About

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  • DGKV’s employment team excels as one of the few stand-alone employment law practices on the Bulgarian market. Our employment lawyers are heavily involved in providing legal field specific knowledge to our clients with a view to optimizing every aspect of their operations in Bulgaria and strive to ensure that their specific employment needs are met in an ever-changing business world.
  • Apart from their work in the practice, the lawyers involved in the Employment Law Practice Group derive unique benefit from the opportunity to be part of large transaction teams. DGKV’s exposure to a large number of projects and international experience has enabled DGKV employment lawyers to develop profound expertise in a great variety of employment law matters (both locally specific and in the context of international regulations). 
  • DGKV’s employment and social security team has represented clients in the whole spectrum of employment law issues that may arise in the course of operations of an entity in Bulgaria - in the individual as well as collective labour relations, including handling both individual and collective labour disputes, immigration and work permit requirements for expatriate employees. 
  • DGKV employment attorneys provide pro bono advice to educational institutions and Non-Governmental organizations.​

Chambers Review

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Employment - Bulgaria
1
Band 1
What the team is known for

Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov's market-leading employment practice has wide-ranging expertise covering various industry sectors. The high-capacity team is able to handle large-scale projects for major international employers such as employment issues arising from corporate restructuring and downsizing, including employee transfers and contract terminations. The team also assists with renegotiations of employment agreements and employee dismissals, as well as advising on the formation of HR compliance policies and flexible working schemes. Its expertise further includes data protection and outsourcing matters. The firm's client base includes organisations from a wide range of industries such as manufacturing, technology, pharmaceuticals and media.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Youliana O Naoumova
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Youliana O Naoumova
Head of Employment
2
Band 2

Youliana Naoumova co-heads the employment department and assists a range of international clients with the full gamut of employment issues.

"Youliana is highly experienced in the area of employment, very commercially minded and able to apply her knowledge in a very pragmatic way to resolve any dilemmas and issues."

"She is a brilliant and very helpful resource."

Ranked Lawyers at
Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov

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Employment

Youliana O Naoumova
2
Youliana O Naoumova
Head of Employment
2
Band 2

Members

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Elena Ivanova

Iliyan Kostov

Ivan Punev

Lilia Kisseva

Silviya Apostolova

Teya Shikrenova

Youliana O Naoumova

Youliana O Naoumova

Head of Department

Clients

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888 Digital

ABB

ABBVIE

ALLERGAN Inc.

Abbott Laboratories

Accor Services Bulgaria

Actavis

Ajilon Consulting Limited

Amdocs

Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.

Aventis Pharma International S.A.

BMW Group

BNP Paribas Bulgaria

Bloomberg L.P.

Bunge

C3/CustomerContactChannels, Inc.

Cable & Wireless

Carlsberg Breweries A/S

Chevron

Coca Cola Enterprises

Dell Europe

Deutsche Telekom AG

Discovery Communications Europe

E.ON AG

Forex Capital Markets

General Electric

General Motors Holding

GlaxoSmithKline

ITT Defence Limited

International Personal Finance

Legrand

Lidl Bulgaria & Co.

Malév Hungarian Airlines

Marks & Spencer Group

Merck KGaA

Metro AG

Michigan Magnetics Inc.

Mini Maritsa Iztok

OMV Bulgaria

OnProcess Technology, Inc.

PALFINGER Produktionstechnik Bulgaria

Rail Cargo Austria AG

SITEL GmbH

SKF

Sanbolic Inc.

Star Foods

TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries

VMware Bulgaria

William Hill

ČEZ, a.s.

Industries

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Aerospace & Defence

Automobiles & Parts

Banks

Chemicals

Commercial & Professional Services

Construction & Materials

Consumer Product Manufacturing

Energy

Financial Services

Food & Drink Producers

Health Care

Media

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Retail

Software & Computer Services

Technology, Hardware & Electronics

Telecommunications

Transportation

Travel & Leisure

Utilities