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Nikolai T Gouginski
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Bulgaria

19 Years Ranked

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DGKV has one of the oldest and best recognized competition practices among Bulgarian law firms dating back to the adoption of the first Law on Protection of Competition in 1998. Nowadays our team is one of the largest and most accomplished in handling multiple investigations and proceedings. DGKV has developed a strong competition practice and has made a significant contribution to the development of laws and practices of the Bulgarian competition regulator – Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC);

Our experience spans for more than 30 years of advising many multinational and Bulgarian clients from various industries on all aspects of merger control, cartels, unfair competition matters, horizontal and vertical restraints on trade, abuse of dominant position and of superior bargaining position, industry specific regulations, distribution, agency, and marketing contracts.

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Nikolai Gouginski remains one of the leading competition lawyers in Bulgaria thanks to his work on Commission on Protection of Competition investigations and high-profile follow-on damages actions. He also assists clients with merger clearance filings and the competition compliance aspects of commercial agreements. He is a popular choice with clients from the food and beverage sector.

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Nikolai Gouginski is very knowledgeable and cool headed. He is a fantastic lawyer.

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He is a highly respected lawyer in his field. We trust his experience and expertise.

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We're extremely satisfied with the expertise, knowledge, commercial awareness and quality of advice provided by Nikolai Gouginski.

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Articles, highlights and press releases

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DGKV advised UniCredit Bank Austria and a syndicate of lenders on EUR 100 mln financing

DGKV acted as a Bulgarian legal counsel to UniCredit Bank Austria AG as agent, as well as the syndicate of lenders comprised of UniCredit Bulbank AD, Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria EAD and Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich Aktiengesellschaft for the EUR 100 million facility to Kronospan Bulgaria EOOD. Kr

May 2, 2018
Authored by Nikolai T Gouginski, Kaloyan Krumov, Lora Aleksandrova, Tsvetelina Bayraktarova, Viktoriya Marincheva, Hristo Stoyanov
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DGKV Advises China Eximbank on Financing of Bulgarian Development Bank

DGKV acted as local counsel to Export-Import Bank of China (“China Eximbank”) with regard to a EUR 50 million loan facility extended for on lending to customers of Bulgarian Development Bank for mid or short-term trade financing transactions. The agreed funds shall be used to support Bulgarian enter

Oct 12, 2017
Authored by Nikolai T Gouginski, Simeon Vachev, Vlada Tsenova, Vladislav Antonov, Lora Aleksandrova, Dimo Staykov, Kaloyan Krumov

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