Ms Anna Rizova > Wolf Theiss > Sofia, Bulgaria > Lawyer Profile

Wolf Theiss is well placed to advise clients across Central and Eastern Europe, including leading international pharmaceutical companies, clinical trial providers and manufacturers of medical devices, on various corporate, employment, real estate and data protection matters, as well as on cross-border acquisitions. Anna Rizova is the practice head and is supported by Hristina Dzhevlekova.

Wolf Theiss advises diverse clients across the telecoms, technology, financial services, food and beverages, healthcare and BPO fields in the area of IP law, including the IP aspects of commercial contracts and disputes before the Bulgarian courts. Managing partner Anna Rizova leads the IP and data protection practice group.

Wolf Theiss advises on M&A transactions, privacy and data protection matters, regulatory and licensing issues, and compliance and IP matters across the software, telecoms and high-tech industries. Start-ups, funds, IT companies, and fintech and agritech organisations belong to the firm’s client roster. Richard Clegg and Anna Rizova jointly lead the TMT practice, with Clegg specialising in high-profile M&A transactions in regulated sectors, and Rizova frequently leading on IP and IT transactions.

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.

Wolf Theiss acts for international venture capital and private equity investors in transactional work that ranges from small minority share acquisitions up to large cross-border equity and commercial transactions. The firm represents Acrisure in an ongoing insurance-broker acquisition of the Unilink Group across 6 jurisdictions. Richard Clegg leads the practice and is especially versed in transactions and corporate matters in the regulated industries. Anna Rizova advises global corporates on their entry into the Bulgarian market and in M&A transactions, Katerina Kraeva and Jasmina Uzova are also noted for their contributions on M&A transactions.

The Wolf Theiss litigation and arbitration team assists in complex disputes, commercial civil litigation and arbitration cases, and insolvency proceedings, that frequently take place over multiple jurisdictions, where the wider firm is a benefit to the team. The team advises in cases ranging from energy through to pharma and areas related to IP, data protection and employment. Radoslav Mikov and Anna Rizova  jointly lead the practice, with the former focusing on energy litigation matters and the latter in cross-border projects especially in the regulated sectors. Oleg Temnikov  is hailed by clients as ‘one of the most reputable, experienced, knowledgeable and professional arbitration practitioners in Bulgaria’.

Wolf Theiss has broad expertise – advising on  on renewable energy systems projects in Bulgaria and their financing, implementing EU law and energy regulations and assisting companies with their entry into the Bulgarian gas and electricity trading markets. The firm is well placed to advise on matters covering several jurisdictions and counts local and international developers, investors, banks and financing entities among its clients. The team is led by Anna Rizova  who has in depth knowledge of the energy regulatory framework, and Radoslav Mikov who has over 23 years’ experience in the electricity and natural gas sectors. Oleg Temnikov further strengthens the practice and advises on complex energy projects.