Corporate/Commercial
Europe Guide 2024 : Bulgaria
Band 1
Email address
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+359 2 932 1100About
Provided by Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov
- Our experience spans for more than 30 years of advising major domestic and international clients of the law firm in some of the largest M&As and privatizations to ever originate on the Bulgarian market and on the most significant global transactions with Bulgarian law aspects;
- DGKV’s has the largest corporate and M&A team on the Bulgarian legal market with highly qualified and experienced local lawyers. We have 12 partners, 2 counsel and 5 senior associates who spent considerable amount of efforts and time on corporate, commercial and M&A matters;
- DGKV’s team has a superb reputation for advising on local and cross-border M&A transactions in Bulgaria with an impressive track record in the outsourcing, IT, banking, energy, TMT, pharma, and real estate sector;
- What sets us apart:ability to handle large scale transactions requiring simultaneous multidisciplinary approach;
- unique for the Bulgarian legal market combination of sector-specific in-depth knowledge and tailor-made legal services;
- strong local expertise and deep understanding of the Bulgarian legal environment and international business transactions;
- supreme quality of legal service, thoroughness, and uncompromising attention to detail;
- uniquely experienced in providing highly sophisticated and creative structuring solutions in complex transactions.
Chambers Review
Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov has a market-leading practice admired for acting on large-scale cross-border M&A transactions. The department is supported by top-ranked TMT, real estate and energy teams for transactions in those sectors. The law firm also maintains top rankings in competition and employment, enabling it to advise on the full life-cycle of the transaction. The team boasts an impressive client portfolio made up of blue-chip multinational and domestic companies, with particular strength in deals involving the technology sector. The lawyers also have experience acting for private equity and investment firms.
Work Highlights
- DGKV acted for The Rohatyn Group as local counsel on the acquisition from KJK Capital of a majority stake in Leader-96.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The lawyers have strong commercial awareness."
"They were very responsive throughout the process."
"The lawyers have strong commercial awareness."
"They were very responsive throughout the process."
Notable Practitioners
Zdravka Ugrinova is a market-leading lawyer assisting asset management and investment groups as well as corporate clients with acquisitions across a variety of sectors. She also offers notable expertise in incorporating the Bulgarian subsidiaries of multinational companies.
"Zdravka Ugrinova is a strong and sophisticated lawyer."
Ranked Lawyers at
Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov
Bulgaria
Members
Provided by Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov
Elena Shopova
Georgi Gouginski
Ivan Punev
Lilia Kisseva
Marius Velichkov
Maya Mircheva
Omourtag Petkov
Peter Angov
Ralitsa Gougleva
Silviya Apostolova
Valentin Bojilov
Vlada Tsenova
Head of Department
Clients
Provided by Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov
ABN AMRO Capital
AIG-CET
Abbott
Acibadem Sirketler Grubu
Allergan
AmRest Sp. z.o.o
Amdocs
ArcelorMittal Limited
Axxess Capital
Bank Austria
British American Tobacco
Broadnet
Bunge
CallPoint Limited
CallPoint New Europe
Carlsberg Breweries A/S
Central Europe Media Enterprises
China CEFC Energy Company Limited
Chipi Bulgaria
Cineworld
City Hospitals and Clinics Sarl
Cleantech I SE
Coffeeheaven Holdings Limited (part of Costa group)
ContourGlobal L.P.
Dalkia
Deutsche Telecom
EBRD
Edmond De Rothschild Private Equity Management Ltd.
Enel Green Power
Equinix
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd
Ford Motor Company
GE Commercial Finance
HVB Bank Bulgaria
Hewlett-Packard International Sàrl
Hitachi Solutions
Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp.
IFC
ING
ING Bank N.V.
KBC Bank
KBC Insurance
Konica Minolta Business Solutions
MKB
Magyar Telekom Rt
Merck KGaA
Michigan Magnetics Inc.
Mid Europa Partners Limited
Miller Development
Mitsui & Co. Ltd.
Molson Coors Brewing Company
Mundus Services
Novator Partners LLP
OTE International S.A.
Olympia Development
PCCW Limited
Paddy Power, plc
Palfinger GmbH
PepsiCo International
Petrotechnical Data Systems B.V.
PharmaSwiss Bulgaria
Pharmastore pharmacies chain
Pirelli RE&C
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
Progress Software
RWE Power AG
Raiffeisen Energy & Environment
STEAG
Sanoma B.V.
Solar World Aquiris S.A.R.L.
State General Reserve Fund of Oman
Taylor Corporation
TeleTech Holdings, Inc.
Telenor
Teracom A
The Bulgarian Post Privatization Fund
Third Point LLC
Tymbark Maspex Romania SRL
VMware, Inc.
Verint Systems Inc
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc
ČEZ
Hitachi Solutions
Industries
Provided by Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov
Automobiles & Parts
Banks
Commercial & Professional Services
Construction & Materials
Education
Energy
Financial Services
Food & Drink Producers
Government
Health Care
Industrial Engineering
Insurance
Media
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Real Estate
Retail
Software & Computer Services
Technology, Hardware & Electronics
Telecommunications
Utilities