On 5 July 2018 the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications opened a tender procedure for identifying a concessionaire of the Sofia Airport. Detailed information on the procedure is available at https://www.concession-sof.bg/en/. Sofia Airport is the largest passengers and cargo airport in Bulgaria. It is currently operated by Letishte Sofia EAD, a joint-stock company […]
On June 5, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) released its preliminary ruling in the case Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein. The ECJ found that the administrator of a fan page on Facebook is jointly responsible with Facebook for the processing of data of visitors to the page. By creating a fan page on Facebook and defining the criteria […]
We are pleased to announce that we have joined IR Global as an exclusive member for Bulgaria in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions. IR Global is the fastest growing international network of independent law firms. The network is highly ranked in the international legal directories Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. IR’s membership […]
We are very pleased of our firm’s new recognition and excellent client feedback for the quality work of our Partners Biliana Shagova, Aldin Shenkov and Pavel Hristov in the 2018 editions of the international legal directories The Legal 500 EMEA and Chambers Global. Our clients praise Biliana Shagova as ‘extremely diligent‘. Pavel Hristov is ‘client […]
Rob Irving and Pavel Hristov Interview for Capital Weekly, 15 December 2017 (Translation from Bulgarian) Profile Rob Irving is the Co-Chair of Dentons’ Global Private Equity Group. Rob’s practice focuses on cross-border M&A particularly private equity transactions, throughout CEE and SEE where he […]
Hristov & Partners is pleased to support the 12th Annual Deals and Dealmakers conference that will take place in Sofia on 29 November 2017. Our partner, Pavel Hristov, will moderate a panel discussion on the largest M&A deals in Bulgaria completed in the last year. This high-profile M&A event has thrived as a venue for […]
A recent GDPR seminar attended by members of our team inspired us to share our thoughts on how the new European legislation on data protection would affect the M&A transactions. The GDPR implications on M&A deals would certainly go beyond the borders of the EU given the extraterritorial application of the Regulation. Privacy “by design” […]
We are delighted of the positive feedback from clients in The IFLR1000 EMEA 2018. A huge thank you to all our clients, friends and team for all the support! “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 […]
Biliana Shagova is a corporate and commercial lawyer and her main areas of expertise include commercial and corporate matters, employment and social and health security. Biliana has extensive experience in advising on complex, high value corporate deals and multi-jurisdictional M&A and commercial transactions in Bulgaria and in the South-East Europe region, with particular expertise in […]
The European Commission’s report on the e-commerce sector released in May (the Report) outlines the main trends and potential competition barriers in the online retail. Overall, the Commission did not deem necessary a review of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER). This means that despite the ongoing innovations in the e-commerce business models, at this […]
