Kinstellar covers a broad scope of work, including financing, payments and fintech advice, support with regulatory and compliance questions, as well as transactional work. International financial institutions, development banks, fintech companies as well as payment service providers entrust the team on a wide spread of work. Svilen Issaev has particular experience representing lenders and borrowers in complex financing transactions and leads the Sofia practice, and Diana Dimova is head of the firm-wide financial institutions group and advises on a range of corporate matters. Denitsa Kuzeva is another key name in the banking and finance department.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Consistently high level of service provided by the team.'
'Good depth of the team with a broad expertise and ability to handle complex matters.'
'Always thoughtful and very responsive, on top of the detail while at the same time maintaining a strategic view and practical guidance.'
'Strong practitioners both from a technical as well as practical perspective.’
‘Diana Dimova: brings commercial acumen and the level of advice needed at any given stage in an instruction. Provides excellent service and understands the industry well. Proactive, tenacious and extremely hard-working.
- 'Svilen Issaev provides clear and pragmatic advice. Comes in with a great understanding of clients’ needs, offering very user-friendly advice. Up-to-date knowledge on all key regulatory issues. Very hands-on and solutions-oriented.’
‘Robust cross-border banking and finance expertise with immense experience on the market. The team includes lawyers who are the first ones on the market to test and close large-scale financing despite various local legal and other challenges and to pave the pathway to further transactions.’
‘Denitsa Kuzeva is always there for her clients and is always on top of things.’
Key clients
- KBC Bank NV
- United Bulgarian Bank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- NovEnergia
- Lion’s Head Investments AD
- European Investment Fund
- SOF Connect
- European Investment Bank
- First Investment Bank
Work highlights
- Advised United Bulgarian Bank on the merger of KBC Bank Bulgaria EAD (ex Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria)) with United Bulgarian Bank (UBB – the Bulgarian subsidiary of KBC Bank).
- Advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on several loans to water utility companies under the EUR 200 million Bulgarian Water Sector Financing Framework.
- Advised Lion’s Head Investments on the refinancing of investment loans by UniCredit Bulbank, provided to Polygraphia Office Centre and Megapark.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Svilen Issaev