Penkova & Partners Law Firm

The firm

Penkova & Partners Law Firm (formerly Dyulgerova & Penkova Law Firm) provides competent and high quality legal consultancy in the field of commercial and corporate law, construction, real estate, employment and procedural representation. The Law Firm has an ambitious, friendly team of attorneys-at-law with considerable professional experience and excellent knowledge in all legal areas, which provides both domestic and international clients with competent and high-standard legal services.

Areas of practice

Real estate and construction: Assistance on real estate acquisition, transfer, real estate due diligence, condominium management, urban planning procedures, escrow arrangements and implementation of infrastructural projects under the FIDIC Conditions of Contracts.

Tax and customs: Consultation on tax obligations, tax aspects on transformation of legal entities, representation during audit, administrative and court proceedings on objection of tax assessments bills, tariff classification of goods, anti-dumping duties, customs valuation, customs declaration invalidation, appeal of penal decrees.

Commercial, corporate and M&A: Consultation on companies’ incorporation, transformation and termination, acquisition of shares, increase and decrease of capital, in-kind contributions in the capital, etc.

Dispute resolution and debt collection: Representation of clients before state courts, arbitral or other authorities for dispute resolution, as well as court and out-of-court debt collection, financial due diligence of the debtors, initiation of insolvency proceedings.

Competition, consumer protection law: Consultation on antitrust rules, unfair commercial practices, marketing strategies and their compliance with the competition rules, concentration notifications and representation before the Commission for Protection of Competition and the Supreme Administrative Court, representation of clients before the relevant authorities on consumer appeals under the Consumer Protection Act.

Employment, privacy and data protection: Preparation, alteration and termination of employment agreements, collective dismissal, consultation on hiring EU and non EU citizens in Bulgaria, obtaining visa, work and stay permit, health and safety at work, employment litigation and preparation of general terms and agreements related to the protection and processing of personal data.

Intellectual property law: Survey of registered trademarks and patents, granted licenses of rights, performance of the registration procedure, representation and negotiations for the granting of exclusive and non-exclusive licenses, preparation of license contracts and agreements.

Immigration: Obtaining visas and stay permits, as well as acquisition and resumption of Bulgarian citizenship.