About

Ivanova & Ivanova law office is established in 2013. The team started working in 2009.

We have experience acquired in public and private organizations – National Power Company (NEK), Ministry of Economy and Energy, trade companies and non-profit legal entities.

We provide local and foreign clients legal consultancy, protection and cooperation before courts and arbitration institutions.

We participate in procedures for alternative disputes settlement, using mediation, in the field of trade law, administrative law, property law and civil law.

We provide consultancy related to project structures and acquisition of company shares by foreign investors in relation to green energy enterprises.

We protect the interests of our clients in procedures associated with public procurement, prohibited government assistance, unfair trade practices and in other fields of competition.

We work on the establishment, corporate structuring and management, transformation and liquidation of trade companies with local and foreign capital participation.

Dilyana Ivanova

Dilyana Ivanova is a graduate of Sofia University, St. Climent Ohridski, LL.M. Attorney-at-Law, member of Sofia Bar Association.

Renders professional legal services to investors, companies, state bodies and NGOs in the areas of Energy Law, Competition Law, Company Law and Contracts, Banking and Finance, Financial Instruments, Construction Law (including under FIDIC), Public Procurement Law, Administrative Law, Litigation and Arbitration.

Certified Mediator.

Iveta Ivanova

Iveta Ivanova is an attorney-at-law and a member of Sofia Bar Association. Graduate from the University of Sofia, St. Climent Ohridski, LL.M.

Provides a full range of legal services to foreign and local companies, including tax consultation and representation before state bodies and courts; participates in drafting due diligence law investigations on investment projects, energy legislation, real estate and commercial issues; licensing of energy enterprises;

Her main areas of expertise are:
Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Energy Law, Construction Law, Tax Law, Litigation.

Ivan-Petar Yovchev - Attorney-at-Law Assistant

Ivan-Petar Yovchev is a student in the University of Groningen (Netherlands), enrolled in the LLB programme International and European Law.

The areas of knowledge are European Law, International (Public) Law, Comparative Law and International Economics.

Profecient user in English, Portuguese, Bulgarian and an intermediate user in Spanish.

Energy Sector

  • selection and development of legal models for realization of energy projects;
  • consultancy related to energy regulation regimes and activities, including production, transfer, distribution of energy; forming of prices in the fields of electrical energy, thermal energy and natural gas;
  • acquisition of licenses related to realization of activities in the field of energy and complex legal services for licensees;
  • representation before the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission;
  • consultancy regarding the regulatory framework and changes in energy legislation;
  • renewable energy sources – structuring and realization of projects for production of electrical power using wind, water, biomass and biogas resources;
  • energy efficiency;
  • protection of end-user interests in relation to the contracts in the electric power market;
  • procedural representation before the respective out-of-court and court jurisdictions in case of disputes related to activities in the energy field;

Property law and Construction

  • selection of suitable property for realization of local and foreign investments;
  • development of schemes for project financing and investment provisioning;
  • analysis of the most suitable legal forms for acquisition of ownership rights or limited real estate rights;
  • legal due diligence law investigations of property objects and on legal status of real estates;
  • real property deals structuring;
  • participation in negotiations related to acquisition of limited real estate rights, rights over sites with ongoing construction and finalized construction projects;
  • preparation of contracts for construction, rent and management of real property;
  • acquisition of construction process permits;
  • consultancy on the administrative procedures associated with the realization of investment projects – change in the function of agricultural land, setup planning, conclusion of contracts with operation companies, observation of the requirements of the environmental legislation regarding the realization of investment projects;
  • representation before administrative, court and municipal bodies associated with property and administrative/court disputes regarding construction;

Company and trade law

  • establishment of trade companies, including public joint-stock companies, trade representation offices and branches of foreign trade companies in Bulgaria; change of trade companies status as public companies; deregistration of companies;
  • establishment of European companies;
  • alternations in the capital, management and other company elements entered with the Trade register;
  • organization and realization of general assemblies of partners and shareholders; participation in supervisory boards and board of managers sessions;
  • establishment of commercial security;
  • transfer of shares;
  • transfer of trade companies;
  • transformation of trade companies – acquisition, merger, division and dissociation;
  • consortia;
  • public offering of securities;
  • participation in negotiations, preparation and conclusion of commercial deals;
  • consultancy, receivables notification and procedural representation related to insolvency cases;
  • procedural representation in disputes with commercial nature;

Public offering and securities trade

  • starting business as an investment intermediary, managing company, investment company, investment company of open and closed type, contractual fund, collective investment schemes and regulated markets;
  • consultancy on market participation and financial instruments;
  • licensing, issuance of approvals, realization of notices, confirmation of prospects, registration of trade proposals and other procedures before the respective competent authorities with supervision functions regarding capital markets

Non-Governmental Organisations NGOs)

  • selection of NGO’s legal and organization structure;
  • preparation of documents and registration of the respective structure;
  • legal services associated with the NGO’s operational activities;
  • preparation of documents associated with projects participation;
  • representation in case of legal disputes;
  • termination of NGO structure;

Foreign investments

  • preparation of legal due diligence law investigations regarding investment projects encompassing all relevant legal fields;
  • selection of the most suitable legal and financial structure for investment realization;
  • participation in negotiations with financial institutions;
  • settlement of taxation and financial law issues;
  • establishment of local corporate structure for realization of investment plans;
  • preparation of full sets of company documents;
  • organization of general assembly sessions, preparation of drafts for company bodies resolutions, internal and external agreements and capital restructuring;
  • representation before bank and non-bank financial institutions, regulatory bodies and other administrative, judicial and arbitration bodies;

Competition law

  • legal assistance and representation of employers and contractors regarding public procurement procedures;
  • consultancy regarding the presence or absence of obligations for submission of notices for concentration of business activities with regard to the restructuring of trade companies; defence and representation regarding the notification procedures and reception of permits from the Commission for Protection of Competition;
  • legal protection against unfair competition – harming the good reputation of competitors, misleading, unfair customer attraction, misleading and comparative advertising;
  • consultancy, legal protection and representation before out-of-court and court jurisdictions in case of misuse of dominant and monopoly position;
  • application of European competition laws;
  • representation before the Commission for Protection of Competition, Commission for Consumer Protection and the Supreme Administrative Court;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  • preparation of trade agreements in the field of intellectual property;
  • licensing and transfer of intellectual property rights;
  • copyright law;
  • patents;
  • trademarks;
  • representation before administrative and legal bodies in relation to disputes associated with violated intellectual property rights;

PROCEDURAL REPRESENTATION

  • procedural representation and defence before all court instances in Bulgaria, arbitration procedures, administrative bodies and specialized jurisdictions;
  • preparation of documents necessary for staring procedures;
  • preparation of all documents necessary for the protection of client rights in the respective procedure;
  • enforcement and/or appeal against security measures;
  • collection of receivables and execution procedures;
  • consultations for the recognition, permission and execution of foreign court resolutions

Contacts

 

1000 Sofia, BULGARIA
14 Bacho Kiro str.,
3rd floor, app. 7

Phone: +359 88 8267020
Phone: +359 88 9744788
Phone: +359 2 4262228

Е-mail: office@legaloffice.bg
iveta.ivanova@legaloffice.bg
dilyana.ivanova@legaloffice.bg

WWW: www.legaloffice.bg