Banking & Finance
Europe Guide 2024 : Bulgaria
Band 1
Email address
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+359 2 921 9910About
Provided by CMS
CMS Sofia was founded in 2005. We are currently the largest international law firm on the local market, with almost 30 lawyers. CMS Sofia is the headquarters of CMS in Bulgaria. This means that, in addition to our strong local roots and excellent reputation on the Bulgarian market, we are part of an organisation with over 5000 legal and tax professionals in 40+ countries. All our lawyers work extensively with international colleagues across CMS and specialise in working within industry sectors from the beginning of their careers. As an organisation doing business in Bulgaria you will work with the right combination of lawyers from our full service practice.
Our banking and finance team’s expertise ranges from transactional support to regulatory work. Areas of expertise include regulatory and compliance advice, corporate finance, real estate finance, restructuring/insolvency, project and commodity finance, asset finance and leasing, derivatives, treasury management and capital markets. Our strong knowledge of the sector, combined with our depth and breadth of resources, means that we are able to provide assistance quickly and efficiently.
Chambers Review
CMS is sought after by financial institutions based across the CEE region, Germany and Austria thanks to the firm's strong European network. In Bulgaria it is a leading law firm for a variety of financing matters, including acquisition and real estate finance. The firm also offers experience in portfolio acquisitions and advises international investment banks as well as domestic ones. It offers English as well as Bulgarian law capacity within the team.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team is very hard-working and manages to deliver everything as promised."
"The CMS team has profound expertise in all legal matters related to the deal. It has shown a deep understanding of the commercial terms of the deal, which is of great value when negotiating crucial clauses."
"The team is very hard-working and manages to deliver everything as promised."
"The CMS team has profound expertise in all legal matters related to the deal. It has shown a deep understanding of the commercial terms of the deal, which is of great value when negotiating crucial clauses."
Notable Practitioners
Elitsa Ivanova is a well-regarded lawyer who often advises on project and acquisition financing as well as assisting clients with regulatory matters.
"Elitsa Ivanova is a result-oriented professional with broad commercial awareness."
"She is really good and the level of her service is always among the best."
Gentscho Pavlov is co-managing partner of the Sofia office. He has a robust practice acting on behalf of financial institutions on syndicated refinancings as well as assisting with financial restructuring in the real estate sector.
Ranked Lawyers at
CMS
Bulgaria
Members
Provided by CMS
Clients
Provided by CMS
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
EBRD
Eurobank Bulgaria
IFC
ITF
KBC
OTP Bank
SumUp Payments Limited
The Association of Banks in Bulgaria
The Bulgarian National Bank
UniCredit Bank Austria, UniCredit Bulbank, Erste Bank, MKB
Industries
Provided by CMS
Banks
Consumer products
Energy
Fast consumer lending
Financial institutions
Hotels & Leisure
Real Estate and Construction