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The competition team of BOYANOV & Co. has extensive experience in the entire range of competition law services acting on a large number of cases in a wide range of industries.
Key industry strengths include:
•    Unrivalled experience and track-record in the local market of handling the merger clearance process for the highest value and complex acquisitions and divestments in the country;
•    Extensive involvement in complex anti-trust work at the level of the competition authority and the courts on a wide range of subjects, including both dominance, vertical and horizontal agreements and cartels;
•    Strong unfair competition practice before the competition authority and the courts on the entire range of unfair competition issues, including misleading and comparative advertising, promotions, dumping issues, etc.;
•    Extensive compliance experience providing day-to-day advice, trainings and dawn-raid response preparedness for a large number of clients across a wide range of industries. The firm has a dedicated dawn raids response team, which acts as a point of contact for a number of major multinationals and local clients;
•    Experience in a very wide range of industries and knowledge of industry-specific issues in the context of competition law;
•    Excellent working relationship with the competition authority for many years, which resulted in a number of joint business initiatives.

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Competition/Antitrust - Bulgaria

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What the Team is Known For

Boyanov & Co maintains its position as one of the leading competition law firms in Bulgaria. It has a broad practice, representing clients in high-profile cartel damages actions, as well as advising on investigations into allegations of unfair competitive practices, such as involvements in cartels and possible abuses of dominance. Additionally, the law firm has strong activity in merger clearance filings. It is highly regarded by clients from the financial services and pharmaceutical industries. The team also assists clients with the competition law compliance aspects of distribution schemes.

Work Highlights

  • Boyanov & Co assisted Certis Belchim and Redestos with the merger control aspects of a proposed joint venture.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Peter Petrov
Head of Competition/Antitrust
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Peter Petrov remains an outstanding individual in the Bulgarian competition sphere, with notable strength in advising domestic and multinational clients on obtaining clearance for proposed mergers from the Bulgarian authorities. He also offers impressive activity defending clients in investigations into alleged abuses of dominance, misleading advertising claims and cartel damages actions.

Whether providing strategic input on regulatory issues or tailoring training sessions to meet team needs, Peter Petrov shows a deep understanding of both legal nuance and client priorities.

He studies the situation down to the smallest detail to provide the best possible solution.

He is the competition law guru on the market.

He is an indispensable partner, who understands how the authority will interpret the legislation.

He is the best, really responsive.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Peter Petrov
Head of Competition/Antitrust
Star Individuals

Members

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Adriana Bakalova

Dr. Nikolay Kolev

Peter Petrov

Head of Department

Clients

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• AbbVie

• Agrion

• Apple

• Bulgaria Air

• EVN

• Fraport

• Jacobs Douwe Egberts

• Microsoft

• Novartis

• Philip Morris

• Procter & Gamble

• Samsung

• Siemens

Industries

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• Aerospace & Defence

• Banks

• Commercial & Professional Services

• Consumer Product Manufacturing

• Energy

• Financial Services

• Food & Drink Producers

• Government

• Insurance

• Media

• Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

• Private Clients / Individuals

• Real Estate

• Retail

• Technology, Hardware & Electronics

• Telecommunications

• Transportation

• Utilities