Department profile
CMS

Tax

Europe Guide 2026 : Bulgaria


CMS

About

Provided by CMS

We advise clients on a wide range of tax matters:

  • Domestic tax advice: including corporate tax, transfer pricing, personal income tax, VAT, social charges, customs duties, resource payments.
  • International tax: including double tax treaties, permanent establishments.
  • Tax efficiency advice: for domestic and cross-border corporate transactions (M&As, JVs, IPOs and private placements).
  • Transfer pricing and cash-pooling.
  • Domestic and cross-border commercial transactions.
  • Real estate investment structuring: domestic or multi-jurisdictional.
  • Capital market transaction structuring.
  • Exchange control regulations.
  • Cross-border employment issues.
  • International stock option plans and similar structures.
  • Tax litigation and dispute resolution.
  • Company start-up advice: domestic or multi-jurisdictional.

Our clients are major international and local companies from a broad spectrum of sectors: construction, defence, banking, IT, media & telecommunications, retail, private equity, real estate & construction, life sciences, automotive, and hotels & leisure.

Clients (7)

  • Global Biomet
  • SPMA
  • Edenred
  • Astronergy
  • bTV
  • Stellar Football
  • by FAR

Industries (13)

  • Real estate & construction
  • Hotels & leisure
  • Energy
  • Consumer products
  • Banking & finance
  • Private equity
  • Defence
  • Automotive
  • Life sciences
  • Media
  • IT
  • Telecommunications
  • Sports

Chambers Review

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Tax - Bulgaria

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

CMS' tax team focuses on a range of tax matters, including tax-efficient corporate restructurings as well as day-to-day tax matters. The firm provides additional advice to Bulgarian and international clients on double tax treaties and tax audits.

Notable practitioners

Alexander Rangelov is a key contact for clients.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • CMS is able to deliver effective solutions to intricate matters.

    Tax respondentEurope
  • The firm provides good quality, client-oriented advice.

    Tax respondentEurope
  • It always provides quick responses.

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Members

Provided by CMS

  • Gentscho Pavlov

  • Alexander Rangelov

  • Dimitar Zwiatkow

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