We are very pleased to announce that our firm has advised Renters.pl, an Enterprise Investors portfolio company, on this strategic acquisition. Our team included partners Pavel Hristov, Dragomir Stefanov and Biliana Shagova. Congratulations to all parties for the completed investment in this high growth business. Warm thanks to our clients Enterprise Investors and Renters.pl and […]
Delighted to have contributed the chapters on Bulgaria in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners Corporate Governance Global Practice Guide 2024, alongside some of the leading international corporate law firms. Our partners, Pavel Hristov and Dragomir Stefanov elaborate on key and current corporate governance issues, trends and developments. Virtually all Bulgarian companies compete in […]
Historically and statistically, most joint ventures and business combinations have short and difficult lives. Lawyers can assist with preparation and negotiation of best of class, workable and practical corporate and legal structures and agreements. But only the parties, the would-be partners, can make the combined business work and succeed. Some of the more experienced co-investors […]
M&A lawyers job is demanding and rightly so. Currently the legal role/workstream in a deal unquestionably requires deep understanding of the relevant non-legal aspects and elements of the deal and the deal’s business rationale. Analysing the capital structure of the target and the various capital components, is an integral part of the legal due diligence. […]
How M&A lawyers add value to our clients deals? That’s our job and primary goal. Identify, quantify, reduce and mitigate the risks. Design and offer practical, workable solutions that would be accepted by both/all parties. Be quick about it. Every moment in a sale or acquisition process matters. But, always, in the process, some moments […]
Hristov & Partners has been again recognized and ranked among the leading, the best twelve, corporate and commercial law firms in Bulgaria for 2024. The independent researchers of both most prestigious international legal directories The Legal 500 and Chambers Global consistently rank our firm among the top dozen firms. Chambers Global 2024 says: “Hristov & […]
The Google Shopping case is now one last step away from final decision following Advocate General Kokott’s opinion from last week. The AG sided with the European Commission and the General Court which upheld Google’s 2.4bn fine for preferencing its comparison shopping service over rivals in Google’s general search results website. A few interesting takeaways […]
We are delighted to announce an expected partner promotion. Our colleague Dragomir Stefanov will join the partnership with effect from 1 December 2023. ‘Congratulations to Dragomir! The partnership is befitting and suits him perfectly. We are excited about the opportunities for our firm that lie ahead. Hristov & Partners wants to be a platform for the new […]
Growing concerns about the effect that some acquisitions falling below the mandatory merger notification thresholds may have on innovation and effective competition are increasingly shaping competition policy within the EU. Last week the Belgian competition authority closed an investigation opened earlier in March 2023 involving a possible abuse of dominance arising from an acquisition in […]
The European Union’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) entered into force on 12 January 2023 and establishes a new legal framework protecting against distortions of competition on the EU internal market caused by foreign subsidies. Starting from 12 October 2023, acquisitions of significant EU businesses and large EU public tenders will be subject to mandatory notification […]
