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Dual Price Display and Currency Exchange in the Context of Euro Adoption

After successfully completing all approval procedures, Bulgaria has formally adopted the euro as...

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?

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

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

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...

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...

Desislava Krusteva

DPC Advises on Another Major Photovoltaic Power Plant Sale in Bulgaria

Our dedicated Energy, Projects, and Construction Team provided comprehensive legal support...

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...

Nikola Stoychev

DPC advised Evrotrust in a new investment round

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

Radina Tomanova

Are your employees trustworthy enough not to get involved in money laundering?

Anti-money laundering regulation imposes new obligations on companies, with one of the latest...

Tsvetelina Koleva

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

October 18, 2022

Commentary on the Personal Insolvency Bill

On 6 October 2022 a public consultancy procedure on the Personal Insolvency Bill was opened.

September 29, 2022

Prof. Dr. George Dimitrov has been selected as an international arbitrator at the BIA Court of Arbitration

The newly founded panel includes four lawyers with a proven high level of professional expertise.

Prof. George Dimitrov, DSc

August 19, 2022

A recap of the latest Labour Code amendments in force as of 1 August 2022

Some amendments to the Labour Code came into force on the 1 August. Radina Tomanova summarizes the...

Radina Tomanova

August 11, 2022

DPC won a case in favour of a medical facility on a request from an employee for additional remuneration for work in COVID-19 conditions

During the emergency epidemic situation, all medical facilities were directly affected economically...

Covered bonds – a new opportunity or same old thing?

On 8 July 2022, the new Covered Bonds Act (“CBA”) entered into force, transposing the European...

Unprecedented compensation for nonpecuniary damages awarded to a client

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. Law Firm (DPC) won a case for nonpecuniary damages with an unusually high...

The Cyber Law in Bulgaria monograph is now out

Prof. Dr. George Dimitrov and Assoc. Prof. Martin Zahariev, PhD authored the new edition of Cyber...

Prof. George Dimitrov, DSc

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...

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...

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