Dimitrov, Petrov & Co

The firm: Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. (DPC) is a pre-eminent full-range business law firm globally recognised for its in-depth knowledge and expertise in the key areas of business law – corporate, banking and securities, information and communication technologies, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, telecommunications, competition, pharmaceutical, real estate, construction, taxation, energy, public procurement, litigation, employment and social security. The firm was established in 1997 and has offices in Sofia and Varna. Currently, it has more than 50 staff members and is represented by twelve highly respected and skilled partners who provide effective and innovative best-in-class legal solutions.

The team: DPC offers more than solid legal advice, it offers partnership to share its clients’ vision. Its associates are committed, flexible, creative and globally minded lawyers who protect and assert their clients’ rights while guiding them through the legal process. Driven by the core mission to always provide the best legal advice, the firm’s lawyers constantly strive to gain extra knowledge and know-how and thus to remain innovative thinkers and contemporary legislation architects.

Alongside their strong practical experience, the team’s experts are widely recognised academic scholars in premiere universities, having been awarded the highest academic titles. They have trained attorneys-at-law, judges, prosecutors, investigators, in-house lawyers and state officials in the legal aspects of the implementation of the legislation in various law areas. They are authors of numerous publications and books and speakers at international conferences and business events.

The firm’s lawyers play a key role in numerous projects assigned and partnered by Bulgarian government institutions and the highly authoritative international institutions: World Bank, NATO, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, Interpol, The European Commission, The Canadian Agency for International Development, USAID, etc.

Global reach: DPC maintains constant partner relations and professional co-operation on a case-by-case basis with a number of leading international law firms, including but not limited to Baker McKenzie, Bird & Bird, Hogan Lovells, Time.lex, Reed Smith, Hunton & Williams LLP, White & Case LLP, Fieldfisher, Lydian LLP, etc. The law firm is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria (AmCham), the Bulgarian-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – key driving forces for the development of a competitive business environment in the Bulgarian market. The law firm is also a member of the International Business Law Consortium (IBLC), European Communities Trade Mark Association, IT IP Law Group Europe, the Life Sciences Practice Group, Transatlantic Law International (TALI), etc.

Since 2005 DPC has been a member of Meritas™, a global alliance of over 7,000 lawyers serving in 170+ full-service law firms across more than 70 countries. Through Meritas, clients seeking legal services can easily connect with pre-qualified legal expertise worldwide. Meritas firms are also required to participate in ongoing recertification and client satisfaction evaluations.

In 2023, DPC joined Multilaw - an international professional services network of independent law firms. It was established in 1990 and comprises over 90 member firms in more than 100 countries.