Next generation legal services
Next generation legal services
CLEAR. SIMPLE. EFFICIENT.
CLEAR. SIMPLE. EFFICIENT.
Next Generation Law Firm
Hristov & Partners
We believe in working hard every day for the privilege to be the trusted legal adviser to foreign investors in Bulgaria.
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OUR RECOGNITIONS
DOING BUSINESS IN BULGARIA
Who we are
We are the response to the ever increasing market demand for reliable, flexible and efficient legal services. We deliver simplicity in the current complex legal and regulatory framework. Our clients rely on simple answers and clear, commercially sensible legal advice.
With our international experience we help our clients reduce their costs and risks related to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate and commercial transactions, competition and antitrust, regulatory compliance, public procurement and international disputes.
We are recognized and ranked by the leading international legal directories: The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and IFLR 1000.
Our values
A true business partner
We invest time and energy to establish close, two-sided relationships with our clients. Our clients know that they can rely not only on high technical legal expertise, but on a quality legal advice translated into their own business context.
Easy to communicate with
We are a compact, well-organized and dedicated team, reliable and easy to communicate with. We make it easy and simple to work with us. We understand legal complexity and can explain it in clear terms.
Efficiency
Clients receive our partners’ full attention. At least one of our partners or senior counsel is hands on involved in each and every matter we deal with. This allows us to take full responsibility to manage the process and provide practicable solutions in a timely and cost-efficient manner.
Testimonials
We are recognized and ranked by the leading international legal directories: The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and IFLR 1000
THE ‘SUPERB’ HRISTOV & PARTNERS ‘UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS OF MULTINATIONALS AND THE DRIVERS OF A TRANSACTION’.
The Legal 500 EMEA 2016
GREAT ATTITUDE AND DEEP COMMERCIAL UNDERSTANDING. IT IS A PLEASURE TO COMMUNICATE AND DO BUSINESS WITH HRISTOV & PARTNERS.
IFLR1000 EMEA 2017
HRISTOV & PARTNERS HAVE ALWAYS IMPRESSED ME WITH THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD THEIR CLIENTS AND THEIR STRICT COMMITMENTS TO DEADLINES. ALSO THE WAY THEY COMMUNICATE COMPLICATED LEGAL MATTERS TO US IS QUITE UNDERSTANDABLE WHICH MAKES MY JOB MUCH EASIER. THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY HRISTOV & PARTNERS IS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND ESPECIALLY THEIR RESPONSIVENESS AND BUSINESS UNDERSTANDING.
IFLR1000 EMEA 2017
I LIKE THEIR DEDICATION AND SPEED.
IFLR1000 EMEA 2016
HRISTOV AND PARTNERS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BASED ON THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, SPEED AND QUALITY OF ADVICE, VALUE FOR MONEY AND OVERALL BECAUSE OF THE VALUE ADDED ELEMENT TO THE SERVICES THEY HAVE PERFORMED. NOT JUST A LAW PRACTICE BUT A GENUINE BUSINESS PARTNER.
Head of department of a multinational transportation solutions company
GREAT ATTITUDE AND DEEP COMMERCIAL UNDERSTANDING. IT IS A PLEASURE TO COMMUNICATE AND DO BUSINESS WITH HRISTOV & PARTNERS
IFLR 1000, 2017
HRISTOV & PARTNERS HAVE ALWAYS IMPRESSED ME WITH THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD THEIR CLIENTS AND THEIR STRICT COMMITMENTS TO DEADLINES. ALSO THE WAY THEY COMMUNICATE COMPLICATED LEGAL MATTERS TO US IS QUITE UNDERSTANDABLE WHICH MAKES MY JOB MUCH EASIER. THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY HRISTOV & PARTNERS IS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND ESPECIALLY THEIR RESPONSIVENESS AND BUSINESS UNDERSTANDING.
IFLR 1000, 2017
PAVEL HRISTOV IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE DESPITE HEAVY WORKLOAD, SMOOTH COMMUNICATOR, COMMERCIALLY SAVVY.
IFLR 1000, 2017
PAVEL HRISTOV HEADS THE CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL PRACTICE AT HRISTOV & PARTNERS, AND ASCENDS THE RANKINGS FOLLOWING COMMENTS THAT HE IS "SUPER RESPONSIVE AND RELIABLE." SPECIALISING IN BOTH M&A AND COMPETITION LAW MATTERS, HE IS ALSO COMMENDED FOR HIS "… INTERNATIONAL MINDSET.
Chambers & Partners Global, 2017
PAVEL HRISTOV OF HRISTOV & PARTNERS IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON BULGARIAN MERGER CONTROL ASPECTS OF OFTEN CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS. CLIENTS ADMIRE HIS ABILITY TO "EXPLAIN COMPLICATED LEGAL MATTERS IN SIMPLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE LANGUAGE.
Chambers & Partners Europe, 2017
THE ‘SUPERB’ HRISTOV & PARTNERS ‘UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS OF MULTINATIONALS AND THE DRIVERS OF A TRANSACTION’. IT ACTED AS SOLE LOCAL COUNSEL TO CITRIX SYSTEMS ON ITS ACQUISITION OF BOSTON AND SOFIA-BASED VIRTUAL STORAGE COMPANY SANBOLIC. NAME PARTNER PAVEL HRISTOV IS ‘A CORPORATE LAWYER OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD’, AND ‘NEVER MISSES A DEADLINE’
The Legal 500 EMEA, 2016
PAVEL HRISTOV OF HRISTOV & PARTNERS COMBINES CORPORATE AND COMPETITION EXPERTISE TO ACT ON A NUMBER OF MERGER FILING CASES, OFTEN ON A CROSS-BORDER LEVEL. THIS RECENTLY INCLUDED ASSISTING CITRIX SYSTEMS WITH THE ACQUISITION OF SANBOLIC, INCLUDING THE TARGET'S MAJOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE IN BULGARIA, ACTING ON THE COMPETITION COMPLIANCE ASPECTS OF THE TRANSACTION. HIS PRACTICE ALSO EXTENDS TO CARTEL AND ABUSE OF DOMINANCE INVESTIGATIONS.
Chambers & Partners Europe, 2016
CLIENTS DESCRIBE PAVEL HRISTOV OF HRISTOV & PARTNERS AS "EXTREMELY PROMPT AND THOROUGH," ADDING: "HE EXPLAINS ALL COMPLEXITIES IN A CASE VERY COMPREHENSIVELY." HE FREQUENTLY ACTS FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS AND MULTINATIONAL CLIENTS ON MARKET ENTRY ACQUISITIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE ENERGY SECTOR.
Chambers & Partners Global, 2016
THE FIRM FOCUSES ON CORPORATE M&A TRANSACTIONS, AS WELL AS COMPETITION AND ANTI-TRUST. HRISTOV&PARTNERS HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, QUICKLY GETTING TO THE CORE OF THE PROBLEM AND PROVIDING A GOOD SOLUTION. I LIKE THEIR DEDICATION AND SPEED.
IFLR 1000 EMEA, 2016
HRISTOV & PARTNERS, WHICH HAS ‘DEEP INDUSTRY AND MARKET KNOWLEDGE’, ACTED FOR SUNEDISON ON THE ACQUISITION OF A 50% INDIRECT INTEREST IN A GROUP OF COMPANIES OPERATING AND DEVELOPING PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY PROJECTS. TEAM HEAD PAVEL HRISTOV IS ‘AN OUTSTANDING, COMMERCIALLY MINDED LAWYER WITH EXCELLENT UNDERSTANDING OF BUSINESS GOALS AND CORPORATE CULTURE’.
The Legal500 EMEA, 2015
CLIENTS PRAISE PAVEL HRISTOV OF HRISTOV & PARTNERS FOR HIS EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IN COMPETITION MATTERS, AND FOR "PROVIDING ADVICE AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS ON BUSINESS STRATEGY." HE RECENTLY ACTED FOR BRIDGESTONE BULGARIA ON THE COMPETITION ASPECTS OF ITS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH A TYRE INDUSTRY COMPETITOR.
Chambers & Partners Europe, 2015
HRISTOV & PARTNERS FOCUSES ON CORPORATE, EPC AND COMPETITION ABOVE ALL. “HE AND HIS TEAM ARE VERY RELIABLE AND HARD-WORKING, HE WORKS 24-7 AND I CAN REACH HIM AT ANYTIME…” “I CAN ONLY GIVE VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK, MAINLY BECAUSE I LIKE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS WORK; THEY CAN SPEAK MY LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF THINGS LIKE COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS”. THE CLIENT RECOMMENDS THE FIRM FOR BEING “STRAIGHT-FORWARD” AND “COMMERCIALLY ASTUTE”.
IFLR 1000 EMEA, 2014
PAVEL HRISTOV REMAINS POPULAR WITH CLIENTS, WHO HIGHLIGHT HIS IMPRESSIVE WORK ETHIC AND COMMERCIAL AWARENESS. “HE UNDERSTANDS MY BUSINESS, AS WELL AS MY TAX AND COMMERCIAL ISSUES”, REPORTED ONE SOURCE. PAVEL HRISTOV IS ADMIRED BY PEERS AND CLIENTS ALIKE FOR HIS PRECISION AND AVAILABILITY.
Chambers & Partners Europe, 2014
WITH EXCELLENT BUSINESS ACUMEN” HRISTOV & PARTNERS ADVISED BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND TRANSACTIONAL MATTERS, AND ADVISED BRIGHT MARKETING RESEARCH ON AN INTERNATIONAL OUTSOURCING CONTRACT. PAVEL HRISTOV IS “VERY PROFESSIONAL” AND PROVIDES “AN EXCELLENT SERVICE TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS”. THE “TRULY BRILLIANT” PAVEL HRISTOV IS “AN EXCELLENT STRATEGIST”.
The Legal 500 EMEA, 2014
“WE ARE VERY SATISFIED WITH THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, PROVIDED BY HRISTOV & PARTNERS. EXTREMELY RESPONSIBLE, DILIGENT, ACCURATE AND PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SMALLEST DETAIL. ALL DEADLINES WERE RESPECTED. NO WEAKNESSES.”
IFLR1000 EMEA, 2018
"FANTASTIC RESPONSIVENESS, EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE, PRAGMATIC, EFFICIENT, COST CONSCIOUS.”
IFLR1000 EMEA, 2018
"HIGH QUALITY OF WORK PERFORMED, PRAGMATIC ADVICE, HIGHEST DEGREE OF RESPONSIVENESS EVER EXPERIENCED AND BUSINESS ORIENTED.”
IFLR 1000 EMEA 2018
‘HRISTOV & PARTNERS’ ‘EXTREMELY DILIGENT AND PATIENT’ TEAM ADVISED SPADEL ON ITS €120M ACQUISITION OF DEVIN AND ASSISTED G4S WITH DIVESTING ITS BULGARIAN OPERATIONS TO VIP SECURITY GROUP. ALDIN SHENKOV IS A KEY NAME FOR TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE TURKISH MARKET.'
Legal 500 EMEA, 2018
Pavel Hristov of HRISTOV & PARTNERS is well respected among peers for his experience in merger control mandates and for his success in building an active practice. He advised Spadel on the notification of its EUR120 million acquisition of Devin. He acts for clients in sectors such as finance, distribution and technology on merger filings following M&A transactions and corporate restructurings. He also handles day-to-day compliance issues.
Chambers & Partners Europe, 2018
GROWING PRESENCE IN THE BULGARIAN MARKET, OFFERING NOTABLE EXPERIENCE ACROSS CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS, MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL RESTRUCTURING MANDATES AND DAY-TO-DAY COMMERCIAL ISSUES. ASSISTS CLIENTS FROM SECTORS SUCH AS FINANCE, TECHNOLOGY AND FOOD AND DRINK WITH THEIR BULGARIAN OPERATIONS. REGULARLY ACTS ALONGSIDE INTERNATIONAL FIRMS TO PROVIDE LOCAL ADVICE ON CROSS-BORDER MATTERS.
Chambers & Partners Europe, 2018
IMPRESSED CLIENTS LAUD THE TEAM'S "CLEAR AND PRAGMATIC" APPROACH, DESCRIBING IT AS "THOROUGH, KNOWLEDGEABLE, CUSTOMER-FRIENDLY, EFFECTIVE AND PROACTIVE IN ITS LEGAL ADVICE AND ACTIONS."
Chambers & Partners Europe, 2018
HRISTOV & PARTNERS HAS SUCCESSFULLY ASSISTED SPADEL, G4S AND ALD AUTOMOTIVE AMONG OTHER MULTINATIONALS WITH OBTAINING UNCONDITIONAL APPROVAL BEFORE THE CPC FOR THEIR ACQUISITIONS ON THE BULGARIAN MARKET. PAVEL HRISTOV IS ‘EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AND CLIENT ORIENTED’ AND BILIANA SHAGOVA IS ‘EXTREMELY DILIGENT’.
LEGAL 500 EMEA, 2018
"HRISTOV & PARTNERS HAS A RELIABLE CORPORATE PRACTICE."
IFLR1000, 2019
"PAVEL HRISTOV HAS A STRONG REPUTATION FOR HIS TRANSACTIONAL EXPERIENCE, FREQUENTLY ADVISING FOREIGN INVESTORS ON MARKET ENTRY ACQUISITIONS.
Chambers Global, 2019
HRISTOV & PARTNERS HAS MULTIPLE INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS, AS WELL AS PANEL APPOINTMENTS, AND ADVISES ON MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, HIGH-VALUE AND SENSITIVE MATTERS.
The Legal 500 EMEA 2019
"WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVED. THEY ARE STRAIGHT-FORWARD AND VERY CLEAR." "EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE OF BULGARIAN MARKET, VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF BUSINESS PROJECT, AND GOOD CONSULTATION ON HOW TO APPROACH DATA PROTECTION."
IFLR1000, 2020
"PAVEL HRISTOV IS A WELL-KNOWN LAWYER RECOGNISED FOR HIS EXPERTISE IN CORPORATE MANDATES. HE ALSO FOCUSES ON TRANSACTIONS AND MARKET ENTRY MATTERS. "HE LISTENS CAREFULLY, HE THINKS AND THEN HE COMES UP WITH A SOLUTION," A CLIENT SAYS.
CHAMBERS GLOBAL 2020
THE TEAM IS PRAISED BY OBSERVERS FOR ITS IMPRESSIVE CLIENT CARE AND TAILORED SOLUTIONS.’
CHAMBERS & PARTNERS EUROPE 2020
“THE FIRM … HAS WORKING PARTNERSHIPS WITH A NUMBER OF MAJOR [INTERNATIONAL] LAW FIRMS. PAVEL HRISTOV, NOTED FOR HIS ‘CONFIDENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM’, LEADS THE TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES THE HIGHLY REGARDED DRAGOMIR STEFANOV."
THE LEGAL 500 EMEA 2020
"THEY UNDERSTAND THE CLIENT’S NEEDS AND ARE PROACTIVE IN SUGGESTING THE PROPER COURSE OF ACTION. I FIND THAT THE FIRM PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE FOR MONEY.’ ‘THEY ARE VERY DETAIL-ORIENTED AND DELVE DEEPLY INTO ALL POSSIBLE SCENARIOS.’”
THE LEGAL 500 EMEA 2020
"HRISTOV & PARTNERS WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH MAJOR INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRMS TO ADVISE CLIENTS ON ENTRY INTO AND EXIT FROM THE BULGARIAN MARKET, CORPORATE REORGANISATIONS... EU AND COMPETITION LAW IS A PARTICULAR STRENGTH OF THE FIRM, WHICH BOLSTERS ITS M&A WORK..."
LEGAL 500 EMEA 2020
‘THEY PROVIDE QUICK RESPONSES, CLEAR AND SIMPLE SOLUTIONS, ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO OPTIMISE THE OUTCOME NEEDED, AND GIVE PROACTIVE SUGGESTIONS DUE TO THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR BUSINESS MODEL.’
LEGAL 500 EMEA 2021
‘I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HRISTOV & PARTNERS FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND FOR ME THEY ARE ONE OF THE FEW LAW FIRMS IN BULGARIA WITH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN EU AND COMPETITION LAW. WE WORK TOGETHER ON ALL MY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INITIATIVES.’
LEGAL 500 EMEA 2021
‘ALL INDIVIDUALS WORKING FOR HRISTOV & PARTNERS, AS WELL AS THEIR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, ARE VERY RELIABLE AND RESPONSIVE. ALSO, ALL OF THEM ARE ATTENTIVE TO DETAIL, CREATIVE AND SHOW INITIATIVE.’
LEGAL 500 EMEA 2021
‘GREAT EXPERTISE AND RESPONSIVENESS.’
LEGAL 500 EMEA 2021
‘ACTIVE CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL PRACTICE WITH NOTED STRENGTH IN INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS. INCREASINGLY ACTIVE IN RESTRUCTURING MANDATES. ACTS ALONGSIDE INTERNATIONAL FIRMS TO PROVIDE LOCAL ADVICE ON CROSS-BORDER MATTERS.’
CHAMBERS GLOBAL 2021
“A COMPACT BUT TALENTED TEAM AT HRISTOV & PARTNERS WORKS ALONGSIDE A GROWING NETWORK OF ELITE INTERNATIONAL FIRMS REQUIRING BULGARIAN ADVICE, ENSURING A PIPELINE OF CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS FOR THE FIRM.”
THE LEGAL 500 EMEA, 2021
“NAME PARTNER AND HEAD OF PRACTICE PAVEL HRISTOV HAS BUILT A RARE OFFERING IN THE MARKET IN THIS CORPORATE AND EU BOUTIQUE, ATTRACTING AN EXPANDING CLIENT BASE OF SIGNIFICANT DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES.”
THE LEGAL 500 EMEA, 2021
‘THE WHOLE TEAM ARE VERY RESPONSIVE. THEY EXPLAIN THE LEGAL CONTEXT AND ALWAYS SEEK TO PROVIDE COMMERCIALLY APPROPRIATE ADVICE.’
THE LEGAL 500 EMEA 2022
‘HRISTOV & PARTNERS ADVISES CLIENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING AUTOMOTIVE, TECHNOLOGY, FOOD AND BEVERAGES, LIFE SCIENCES AND ENERGY, ON MATTERS RELATING TO ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL AGREEMENTS, MERGER CONTROL AND UNFAIR COMPETITION, AMONG OTHERS. THE TEAM BENEFITS FROM ITS REGULAR COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRMS, … ADVISING AS A LOCAL COUNSEL’
THE LEGAL 500 EMEA 2022
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