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Konstantin Bochkarev Becomes Head of TMC Practice at CMS

Konstantin Bochkarev Becomes Head of TMC Practice at CMS

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Konstantin Bochkarev is joining the Moscow office of CMS as the Head of Technology, Media, and Communications. 

CMS describes Bochkarev as having "over 14 years of experience in advising top-tier Russian and multinational companies, internet start-ups and venture funds on intellectual property, data protection, software, media, technology, and general corporate matters."

Before joining CMS, Bochkarev worked for almost two years as the Head of IP and Technology in Russia and CIS for PwC, and for a little over two years as Head of Business and Legal Affairs for Wargaming.net in Cyprus. He also spent several years with both White & Case and Hogan Lovells.

Bochkarev holds a degree in Law from the Lomonosov Moscow State University and an LL.M. degree in Law, Science and Technology from Stanford. 

 

CMS at a Glance

CMS Sofia is a full-service law firm, the largest international law firm in Bulgaria and one of the largest providers of legal services in the local market as a whole. The breadth and depth of our practice means that our lawyers are specialised, with a level of specialisation that few of our competitors can match.

CMS Sofia is the Bulgarian branch of CMS, a top ten global legal and tax services provider with over 5000 lawyers in 43 countries and 78 offices across the world.

CMS entered the Bulgarian market as one of the first internationally active law firms in 2005 and is now among the most respected legal advisors in the country. We have 7 partners, 4 counsel and over 30 lawyers in our office in Sofia.

Our legal experts, who are rooted in Bulgaria’s local culture, can also draw on years of experience in foreign countries and are at home in several legal systems at once. We know the particularities of the local market just as well as the needs of our clients and combine both to achieve optimum solutions. Our lawyers are Bulgarian qualified and we also have English qualified experts – all of them regularly working on cross-border mandates.

In our work, we focus on M&A, Energy, Projects and Construction, Banking and Finance, Real Estate, Media, IP and IT law, Tax, Employment law, Competition, Procurement and any kind of Dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation. What’s more, we also take care of the entire legal management of our clients’ projects.

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