and other financial crime.