Stefana Tsekova > Schoenherr > Sofia, Bulgaria > Lawyer Profile

International and domestic transport and logistics clients benefit from the multidisciplinary advisory approach that Schoenherr adopts, for full scope advice on major transport, logistics and infrastructure projects. The team offers corporate, financing, regulatory and disputes support to clients active in the bike manufacturing, automotive, railway and aviation industries. Regulatory expert Stefana Tsekova leads the team and is well versed in public procurement and project financing.

Schoenherr’s expertise across the entire lifecycle of infrastructure projects comes to the fore in transport, renewable energy and oil and gas construction projects. The team assists clients on the tender, project finance and construction process, as well as providing advice on various permits and environmental assessments. Jointly leading the practice are energy experts Stefana Tsekova and Alexandra Doytchinova, who handle regulatory matters and M&A respectively.

Schoenherr is particularly well regarded for its proficiency on international energy projects across the oil and gas, wind, PV and utilities sectors, leveraging the firms cross-European set up to advise both Bulgarian and European companies, governmental and EU bodies on the acquisition, development and implementation of projects. Further areas of expertise include M&A and project financing, regulatory compliance, EU policy and local energy legislation. Dimitar Kairakov and Stefana Tsekova jointly lead the practice, with the former advising energy clients on regulatory and licensing matters and the latter having experience in development of the energy regulatory framework both at the EU and national levels.