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Georgiev, Todorov & Co. has successfully represented Sofia's Acibadem City Clinic Multidisciplinary Hospital for Active Treatment Tokuda EAD in a claim against Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Fund for payment for medical care provided by the hospital to health-insured persons above the limits set by the NHIF.

Former Dimitrov, Tchompalov & Todorova partner Katya Todorova has joined CMS Sofia as Head of Capital Markets.

Kinstellar has advised OTP Bank and its Bulgarian subsidiary, DSK Bank, on a EUR 25 million loan provided to Balkan Business Center AD for the construction and operation of the Balkan Business Center office complex in Sofia.

DGKV has advised Bulgarian start-up Nasekomo on the investment into the company of EUR 4 million from VC funds Morningside Hill and New Vision 3 backed by the Fund of Funds in Bulgaria.

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. has assisted with the spin-off of CETIN Bulgaria from PPF Telenor.

Boyanov & Co. has advised the Valea Foundation on the acquisition of a minority capital package in FIB Bank.

Kinstellar has advised Silversmith Capital Partners, a Boston-based growth equity firm, on Appfire’s acquisition of Botron Software, a Bulgaria-based provider of tools that enable enterprise-level change and configuration management within the Jira software platform.

After operating under the brands Andersen Tax, Andersen Legal, and Andersen Tax & Legal, the member firms of Andersen Global in Europe, will now operate under a single brand: "Andersen".

The team of Georgiev, Todorov & Co. Law Offices is constantly monitoring the measures to deal with the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Our legal adviser Vili Datsov prepared detailed information in connection with the latest amendments to the Value Added Tax Act.

CMS has acted for private property investor Strategy Solution Ltd. on its EUR 1.4 million acquisition of a landmark office building in Sofia, Bulgaria, from six private individuals. Terziyski & Partners advised the sellers.

Schoenherr Partners Ilko Stoyanov in Bulgaria and Slaven Moravcevic in Serbia Talk About The Deal of the Year in Bulgaria

It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2019 CEE Deal of the Year Award winners – the most important, complicated, significant, and valuable deals across Central and Eastern Europe.

Anton Petrov, who led the Competition & Regulatory and TMT practices at Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov, has joined the Sofia office of Kinstellar as Of Counsel and Head of TMT.

Georgiev, Todorov & Co has successfully represented the Port of Burgas on appeal of a decision of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission in an administrative dispute regarding a connection to Bulgaria's national electricity transmission grid.

Georgiev, Todorov & Co has advised COMSED JSC, the largest retail chain for toys and children's accessories in Bulgaria, on a change in the ownership structure of the company, following the approval of Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition.

With amendments to the Energy Act, the Bulgarian legislator established a mechanism for reducing the prices of natural gas already delivered for a period in the past for the regulated market for end household and business consumers. The reduction in prices for end consumers is due to an agreement reached between the state public supplier Bulgargaz and the Russian supplier Gazprom Export.

Kinstellar has advised regional property developer Globe Trade Center on negotiations with Germany’s Commerzbank to lease 3,500 square meters of space at Sofia' Advance Business Center II office building, which is expected to open its doors in the fourth quarter of 2020. Boyanov & Co advised Commerzbank on the deal.