For our clients and partners, we continue to better ourselves. Another consequent, fantastic recognition by the leading international legal directory The Legal 500 (Legalease). Our firm retains its Tier 2 ranking in the most coveted category Commercial, corporate and M&A and in the EU and Competition category. Our senior associate Dragomir Stefanov is now consistently recognized […]
Another very important aspect in a M&A process. Top management (nowadays very often includes the founder/s of the target company, the masterminds behind the successful business venture) may sell the company (at a premium) or deter potential investors. Generally, management presentations to investors and their advisers will be considered disclosures (disclosed facts) against the representations […]
A common practice in distribution chains across the EU and in Bulgaria, dual distribution refers to a situation where a supplier sells goods or services in direct competition with its distributors, i.e. to retailers or end clients. Some of the competition concerns stemming from the ‘dual nature’ of the supplier-distributor relationship in these cases were […]
The newly published 2022 Global edition of one of the most prestigious international legal directories Chambers & Partners confirms our firm’s place among the top 10 corporate and commercial firms on the Bulgarian legal market. Hristov & Partners retains its ranking as a Band 3 firm and our partner Pavel Hristov keeps his Band 2 […]
Our partner Pavel Hristov has been invited for a fourth consecutive year to join the elite panel of judges for the 2021 CEE Deals of the Year Awards — the prestigious peer-selected awards for the legal industry in Central and Eastern Europe. The CEE Deal of the Year Awards have been granted since 2017 by CEE Legal Matters — […]
Modern law firms expand and grow at breathtaking speed, empowered by surging demand and technology (regardless extreme obstacles such as a global pandemic, travel restrictions lockdowns and working from home). The firms’ structures and business models, however, have changed marginally. The prevailing model is a partnership. Firms are managed by partners, who are typically excellent […]
Typically M&A is about acquiring or merging businesses and companies. More and more often, it is and will increasingly continue to be about people: founders, leadership, management, key employees, employees with specific skills and expertise. Naturally, this will further complicate valuations, since many variable factors are to be accounted (all personal circumstances will likely differ […]
Когато един регулаторен държавен орган не изпълнява ефективно и в пълен обем възложените му по закон правомощия този орган не функционира в полза на обществото и икономическото развитие. И там, където регулираният от закона пазар не е в достатъчна степен конкурентен и либерализиран и пазарната сила е концентрирана в един или малко на брой пазарни […]
Today the European Court of Justice rendered its preliminary ruling in case C-882/19 (Sumal) finding that a victim of an infringement of EU competition law is entitled to claim damages from a subsidiary of the infringing company. To that end, the claimant must prove that the subsidiary and the parent company formed an economic entity […]
