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Wolf Theiss covers the full suite of competition matters, including but not limited too antitrust and abuse of dominant market position cases, unfair trade practises, horizontal agreements and merger control proceedings for major transactions on both a national and multinational scale. Anna Rizova leads the team and has regulatory expertise covering a number of sectors and extends the firms offering to the North Macedonian market, being head of the firms North Macedonia desk. Antitrust lawyer Hristina Dzhevlekova further strengthens the practise.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Wolf Theiss Bulgaria team has highly skilled professionals, hardworking and responsive lawyers who love the game, love the challenge that the profession offers. They have existed for a long time on the market and are constantly improving their capacities and pushing the limits.’

  • ‘Hristina Dzhevlekova's professionalism, responsiveness, depth and preciseness of legal advice is constant. Her easily understandable, well-grounded and business oriented advice meets every client's expectations.’

  • ‘The competition team we worked with led by Hristina Dzhevlekova is really outstanding and is able to navigate through the extremely complex regulatory environments in Bulgaria and North Macedonia, as well as internationally. The team is well educated, knowledgeable and very responsive - you can always be sure that will take care and give proper advice.’

  • ‘Hristina Dzhevlekova is an impressive lawyer and remarkable expert in this field. Being our main contact – I can only express my gratitude and satisfaction, she is highly competent and one step ahead of most other lawyers. What we value the most is her dedication to the work and that she is truly interested in delivering the best advice for us. She just goes the extra mile, and we receive real advice and also remarkable solutions. What she provides is different level of legal service.’

Key clients

  • Acrisure
  • Raiffeisen Bank International
  • BNP Paribas
  • Edgecap Partners
  • Pet Network International
  • 3S Investment
  • 4iG
  • Emil Frey
  • Bulgarian Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers (BFIEC)
  • MET Group
  • Renalfa

Work highlights

  • Advising Acrisure on the acquisition of Unilink in six jurisdictions, including the merger clearance aspect.
  • Advised Raiffeisen Bank International on the sale to KBC Bank of 100% of the shares of Raiffeisen Bank (Bulgaria) EAD.
  • Advised Edgecap Partners during the EdgeCap-Comac Medical acquisition.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Hristina Dzhevlekova
Counsel, specialising in competition and employment law.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anna Rizova

Other key lawyers

Hristina Dzhevlekova