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Bulgaria to officially adopt the euro in six months

As of 1 January 2026, retailers must be ready to accept both EUR and BGN as payment currencies and...

Employment contract vs. civil contract – what clauses should not be included in a civil contract?

Franchising: the path to having your own business with less risk and more opportunities

Purchasing real estate – what to look out for

Employment contract vs. civil contract – six key differences

The question of the differences between an employment contract and a civil contract often arises in...

Rositsa Vasileva

Legislative changes for ESG compliance: What does it mean for Bulgarian companies?

Pursuant to the new amendments to the Accounting Act, large companies will also have to disclose...

Ana-Mari Eremieva

End of the "mothers only" era in childcare: Fathers are now also entitled to parental leave

In 2022, a new type of paid leave in favour of the father for childcare until the child’s...

Rositsa Vasileva

A new liquidation procedure introduced in Bulgarian legislation

The Amendments to the Commercial Act have been finally adopted, introducing the so-called...

Top tips for employing people in Bulgaria

Rositsa Vasileva summarizes into digestible bullet points what you should know if you want to...

Rositsa Vasileva

Euro in Bulgaria - 7 Things You Need to Know

The adoption of the Introduction of Euro into the Republic of Bulgaria Act prior to the issuance of...

DPC Shorts: Ivan Alexander Manev on the change in taxation of crypto transactions

Taxes on individuals trading cryptocurrency reduced by legislative amendment

Ivan Alexander Manev

DPC Shorts: Ivan Alexander Manev with some good VAT-related news for small business

From 1 January 2025, the VAT registration threshold for Bulgarian companies is raised to BGN...

Ivan Alexander Manev

Problems with easements under the Energy Act impede investors and delay RES projects

There is a need for refinement of municipal practice and in some cases - legal changes

February 1, 2023

DPC advised Kolichka.bg on the local aspects of an international M&A transaction

Kolichka.bg's parent company in the Czech Republic Košík Holding was the target of the acquisition...

February 7, 2023

Whistleblowers Protection Act adopted

Whistleblowers Protection Act (full name: Protection of Persons Who Report Breaches or Publicly...

January 30, 2023

Amendments to the VAT Act

An amendment to the VAT Act has been adopted, providing for the possibility to reduce the taxable...

Ivan Alexander Manev

December 15, 2022

DPC Shorts: Radina Tomanova on the latest amendments to the Bulgarian Labour Code

In this video our labour law expert Radina Tomanova briefly presents three amendments to the...

Radina Tomanova

December 1, 2022

DPC Shorts: Pavlina Ivanova on construction categories

Depending on the characteristics, significance, complexity and risks of operation, construction in...

Pavlina Ivanova

November 24, 2022

DPC Shorts: Viktoriya Veleva on cryptoasset regulation

Interested in crypto assets? Did you know that the institutions are discussing the introduction of...

Viktoriya Veleva

November 18, 2022

DPC awarded Law Firm of the Year for Bulgaria 2022 by Who’s Who Legal

Our founding partner Assoc. Prof. George Dimitrov received the prestigous award at a black-tie...

Prof. George Dimitrov, DSc

November 16, 2022

ECJ with new interpretations on the concept of ‘qualified electronic signature’ with reference to a Bulgarian case

At the end of October 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a curious new judgment (case...

November 9, 2022

DPC Shorts: Ivan Alexander Manev on taxes in real estate transactions

Taxes are definitely not the first thing we think of amidst the excitement surrounding the sale or...

Ivan Alexander Manev

New adequacy decision for safe and trusted EU-US data flows

As a consequence of the new decision personal data can flow from the EU to US companies...

Desislava Krusteva

The balance between freedom of expression and data protection

The balance between the right to freedom of expression and information and the right to data...

Personal Data Protection in the Context of Assignment of Receivables (Cession) Agreement

Pursuant to the assignment of receivables agreement the creditor under a certain receivable assigns...

CJEU Invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield, but Considers the Standard Contractual Clauses Valid?

On 16 July 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a preliminary ruling with...

Prof. Martin Zahariev, PhD

December 3, 2020

The European Data Protection Board issued new guidelines on the concepts of data controller and data processor

Оn September 2, 2020 the the EDPB issued Guidelines on the interpretation of the concepts of data...

November 17, 2021

New standard contractual clauses under GDPR adopted by the EU Commission

On 04 June 2021 the European Commission issued two sets of standard contractual clauses (SCC) under...

Desislava Krusteva

Hristo Nihrizov, Partner at DPC, gave an interview with Radio Plovdiv

Тhe bill on the amendment and supplement to the Personal Data Protection Act, which is to be...

Martin Zahariev guest in the morning block of TV EUROPE “EUROPE MORNING”

He presented his opinion on the new dating service of Facebook, the Cambridge Analytica scandal...

Desislava Krusteva is now a certified information privacy manager

The newly-acquired certificate is the second one that IAPP has conferred on Ms. Krusteva.

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