Lawyer Rankings

Bulgaria > Energy and natural resources

The ‘loyal, efficient and highly motivated‘ team at Dimitrov, Petrov & Co is noted for its ‘customer-oriented and pragmatic approach and excellent knowledge‘, as well as for providing ‘thorough advice‘ to clients such as Alpiq, VM Petroleum and Windkraft Simonsfeld. The practice is led by Bogdan Petrov, who mainly advises on launching and running energy businesses in Bulgaria, and Zoya Todorova, an ‘exceptional professional with deep knowledge of her field’, who advises on licensing. Boyana Milcheva and senior associate Pencho Stanchev, who are ‘experts in the oil and gas retail sector‘, are also recommended. The team advised the Mareshki Group on the establishment of a petrol station chain in Bulgaria, and recently represented the client in a case before the Commission for Protection of Competition based on allegations of below-cost sales.

Bulgaria > Projects and PPP

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co attracts praise from clients as ‘one of the most experienced teams in telecoms infrastructure projects and financings’; the group recently advised UTI Group on a tender process relating to a surveillance system, and also assisted Mareshki Group with its investment in a business centre in downtown Sofia. The ‘very communicative‘ Boyana Milcheva and managing partner Metodi Baykushev jointly lead the department; other key practitioners include the ‘responsive and extremely smart‘ Hristo Nihrizov and senior associate Boyan Ivanov, who handles e-procurement matters.

Bulgaria > Real estate and construction

The ‘knowledgeable experts‘ at Dimitrov, Petrov & Co assist with real estate investment, development, management, financing and litigation, as well as providing a complete range of legal services in the construction sector, especially with regard to infrastructure projects. Practice heads Alexander Todorov and Boyana Milcheva are both ‘competent, experienced and highly respected in the sector’ and ‘have an impressive way of managing projects’. Major clients include Astaldi, Agrix Bulgaria and Pepkor. The firm regularly handles high-value cross-border deals, and is advising private fund Black Sea Property on various issues surrounding the acquisition of apartments in a holiday complex.