Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)

Real Estate, Healthcare & Lifesciences, Food Law, Corporate and M&A

Counsel

Elena Todorova has been with Schoenherr since 2006. She heads the Healthcare and Life Sciences practice at the Sofia office and has partner-level experience guiding clients and dealing with EU and Bulgarian legislation. She frequently advises EU-based and local companies on the regulatory aspects of their food and pharma businesses, as well as producers of medical devices, cosmetics, marketers of chemicals and related products, as well as feed business operators on the requirements of the domestic legislation and control. Elena is author of numerous articles in the sphere of healthcare and life sciences and food law. Some of them are:

The newly amended Notice on Handling of Duplicate Marketing Authorisation Applications – during a pandemic, availability is all that matters Development, controversy, stagnation? Trends and forecast for healthcare & life sciences in CEE Bulgaria: How safe is it to advertise a product as "homemade"? New Foodstuff Act in Bulgaria Bulgaria: New Legislation in the Rose Cultivation Sector The Effect of the New EU Medical Device Regulation on Bulgarian Legislation How safe is it to advertise a product as "homemade"? First legislative amendments introducing telemedicine/telehealth Ready for the Cladogenesis of the traditional Healthcare? The Yoghurt War – A Bulgarian Food Law Case Junk Food – To Tax or not to Tax? Is This Chicken That I Have, Or Is This Fish? Bulgaria: healthcare & life sciences in a global pandemic Bulgaria: Even in a state of emergency human rights must be respected! E-healthcare and telehealth become vital to tackling COVID-19 in CEE Growing cannabis in Bulgaria: Legal but still stigmatised Bulgarian Courts and the Deepest Recesses of Marketing Bulgaria: Proposal for EU Directive on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain Bulgaria has liberalised the legal requirements on mixtures containing 1,4-Butanediol and y-Butyrolactone Bulgaria: Commission for Protection of Competition Takes a Negative View of COOL Bill Bulgaria: Amendment to the pricing and reimbursements process for pharmaceuticals

Bulgarian, German, English

Admitted to the Bar in Bulgaria

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia/Bulgaria (Master’s degree in Law 2000)