Svilen Issaev

Practice Areas

Head of Banking, Finance & Capital Markets in Sofia. Firm-wide co-head of Restructuring & Insolvency.

Svilen has advised some of the largest international and Bulgarian banks and financial institutions on various transactional, regulatory and compliance matters and has led the Bulgarian work on a number of complex (cross-border) financing and capital market transactions.

His experience in finance and investment issues includes: acquisition, project, real estate and aircraft financing; investment structuring; debt restructuring; establishment and enforcement of security; insolvency proceedings; capital markets; banks and financial institutions licensing; NPL transactions and structuring.

Svilen also specialises in life sciences and healthcare, advising pharmaceutical companies on a wide range of regulatory and compliance matters relating to their operations in Bulgaria. He has been a member of ethics committees on clinical trials and of committees responsible for health technology assessments of medicinal products.

Professional Memberships

Sofia Bar Association

International Bar Association

Industrial Pharmacy Association

Turnaround Management Association Bulgaria

Publications

The Pharma Legal Handbook, Bulgaria (August 2019 & 2021). PharmDedict & Kinstellar. White Publishing Resources