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New FDI screening regime in Bulgaria

After a long wait since early 2024, Bulgaria’s national mechanism for screening of foreign direct investments officially came into effect on 22 July 2025, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/452. This is now a fact following the promulgation of amendments to the Rules on Implementation of the Investment Promotion Act.

Dual price display and currency exchange in the context of euro adoption

When can we terminate a Motor Third Party Liability (MTPL) Insurance

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

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 166,000.

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

SCC with an interpretative decision on the amount of compensation for copyright infringement

The Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) has finally brought clarity to the issue of damages for author's rights infringement with a new Interpretative Decision. Тhe issues of determining the amount of damages suffered; the recovery of out-of-court costs and the need to prove non-pecuniary damages are addressed.

Konstantin Kostadinov

DPC contributed the Bulgarian part of World IT Lawyers’ AI Regulation Guide

The guide is designed for private companies that try and want to use AI in their work or implement it, and that have cross-border customers

Desislava Krusteva

DPC Advises on Another Major Photovoltaic Power Plant Sale in Bulgaria

Our dedicated Energy, Projects, and Construction Team provided comprehensive legal support throughout the sale of a 70-megawatt photovoltaic project by Electrawinds Bulgaria

Pencho Stanchev

First steps towards ESG compliance in Bulgarian legislation

Changes to the Accountancy Act introduce new European requirements

Ana-Mari Eremieva

National mechanism for screening foreign direct investment related to the security or public order

Today, the Amendments and Supplements Act to the Investment Promotion Act was promulgated. The Act comes into force on Monday, 11.03.2024, and introduces for the first time a mechanism for screening foreign direct investments in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/452 in order to ensure measures for the Bulgarian economy against investments that could endanger national security or public order in Bulgaria.

Nikola Stoychev

DPC advised Evrotrust in a new investment round

Radina Tomanova and Ana-Mari Eremieva worked on this matter.

Radina Tomanova

Martin Zahariev trained trainers under GDPR during the first workshop under the PROLEGIS project

The workshop was organised following train-the-trainer approach.

Metodi Baykushev – speaker at the V Allerhand dispute resolution and ADR summit in Krakow, Poland

Metodi commented the latest caselaw of the Bulgarian Supreme Court on enforcement

DPC earns recertification in Meritas, a global alliance of independent law firms

For yet another year Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. Law Firm excels and earns recertification in Meritas

Ms. Sylvina Beleva is now a member of the Investment Migration Council

The IMC is seated in Geneva, Switzerland and is the worldwide association for investor immigration and citizenship-by-investment,

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. – A leader in one of the most prestigious legal guides worldwide

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. ranks leader in two more categories – Real estate and construction and EU and competition.

DPC held a seminar on the new FIDIC suite of contracts

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. Law Firm held a specialized seminar on the new FIDIC Suite of Contracts launched in December 2017.

Desislava Krusteva will speak at the prestigious 10th marketing conference for pharmacists

This year’s edition of the conference will focus on the opportunities that digital marketing offers to the market in medicinal products.

Step ahead in adopting new transparency tax rules at EU level

The European Commission welcomes a political agreement of EU Member States on new transparency rules

European Commission sent a formal notice to Bulgaria to amend VAT rules

The European commission has triggered the first step of infringement procedure against Bulgaria

February 26, 2018

Martin Zahariev, PHD, presented GDPR at a workshop under a European project

Martin Zahariev, PhD delivered a presentation at a workshop on privacy and education in the context of the so called “once-only” principle.

January 7, 2020

Desislava Krusteva gains recognition in the Women in Data 2019 survey

Global Data Review – the leading information source within the data law landscape – has recently released its new survey Women in Data 2019.

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