Gentscho Pavlov

Gentscho Pavlov is a Bulgarian-qualified lawyer with more than 15 years of professional experience. He graduated in law from the University of Vienna and validated his diploma in Bulgaria. Banking & Finance law has always been one of his central fields of expertise. He advises banks and financial intermediaries, as well as corporate recipients of loans, on all legal and tax-related aspects of banking and corporate law, corporate finance, project finance and structured finance. He has led some of the most complex M&A deals in Bulgaria, some of which still being among the largest foreign investments in the country. He advises companies on their founding and the structuring of their shareholders’ agreements, reorganization, joint ventures, restructuring and recapitalization. He focuses on asset and share deals and advises clients on corporate takeovers and mergers in Bulgaria.

Gentscho Pavlov joined CMS in 2003, and subsequently became local partner in 2007 and CEE partner in 2015. Since the office’s opening in 2004, he has co-headed CMS Sofia and has been leading the Banking & Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions teams.

Bulgarian Bar Association