Ema Stoyanova > Schoenherr > Sofia, Bulgaria > Lawyer Profile

Schoenherr
ALABIN 56
1000 SOFIA
Bulgaria
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Work Department

competition, eu & foreign trade · labour & employment · corporate & reorganisations

Position

Associate

Career

Ema Stoyanova has been an associate with Schoenherr Bulgaria since 2023. Her main areas of practice are competition, EU and foreign trade and antitrust compliance, and she also deals with consumer protection and corporate/M&A. She has advised on merger control regimes, acting for clients in relation to alleged anticompetitive practices and agreements before regulators, and advising on market investigations and competition law compliance. She obtained an LL.B. diploma in International and European Law from the University of Groningen and, subsequently, an LL.M. diploma in International Business Law from Tilburg University. Before joining Schoenherr, Ema worked as an in-house legal associate at an international technology company in the areas of commercial law, labour law and regulatory compliance. Her working languages are Bulgarian, English and German.

Languages

Bulgarian, English, German

Education

Tilburg University, Tilburg/Netherlands (LL.M. 2021)

University of Groningen, Groningen/Netherlands (LL.B. 2020)

Lawyer Rankings

Bulgaria > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Schoenherr‘s commercial, corporate and M&A practice strengths include local and cross-border M&A transactions and take overs, where the team has a proven track record advising in the TMT and energy sectors. Alexandra Doytchinova leads the team and focuses on the energy and real estate sectors, where she advises on market entry to Bulgaria, direct investments and high-profile transactions. Ilko Stoyanov is noted for his ‘exceptional knowledge and experience in the field of commercial, corporate and M&A legislation and projects’. Further bolstering the Corporate and M&A team is Stela Pavlova-Kaneva, who acts in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, Tereza Shishkova and Ema Stoyanova who joined the firm in December 2022 and January 2023 respectively.