DGKV has advised Patisha AD, a Bulgarian infrastructure construction company, on the sale of a 90% stake in the company to Zavodski Stroeji PS Pazardzhik EAD, a construction company in the Pazardzhik region of Southern Bulgaria.

DGKV and Greenberg Traurig have advised QuickBase Inc., backed by Vista Equity Partners, on its acquisition of CloudPipes Group Ltd. Tokushev & Partners and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe advised CloudPipes and the company's sellers — four institutional investors, three founders, and four employees — on the deal.

On 27 June 2019 the Commission on the Protection of Competition (CPC) issued a decision in which it penalised funeral agency Elida MG EOOD (formerly Pokoy-1945 EOOD) for failing to comply with an earlier CPC decision. Such cases in which an undertaking fails to comply with a CPC decision and is therefore fined again are extremely rare due to the substantial pecuniary penalties which may be imposed on violators.

Former McGregor & Partners Partner Asya Vladimirova has joined the IP practice at Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. in Sofia.

Georgiev, Todorov & Co has advised Gazprom Export LLC on the termination of employment contracts with some of the company's employees in Bulgaria.

Arsov Natchev Ganeva has been selected as part of a consortium with Deloitte Bulgaria to advise the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance on the effective application of EU State Aid rules to the provision of Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) in Bulgaria.

Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov has advised Dohle Trading Group Holding LLC & Co. LP, the German founder and operator of HIT hypermarkets, on the June 2019 sale of its Bulgarian subsidiary to Rodna Zemya Holding AD, which was advised by Boyanov & Co.

Bulgarian legislation on the legal cultivation of cannabis could make for interesting reading. Some readers might feel that the regulations and definitions are “the most hilarious things ever.” This ar-ticle aims to show why.

Velchev & Co has represented Philip Morris in the Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria in a dispute with Georgia's Standard Tobacco Incorporated regarding the registration of the Parliament trademark.

Pavel Hristov opened the doors of Bulgaria’s Hristov & Partners law firm in 2013. Since then, his firm has grown steadily, and today competes on even terms with the long-established powers on the Bulgarian law firm market. We sat down with Hristov, himself a highly-regarded commercial lawyer, to learn about his firm’s history, strategy, and success.

In The Corner Office we ask Managing Partners across CEE about their unique roles and responsibilities. The question this time around: How do you do performance reviews, and how important are they to the planning and management of the firm?”

Kinstellar has advised a consortium led by French infrastructure fund Meridiam on its winning bid for the 35-year concession to manage the Sofia Airport.

Boyanov & Co in Bulgaria, NNDKP in Romania, and the Polenak Law Firm in North Macedonia have advised Norway's LINK Mobility Group on its June 29, 2019 acquisition of all five of Allterco's telecommunications subsidiaries in Bulgaria, Romania, and North Macedonia. Bulgaria's Forlexa law firm reportedly advised Allterco on the deal.

Vassilev & Partners has expanded its services by providing advice to companies in financial difficulty, as well as those that have been declared insolvent and those experiencing difficulty collecting receivables from insolvent debtors.

Tsvetkova Bebov Komarevski has advised Deutsche Bahn Bulgarian subsidiary DB Cargo Bulgaria EOOD, a licensed Bulgarian railway cargo operator, on the acquisition of assets of the insolvent railway rolling stock repair company VRZ Karlovo.

Kambourov & Partners has assisted Petroceltic International PLC with its sale of Petroceltic Bulgaria EOOD, the company's Bulgarian subsidiary, to an unidentified third party.

CMS Sofia has successfully convinced Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court to repeal a regulatory decision by the Bulgarian Energy and Water Regulatory Commission in favor of biomass producer Eco Energy Management Ltd.

Bojovic Draskovic Popovic & Partners and the other members of the South East Legal Alliance have become official partners of Italy's Grimaldi Alliance.