Commercial, corporate and M&A

CMS

Private equity, TMT, energy and banking and finance are some of the sectors in which the corporate and commercial team at CMS are active - it assists clients with both the buyer and seller side of complex M&A transactions and advise foreign companies on entry to and exit from the Bulgarian market. M&A expert Atanas Bangachev leads the practice, alongside Gentscho Pavlov and Dimitar Zwiatkow , who specialize in M&A and restructuring, and large-scale portfolio transactions respectively. Assen Georgiev, Nevena Radlova and Veliko Savov are also key points of contact.

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Testimonials

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‘Dimitar Zwiatkow has been diligent in his work and has been able to assist us in closing transactions in a timely manner.’
‘Nevena Radlova is an outstanding person. She is an expert on broad range of commercial law matters such as regulatory matters, licensing, data protection and business agreements review. She also advised us on merger control and merger clearance, anti-trust and compliance matters, as well as on marketing campaigns.’
‘The CMS team has been able to find good solutions on complex topics, coupled with a good commercial understanding.’
‘Highly professional team, very knowledgeable and responsive.’

Key clients

YGY Industries
CTP Invest spol. s.r.o.
KJK Sports
Musala Soft AD
EBRD
Johnson & Johnson
EKO Bulgaria EAD
Atradius Collections
B2 Holding
H&M
Pontus Partners

Work highlights

Advised CTP Invest spol. s.r.o. on the acquisition of Transcapital and Transcapital Ring Road, large logistics business in Sofia, consisting of land of an aggregate area of c. 340 559 sq.m. and over 10 logistics buildings located on such land in two locations in Sofia.
Advised the shareholders in Musala Soft AD on their 100% exit by sale to ARICOMA Group, part of KKCG.
Advised B2 Holding ASA with respect to a EUR 90 million deal relating to the entire sale process of its Bulgarian subsidiary “Debt Collection Agency” JSC.