Ms Donka Stoyanova > Dimitrov, Petrov & Co > Sofia, Bulgaria > Lawyer Profile

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co is praised by clients as being ‘extremely proficient in transport law’, handling both local and cross-border matters such as projects and administrative and litigation proceedings, as well as day-to-day legal consultancy. Recent work highlights include advising on carriage contracts and bill of lading disputes for carriers, the acquisition of aircraft and damages proceedings on behalf of transport operators. Donka Stoyanova utilises her expertise in competition law, dispute resolution, public procurement and administrative law to advise across a whole host of transport matters.

Public procurement and large infrastructure projects lie at the heart of Dimitrov, Petrov & Co‘s projects and PPP practice group, with the team regularly acting for energy and renewable energy, telecoms and real estate clients. Boyana Milcheva, who is praised by clients as ‘working wonders in the field of construction and real estate law’, and Donka Stoyanova head the team.

Major TMT and life sciences companies regularly seek the expertise of Dimitrov, Petrov & Co‘s competition practice group for their ‘industry knowledge and specialisation’ across antitrust and competition law. The team handles a broad range of matters, from abuse of dominance, collusive agreements, state aid issues, unfair competition cases to broader advice on the introduction of products on the Bulgarian market. The team is led by Zoya Todorova, who contributes extensive experience representing clients before the Commission for Protection of Competition and various courts. Donka Stoyanova‘s broad experience takes in anti-trust, state aid and trademark infringements – clients note that her ‘expertise in competition, including competition litigation, is hard to match’.

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co is hailed as having ‘simply exceptional’ expertise in dispute resolution. The team covers commercial and regulatory litigation and arbitration, cross border debt recovery cases and public procurement procedures. The team delivers first-rate expertise in disputes in the energy, IP, real estate and employment sectors, due to the firm’s full-service approach. Following the departure of Metodi Baykushev the practice is now jointly led by Pencho Stanchev, who specialises in dispute resolution, arbitration and energy law and litigator Encho Simeonov, who has extensive expertise in the medical malpractices field and was promoted to partner in March 2023. Other key team members include Alexander Georgiev, who received a promotion to senior associate in March 2023, Alexander Todorov and Donka Stoyanova.