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 […]

Hristov & Partners won the 2022 Bulgarian Deal of the Year Award for BioIVT‘s acquisition of Fidelis Research. Our team included partners Pavel Hristov, Biliana Shagova and senior associate Dragomir Stefanov. Winners of this year’s Deal of the Year Awards were announced on April 25, in Istanbul, during the CEE Legal Matters Deals of the Year Awards Banquet. The black-tie ceremony celebrated the largest and most […]

The leading international legal directory The Legal 500 EMEA just published its 2023 annual rankings. The independent research confirmed our firm’s high Tier-2 standing in both categories in which we compete: Commercial, Corporate and M&A, and EU and Competition. We are grateful for our clients’ praise of the quality of our work and reliability, and […]