Stela Pavlova-Kaneva > Schoenherr > Sofia, Bulgaria > Lawyer Profile
Schoenherr Offices
ALABIN 56
1000 SOFIA
Bulgaria
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Stela Pavlova-Kaneva
Work Department
Corporate and M&A
Position
| Attorney at law |
Career
Stela Pavlova is an attorney at law at Schoenherr’s Sofia office specialising in Corporate/M&A. She joined Schoenherr in April 2017 following her qualification as solicitor and admission to the Law Society of England and Wales. Stela is dual qualified English/Bulgarian lawyer. As part of her transactional experience, she has built up a track record of successful domestic and cross-border M&A deals in the telecommunications, real estate, energy and manufacturing sectors and has been involved in several landmark deals on the Bulgarian market. Prior to joining the firm, she completed a two year Training Contract at Linklaters LLP in London, including a six-month secondment at British Petroleum. While at Linklaters LLP she gained experience in banking, capital markets, M&A and general corporate law matters. Her working languages are Bulgarian, English, German and Russian.
Languages
Bulgarian, English, German, Russian
Memberships
Law Society of England and Wales
Education
University of Law, London/UK (Legal Practice Course 2015)
University of Oxford, Oxford/UK (Master of Science in Law and Finance 2013)
University of Warwick, UK (LL.B. 2012)
University of Saarland, Germany (Erasmus year abroad 2011)
Lawyer Rankings
Bulgaria > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading associates)Schoenherr’s corporate capacities are primarily applied in the context of large national and cross-border acquisitions and take overs primarily in the TMT, IT and renewables sectors, where the team employs an interdisciplinary approach to advise on the related regulatory, real estate and finance aspects of deals. Further areas of expertise include private equity investments, reorganisations and day-to-day corporate law support. Alexandra Doytchinova, who specialises in investments and market entries in Bulgaria, corporate restructurings and divestments, and Ilko Stoyanov, who regularly advises investment funds on M&A transactions, are joint practice heads. Katerina Kaloyanova-Toshkova and Stela Pavlova-Kaneva are key contacts in the team and both have extensive experience advising on domestic and international M&A transactions in the telecoms, energy and manufacturing sectors.