Banks, financial institutions, strategic investors, private equity and venture capital funds regularly turn to the practice at Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov for advice on secured transactions and corporate finance, debt restructuring, capital markets, the regulation of financial and investment services and bonds issuances, among other matters. The team is led by Nikolai Gouginski, who excels in cross-border lending; Georgi Tzvetkov, who is a key name for transactional and regulatory matters; Kaloyan Krumov, who has strength in project and acquisition finance; and Gergana Monovska, who provides transactional and regulatory support in the capital markets area. Valentin Bojilov further strengthens the team with his experience in lender and borrower financing transactions.
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‘The teams I had the pleasure to work with demonstrate a high level of expertise and work hard to understand the exact needs, expectations and goals.’
‘Gergana Monovska and Georgi Tsvetkov: the standards and know-how in terms of both pure legal understanding and project management are on a world class level.’
Key clients
- BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, J.P. Morgan SE and UniCredit Bank AG
- United States International Development Finance Corporation and Citibank, N.A. in New York
- Silverline Partners - Fund LP
- UniCredit Bulbank AD, DSK Bank AD and United Bulgarian Bank AD
- OTP Bank PLC
- PIMCO Europe Limited
- DSK Bank AD
- TELUS International (Cda) Inc
- Unicredit Bulbank AD
- ICBC International Finance Limited
- UniCredit Bank Austria AG
Work highlights
- Advised the Joint Lead Managers BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, J.P. Morgan SE and Unicredit Bank AG on the Bulgarian law aspects of the update of the Republic of Bulgaria’s Global Medium Term Note Programme and the concurrent Republic of Bulgaria’s issuance of EUR 2.250 billion sovereign bonds in 2022.
- Advising the lenders on additional financing of Ceres Pharma NV and its corporate group in connection with the acquisition of the group by Naxicap by providing EUR 31 000 000 incremental facility resulting in an increase of the total amount of financing to EUR 126 000 000.
- Advised a syndicate of three of Bulgaria’s largest banks - Unicredit Bulbank AD, DSK Bank AD and United Bulgarian Bank AD - in relation to the financing of MAXCOM EOOD, Chipolino EOOD and MAXBIKE EOOD.
Lawyers
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Leading partners
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Georgi Tzvetkov
Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & VelichkovNext Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Gergana Monovska
Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & VelichkovPractice head
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Nikolai Gouginski, Georgi Tzvetkov, Kaloyan Krumov, Gergana Monovska