In 2014, for a consecutive year, Legal 500 ranked Ilieva, Voutcheva & Co. Law Firm between the leading law firms in Bulgaria in the area of Corporate Law and M&A. Diliana Ilieva and Rossitsa Voutcheva are recommended lawyers in this practice area.

In their interviews for Legal500 our clients said, amongst others: The “very responsive” department at BWSP Ilieva, Voutcheva & Co. Law Firm is “knowledgeable”, and demonstrates “excellent client care”. It advised DFH Bulgaria on a €2.4m commercial agreement, and also acts for Bara Group.

Corporate Law is one of our key areas of expertise. Our Corporate and M&A practice is reinforced by the knowledge in a diversity of industries and experience that we have gained, including mastery of different industrial sectors and their regulatory and economic environment.

In essence we offer:

general corporate law advice

•  incorporation and organizational structuring
•  structuring of company management
•  management liabilities and responsibilities
•  corporate governance
•  shareholders’ rights regulation
•  company secretarial and stock exchange matters
•  employment matters, employment incentives plans
•  shareholders rights protection
•  structuring of corporate financing
•  fiduciary and trustee services
•  corporate address and secretarial services provision

mergers and acquisitions

The Law Firm provides in depth advice to a consistently high standard on all types of transactions including, but not limited to:

• business acquisitions
• private equity
• public or private takeovers
• mergers, spin offs or reorganizations
• joint ventures

Upon consulting our clients on particular M&A we cover all aspects relating to the transaction including:

• transaction organisation, management and documentation
• legal risk management – due diligence and warranties
• regulatory and financing issues
• tax structuring
• environmental issues
• employment issues