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Inheritance of Shares in a Limited Liability Company: Can One Become an LLC Shareholder by Inheritance?

Can the Articles of Association of an LLC Allow Heirs of a Deceased Shareholder to Become Shareholders without a General Meeting Resolution?

The Lobbying Act is officially promulgated in Bulgaria

DPC Successfully Challenges Refusal of the Commercial Register to Initiate Fast-Track Liquidation Procedure

Bulgarian Supreme Court: Rights Holders Cannot Use Standard Copyright Claims to Force ISP Website Blocking

Inheritance of Shares in a Limited Liability Company: Can One Become an LLC Shareholder by Inheritance?

Can the Articles of Association of an LLC Allow Heirs of a Deceased Shareholder to Become Shareholders without a General Meeting Resolution?

Tsvetelina Koleva

The Lobbying Act is officially promulgated in Bulgaria

This piece of legislation is key to unlocking EU funds under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and for meeting OECD accession requirements

Nikola Stoychev

DPC Successfully Challenges Refusal of the Commercial Register to Initiate Fast-Track Liquidation Procedure

Our corporate law experts successfully overturned a Commercial Register refusal, reaffirming that the fast‑track liquidation procedure is fully applicable and can effectively accelerate company liquidations for eligible businesses

Polya Dimitrova

Bulgarian Supreme Court: Rights Holders Cannot Use Standard Copyright Claims to Force ISP Website Blocking

The Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation with a major decision on online copyright infringement and ISPs liability

Nikola Stoychev

Bulgaria Adopts NIS2: Key Changes Businesses Need to Know

Bulgaria has adopted major amendments to the Cybersecurity Act, finally transposing the EU’s second Network and Information Security (NIS2) Directive into its national legal framework

Nikola Stoychev

Conversion of share capital in connection with the introduction of the euro

The official introduction of the euro as the currency of the Republic of Bulgaria has a number of legal consequences for commercial companies, one of which is related to the conversion of company capital from levs to euros

DPC advised the sale of HackSoft to Waracle

We have provided legal support and assistance to Hacksoft on corporate, tech, and IP matters since its very beginning more than eight years ago

Radina Tomanova

Craft and Industrial Geographical Indications: The New Registration Procedure

The upcoming EU framework and national legislative changes create new opportunities for Bulgarian producers to secure broader protection for Craft and Industrial Geographical Indications, further consolidating Bulgaria’s leading position in the sector

IBEX Introduces 15-Minute Intervals in the Day-Ahead Market From 1 October 2025

The transition from the current 60-minute intervals to 15-minute intervals follows the framework of the EU Single Day-Ahead Coupling (SDAC) and aligns the Bulgarian market with the wider European practice.

Alexander Georgiev

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 by the measures against the epidemic, as because of the restrictions on some planned medical activities, the revenue from their activity was significantly reduced.

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 Directive (EU) 2019/2162 on the issue of covered bonds and covered bond public supervision (the “Directive”), aimed at harmonising the legal regime for covered bonds in EU Member States.

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 amount of compensation for Bulgaria.

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 Law in Bulgaria, published by Kluwer Law International in May 2022, as a part of the International Encyclopaedia of Law series.

Prof. George Dimitrov, DSc

DPC won the Bulgaria Firm of the Year Award of LMG Life Sciences

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. (DPC) Law Firm has won the jurisdiction award for Bulgaria of the prestigious LMG Life Sciences Awards.

DPC reaches new highs in The Legal 500 ranking for 2022

More Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. (DPC) practices and lawyers than ever have been recognized in one of the most prestigious global legal rankings.

The Constitutional Court has defined environmental protection and wildlife conservation as a supreme constitutional value

The judges unanimously rejected the request for annulment of the provision of Art. 7 of the Biological Diversity Act thus confirming that the orders for the designation of protected areas are final and not subject to appeal.

Boyana Milcheva

DPC advised Beetroot on buying the business of South Gate Tech

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. (DPC) advised the entry of the Swedish software company Beetroot in the Bulgarian market through the acquisition of the business of the Bulgarian tech company South Gate Tech.

Hristo Nihrizov

European Commission to fight shell entities

At the end of 2021, the European Commission presented an initiative to fight the misuse of shell entities for improper tax purposes. These so-called ‘shell companies’ are used for tax evasion purposes and aggressive tax planning, by directing financial flows towards jurisdictions that have lower taxes or by shielding assets, such as real estate, from taxes.

Boyana Milcheva

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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