Ernst & Young Law Partnership advises in merger control cases, abuse of dominant market position, unfair competition matters as well as providing clients with training on staying compliant with competition law. The firm is frequently involved in cross-border matters pertaining to EU law, and actively advises across the IT, retail, banking and financial services sectors, among others. Recently promoted partner Svetlin Adrianov, Yura Mincheva and Irina Yaneva jointly lead the practice.

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Testimonials

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  • 'EY Law has younger practice and are very ambitious to show their value. They have some experienced partners (Svetlin Adrianov and Yura Mincheva) with whom we worked previously and we are happy with their pragmatic and competent advice. Also, we rely on their international and cross-country expertise as a multinational advisory. They provide highly practical suggestions to topics raised to them.'
  • 'Svetlin Adrianov and Yura Mincheva are top experts in competition law. We frequently ask and receive high-quality advice from them.'

Key clients

  • DEMA Com Ltd and Desislava Petrova
  • Mexon OOD
  • Lilly Drogerie EOOD
  • Iventas
  • UNION OF BREWERS IN BULGARIA
  • Tata Consultancy Services
  • America for Bulgaria Foundation
  • VITRONIC Dr.-Ing. Stein Bildverarbeitungssysteme GmbH
  • Central Cooperative Bank AD
  • American Express Payments Europe S.L
  • European Investment Bank (EIB)

Work highlights

  • Assisted Iventas in the appeal of the decision of the Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition (“CPC”) by which Iventas had been fined for prohibited vertical agreements with its retailer clients. The team successfully represented the client before both the Sofia Province Administrative Court and the Supreme Administrative Court.
  • Assisted Vitronic in a major public procurement procedure in Bulgaria, including the preparation of the tender documentation.
  • Provides ongoing legal support to American Express Payments Europe S.L in Bulgaria on various issues related to compliance with the local AML&CTF framework and relations with the local agent, POSTBANK.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Svetlin Adrianov, Yura Mincheva, Irina Yaneva