Practice Areas & Experience
Law Firm "Deyan Dragiev & Partners" provides legal services with the philosophy of:
- flexible, dynamic and complex consulting
- an interdisciplinary approach, taking into account all factors, including at Bulgarian, European and international levels
- understanding the true context of the client’s interests and needs – the sector, industry and its environment
Practice and areas of activity:
Corporate Law and Finance
The team of Deyan Dragiev & Partners Law Firm has extensive experience in the field of legal services for companies and corporate law in all its aspects, from starting a successful business, its growth at the national and international level, relations with employees and contractors, investments and acquisition of companies, admission of shares to the capital market (listing), as well as bankruptcy and liquidation.
- Company & business establishment
- Building startups from inception through investment to listing on the capital market
- Acquisition of companies
- Investing in companies
- Shareholder agreements and disputes between shareholders
- Company restructuring
- Bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings of companies
- Capital market listing
- Joint ventures
- Creation of investment intermediaries and funds
Commercial contracts and transactions
Deyan Dragiev & Partners Law Firm has experience with a wide range of commercial contractual relationships in multiple sectors of the economy, including:
- Sales and international sales
- Distribution and agency
- Business partnerships, loans, financing and investments
- Concessions, public-private partnerships, public procurement contracts
- Intellectual property transactions
- Transport contracts
- Insurance
- Debt and credit restructuring
- Competition law aspects of commercial contracts
Real estate and construction
Law firm “Deyan Dragiev and Partners” advises on transactions and projects related to construction and real estate, including
- Purchase and sale and preliminary contracts for the acquisition of real estate
- Development of real estate investment projects
- Construction
- Public procurement related to construction
Dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration
Law Firm “Deyan Dragiev & Partners” focuses on its practice related to dispute resolution, conducting civil, commercial and administrative cases, as well as disputes with an international element and has extensive experience in this regard:
- Civil and commercial cases related to commercial transactions, intellectual property, real estate
- Administrative cases against decisions of regulatory authorities
- Arbitration cases before institutions in Bulgaria and internationally, including commercial and investment arbitration before the International Chamber of Commerce (Paris), London Court of International Arbitration, Vienna International Arbitration Centre, International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (Washington)
- Attachment, blocking of assets, securing of claims, asset tracing
- Claims in bankruptcy proceedings
- Proceedings before the Protection of Competition Commission
- Claims for state liability and non-pecuniary damages
- Consumer claims, including under EU Regulation 261/2004 on passenger rights against airlines
- Labour disputes
- Class/collective actions
- Expert opinions and consulting in support of foreign court and arbitration proceedings
- Mediation proceedings
- Family law cases, international child abduction cases
Energy
The team of Deyan Dragiev & Partners Law Firm has extensive experience in many sectors and activities in the energy sector:
- Development of projects with production and trade of energy from renewable sources – photovoltaic and wind energy
- Electricity trading
- Licensing procedures before the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission
- Claims in relation to energy contracts and against administrative authorities in the energy sector
- Trade in gas, oil, fuels
Intellectual property, media, technology and digital projects
Deyan Dragiev & Partners Law Firm has extensive experience in the field of technology-based projects and intellectual property.
- Trademarks, patents, copyright
- Development of software products
- Building startups based on technology, software, etc.
- Businesses related to media, marketing and advertising
- Consulting outsourcing business operations
Regulatory and administrative procedures
- Licensing proceedings before the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission, Financial Supervision Commission, Communications Regulatory Commission, etc.
- Proceedings before the Commission for Protection of Competition, Commission for Protection against Discrimination, Commission for Personal Data Protection, Commission for the Confiscation of Illegally Acquired Property
- Procedures for listing a company on the capital market of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange
- Proceedings against tax authorities
- Public procurement procedures
- Procedures for acquiring Bulgarian citizenship and residence in Bulgaria
International projects
Law firm “Deyan Dragiev and Partners” has extensive experience and provides services related to the development of projects, transactions and conducting legal and arbitration proceedings with an international element.
- Deals and projects with foreign investments, for example in real estate, technology, software, energy, finance, etc.
- Development of start-ups on international scale
- Building and managing international groups of companies, including in offshore zones
- Representation before international arbitration institutions and assistance in cases before foreign courts
- Recognition and enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards from abroad in Bulgaria
- Cases before the European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg)
- Cases before the Bulgarian courts with an international element, including under EU cross-border regulations and for international child abduction
Transport and logistics
Law Firm “Deyan Dragiev & Partners” has extensive experience in consulting companies in the field of transport and logistics services, including:
- Transport and logistics contracts
- Relations with employees
- Distribution & franchise
- Transport insurance
- Maritime law
- Aviation, including claims against airlines
Compliance
- GDPR and personal data protection
- AML and anti-money laundering regulations
Family law
- Divorce and Matrimonial Affairs
- Procedures related to origin and adoption
- Child abduction cases under the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction
Sports
- Claims by and against football clubs
Consulting of non-governmental organizations and expert consulting
Law Firm “Deyan Dragiev & Partners” has experience with the issues and legal consultancy for organizations carrying out non-governmental activities, including advising national employer organizations.
The company’s team provides expert opinions for the development of legislation and legislative policy, including as experts to the Economic and Social Council of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria and the National Institute for Conciliation and Arbitration.
The firm presents opinions on the application of law in foreign judicial and arbitration proceedings.
