Boyanov & Co. — Bulgaria

About

The firm: BOYANOV & Co. is recognised as a top business law firm for doing business in Southeast Europe. Since 1990, the firm has advised on numerous landmark transactions. Clients exceed 4,000 and include large local and foreign businesses, IFIs, and governments. BOYANOV & Co. has consistently been ranked by all major legal directories as a market leader for the excellence of its services, drawing on years of experience in a wide range of areas of law, and the brilliance of its professionals. BOYANOV & Co. has established itself as a regional player in Southeast Europe and it won the Law Firm of the Year for Eastern Europe and the Balkans at The Lawyer European Awards. In March 2021, BOYANOV & Co. was successfully certified by Lloyd’s Register to the following three ISO standards: - ISO 9001 (Quality Management) - ISO 22301 (Security аnd Resilience — Business Continuity Management System) - ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security Management) The ISO certifications re-confirmed BOYANOV & Co. Law Firm’s continuous effort and commitment to invest in its internal systems, offer full transparency, and provide outstanding quality legal services to its clients. Areas of practice: BOYANOV & Co. provides a broad range of legal services with particular strength in M&A, corporate, banking and finance, restructuring, energy and natural resources, TMT, intellectual property, competition, real estate, and dispute resolution. Its experience in industries as diverse as aviation, banking and insurance, branded goods, food and beverages, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail and wholesale trade and distribution, mining, telecommunications, IT and media allows it to have unique insight and sound knowledge of its clients’ businesses, and their respective markets, as well as the ability to transfer successful solutions across borders. With ten partners heading various specialised practice areas and a pool of talented and devoted associates, BOYANOV & Co. is capable of putting together strong interdisciplinary teams that can handle complex legal assignments, ranging from major M&A or financial transactions to complex litigation or competition cases, in a timely and cost-efficient manner oriented at delivering solutions. Being the founders of legal institutions such as the Legal Development Foundation, and the Balkan Legal Forum, BOYANOV & Co. strives to assist in the formation of a new generation of modern lawyers in Southeastern Europe, holding the highest ethical standards and professionalism. An illustration of these efforts is the Balkan Legal Forum, initiated by the firm in 2000 and supported by the International Bar Association, which became “the most important legal event in the region”. BOYANOV & Co. is also the initiator and co-founder of the top-ranked South East Europe Legal Group (SEE Legal) – the largest and longest-running legal service provider in SEE. ### Languages - Bulgarian - English - French - German - Russian - Spanish ### Memberships - SEE Legal Group - World Services Group - Ius Laboris - American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria - German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce - the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Indian-Bulgarian Business Chamber - the Maltese Bulgarian Business Chamber - ABA (American Bar Association) - IBA (International Bar Association) - INTA - International Trademark Association ### Staffing Figures - 46 Number of lawyers

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Lawyers in this office

Alexander Chatalbashev

• Partner, Head of Energy & Natural Resources • Corporate, regulatory, energy and natural resources, insurance, gaming law. · Energy & Natural Resources

Borislav Boyanov

• Managing Partner, BOYANOV & Co. Law Firm · Foreign Investment

Borislav Notovsky

• Partner; • Corporate, Commercial, and Real estate law, Mergers and acquisitions; · Corporate / M&A

Damian Simeonov

• Partner, Co-Head of Banking & Finance• Finance, M&A, TMT, Foreign Investments, Corporate · Banking & Finance

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Dipl. Eng. Georgitsa Petkova

Senior associate, Dispute resolution, Property;Group Leader of Constuction Law. · Dispute Resolution

Kina Chuturkova

• Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution • Litigation, Arbitration, Contracts, Pharma, IP Rights. · Dispute Resolution

Nickolay Nickolov

• Partner, Head of Real Estate & Infrastructure;• Real estate and infrastructure, Corporate, Dispute resolution. · Real Estate

Nikolay Zisov

Partner; Corporate, Company law, M&A, Foreign Investments, IT, TMT, IP;Group Leader of the Tech Group. · Corporate / M&A

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Peter Petrov

• Partner, Head of Competition and Antitrust;• Commercial, Competition, Corporate, Financial markets, Employment, TMT. · Competition & Antitrust

Radoslav Alexandrov

Partner; Head of Employment · Dispute Resolution

Raina Dimitrova

• Partner, Head of Commercial • Aircraft finance, commercial, procurement, TMT. · Aircraft Finance

Ralitsa Nedkova

Senior Associate; Finance, TMT, M&A, Corporate. · Banking & Finance

Svetlina Kortenska

Counsel; Banking, Corporate, Capital markets, Energy and natural resources. · Banking & Finance

Violeta Kirova

Senior associate; Employment, Corporate, Commercial, Dispute Resolution · Employment

Yordan Naydenov

• Partner, Head of Corporate and M&A;• Corporate law, Mergers and acquisitions, Foreign investments, Banking, Commercial law, Antitrust and fair competition, Tax;• Structuring, processing and completion of transactions in the acquisition and transfer of businesses; legal due diligence, greenfield projects and investments – structuring, advice on the appropriate forms and requirements; regulatory procedures – banking sector, underground resources, financial markets, etc.; privatisation transactions, acquisition and merger of banks, tax advice and litigation, etc. · Corporate / M&A