Each project at a certain stage faces development challenges. Construction and engineering projects inevitably involve a number of risks, requiring allocation of those risks and negotiation of suitable contractual terms for their management and mitigation.

We understand these risks and the methods for their appropriate allocation and management for ensuring that the project is bankable from a construction risk perspective. We have built strong knowledge and capacity in the area of urban development, engineering, procurement and construction to become trusted legal advisor of both domestic and foreign investors.

We partner with engineers of different specialties and from leading engineering consulting companies. Thus, we can analyse all relevant project aspects and provide practical and complete advice.

We have extensive experience in the entire range of construction-related projects, from large scale commercial and residential developments to highly complex production plant facilities. We provide legal advice and assistance on each step of the project – from the feasibility study to the commissioning and start-up. Our clients rely on our advice on various aspects of their projects – engineering, procurement and construction strategy and contracts, consultancy agreements, financial arrangements, intellectual property rights, risk management and regulatory issues.

Our corporate and commercial work is at the heart of our practice. We service a range of Bulgarian and international clients in various sectors.

We advise across the broad spectrum of corporate and commercial work including companies set up and corporate governance, corporate restructurings and transformations, capital restructurings, private disposals and M&A, complex joint ventures, as well as general commercial issues.

We also advise and assist our clients in applications for government approvals, licenses and registrations and various regulatory procedures before state and local authorities, preparation of all types of commercial agreements and related documentation; shareholder, partnership, joint venture and management agreements; related social security, employment, tax, currency control, intellectual property matters, purchase or lease of commercial property, day-to-day corporate assistance.

We advise our clients on various aspects of labour, employment, and social security issues, as well as legal aspects of hiring of Bulgarian and foreign employees. Our legal assistance covers a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including:

• Employment relationships – employment agreements and policies, internal labour regulations; consulting and secondment arrangements; full support in lawful termination of employment relations;
• Confidentiality and non-compete arrangements;
• Restructuring – all aspects of restructuring and redundancy;
• Mergers, acquisitions and outsourcing – the employment aspects of mergers and takeovers, buyouts, outsourcings and other commercial transactions;
• Litigation – advising and representing clients in relation to employment litigation, mediation and dispute resolution.

Our clients have an increasing need to receive legal advice and practical assistance in the applicable procedures for obtaining visas, work and residence permits of foreign specialists hired in or seconded to Bulgaria.

Immigration law is an increasingly regulated area involving restrictive and conservative regimes and procedures requiring significant amount of time and documentation.

We have strong, hands-on experience in various types of regulatory procedures in this field and are in a position to assist our clients in the entire process – from providing detailed information on the applicable procedures, through advising on the adequate options for arranging the immigration status of the expatriate, assisting in the course of the regulatory procedures and bringing together all required papers and documents, to successful completion and granting the relevant visas and permits.

Our team has considerable experience in electricity and renewables sectors. We have managed and executed a great number of legal assignments related to: due diligence of renewable projects in different stages of their development, assistance in acquisition and/or disposal of such projects, drafting joint-development agreements, regulatory advice on project development.

We combine our knowledge in the energy sector with our profound expertise in the areas of real estate and construction, planning and regulation, M&A, environmental law. Thus, we are able to provide well-integrated, multi-disciplinary support to our clients operating in the energy sector.

We also render to our clients practical assistance in licensing and other regulatory procedures in the energy sector.