About

Provided by Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov

  • Our experience spans for more than 30 years of advising major domestic and international clients of the law firm in some of the largest M&As and privatizations to ever originate on the Bulgarian market and on the most significant global transactions with Bulgarian law aspects;
  • DGKV’s has the largest corporate and M&A team on the Bulgarian legal market with highly qualified and experienced local lawyers. We have 12 partners, 2 counsel and 5 senior associates who spent considerable amount of efforts and time on corporate, commercial and M&A matters;
  • DGKV’s team has a superb reputation for advising on local and cross-border M&A transactions in Bulgaria with an impressive track record in the outsourcing, IT, banking, energy, TMT, pharma, and real estate sector;
  • What sets us apart:ability to handle large scale transactions requiring simultaneous multidisciplinary approach;
  • unique for the Bulgarian legal market combination of sector-specific in-depth knowledge and tailor-made legal services;
  • strong local expertise and deep understanding of the Bulgarian legal environment and international business transactions;
  • supreme quality of legal service, thoroughness, and uncompromising attention to detail;
  • uniquely experienced in providing highly sophisticated and creative structuring solutions in complex transactions.


Chambers Review

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Corporate/Commercial - Bulgaria

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What the Team is Known For

Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov has a market-leading practice admired for acting on large-scale cross-border M&A transactions. The law firm is notably active on sales, acquisitions and corporate restructurings. The department is also supported by top-ranked TMT, real estate and energy teams for transactions in those sectors. The team boasts an impressive client portfolio made up of multinational and domestic companies, whilst its lawyers also have experience acting for private equity and investment firms.

Work Highlights

Provided by Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov

  • DGKV represented Tick42 AD in its merger with Finsemble.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Zdravka Ugrinova
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Zdravka Ugrinova
Head of Corporate/Commercial
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Band 1

Zdravka Ugrinova is a market-leading lawyer assisting asset management and investment groups as well as corporate clients with a variety of matters across different sectors. She offers notable expertise in the structuring of mergers, acquisitions and sales. Additionally, she regularly assists clients with due diligence processes.

Zdravka Ugrinova is very cooperative and responsive to feedback. She is extremely careful in her analysis and her legal write ups are clear and easy to understand.

Ranked Lawyers at
Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov

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Zdravka Ugrinova
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Zdravka Ugrinova
Head of Corporate/Commercial
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Members

Provided by Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov

Elena Shopova

Georgi Gouginski

Ivan Punev

Lilia Kisseva

Marius Velichkov

Maya Mircheva

Omourtag Petkov

Peter Angov

Ralitsa Gougleva

Silviya Apostolova

Valentin Bojilov

Vlada Tsenova

Zdravka Ugrinova

Zdravka Ugrinova

Head of Department

Clients

Provided by Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov

ABN AMRO Capital

AIG-CET

Abbott

Acibadem Sirketler Grubu

Allergan

AmRest Sp. z.o.o

Amdocs

ArcelorMittal Limited

Axxess Capital

Bank Austria

British American Tobacco

Broadnet

Bunge

CallPoint Limited

CallPoint New Europe

Carlsberg Breweries A/S

Central Europe Media Enterprises

China CEFC Energy Company Limited

Chipi Bulgaria

Cineworld

City Hospitals and Clinics Sarl

Cleantech I SE

Coffeeheaven Holdings Limited (part of Costa group)

ContourGlobal L.P.

Dalkia

Deutsche Telecom

EBRD

Edmond De Rothschild Private Equity Management Ltd.

Enel Green Power

Equinix

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd

Ford Motor Company

GE Commercial Finance

HVB Bank Bulgaria

Hewlett-Packard International Sàrl

Hitachi Solutions

Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp.

IFC

ING

ING Bank N.V.

KBC Bank

KBC Insurance

Konica Minolta Business Solutions

MKB

Magyar Telekom Rt

Merck KGaA

Michigan Magnetics Inc.

Mid Europa Partners Limited

Miller Development

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

Molson Coors Brewing Company

Mundus Services

Novator Partners LLP

OTE International S.A.

Olympia Development

PCCW Limited

Paddy Power, plc

Palfinger GmbH

PepsiCo International

Petrotechnical Data Systems B.V.

PharmaSwiss Bulgaria

Pharmastore pharmacies chain

Pirelli RE&C

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG

Progress Software

RWE Power AG

Raiffeisen Energy & Environment

STEAG

Sanoma B.V.

Solar World Aquiris S.A.R.L.

State General Reserve Fund of Oman

Taylor Corporation

TeleTech Holdings, Inc.

Telenor

Teracom A

The Bulgarian Post Privatization Fund

Third Point LLC

Tymbark Maspex Romania SRL

VMware, Inc.

Verint Systems Inc

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc

ČEZ

 Hitachi Solutions

Industries

Provided by Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov

Automobiles & Parts

Banks

Commercial & Professional Services

Construction & Materials

Education

Energy

Financial Services

Food & Drink Producers

Government

Health Care

Industrial Engineering

Insurance

Media

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Real Estate

Retail

Software & Computer Services

Technology, Hardware & Electronics

Telecommunications

Utilities