Mr Alexander Pachamanov > Georgiev, Todorov & Co > Sofia, Bulgaria > Lawyer Profile
Georgiev, Todorov & Co Offices
27 PARCHEVICH STREET
1000 SOFIA
Bulgaria
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Mr Alexander Pachamanov
Work Department
TMT
Position
Senior Partner, Head of TMT Department
Practice areas: TMT, M&A, Concessions, EU & Competition, Intellectual Property, Transport, Dispute Resolution
Career
Alexander Pachamanov joined Georgiev, Todorov and Co. in 2001. Prior to that he has been a senior legal advisor to one of the largest Bulgarian hardware and software retailers and a lawyer in the Communications Regulation Commission (state regulator in the field of telecommunications) from 1998 to 2001. Alexander Pachamanov has graduated from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Law.
Alexander focuses on legal relations in the public sector – licenses, concessions, permissions and authorizations, privatization, as well as competition law, including merger control and state aid. He had an active role in some of the major privatization and concession deals in Bulgaria involving the Bulgarian Telecommunication Company, Bulgartabak Holding, Trakia Highway, Devin, etc.
He specializes in the telecommunication field and its regulations. He is the long-term adviser of the Bulgarian Telecommunication Company, and has represented them in relation to a number of regulatory, competition law and corporate issues. Alexander is also the former in-house lawyer for the Communication Regulation Commission, which gives him additional knowledge and еssential experience in the telecommunications sector. In his practice, he has in his portfolio clients such as BTC, Balkantel, Microsoft, Thales Austria, Nova Television, Nef Telecom, Balkan News Corporation, and many others.
Pachamanov advises on various projects significant key companies on the Bulgarian market such as GPS Bulgaria (a leading Bulgarian provider of technologically advanced GPS / GSM based solutions for fleet management, vehicle security, personal tracking, monitoring of ships and railway vehicles, as well as and other specialized business solutions),T-Systems Hungary Ltd. (the Hungarian subsidiary of T-Systems – the corporate customer unit of Deutsche Telekom), NURTS Bulgaria (a local company founded in 2010, currently part of the structure of the existing telecom BTC (Vivacom), as the company is mainly engaged in providing radio and television broadcasting and signal transmission services and among its main clients are the Bulgarian National Radio, Bulgarian National Television, BTV, Nova TV, TV7, Telenor).
Alexander currently represents the Agriculture State Fund on 60 cases regarding appeals against acts for establishment of public state receivables in relation to an EU program. The matter is of upmost importance due to the high profile nature of the client and the complexity of the contracts involved.
He is rated by colleagues and partners as one of the key professionals in the TMT sector in Bulgaria.
Languages
He is fluent in English and his native Bulgarian.
Memberships
Sofia Bar Asociation
Education
Sofia University, Faculty of Law
Lawyer Rankings
Bulgaria > TMT
(Leading individuals)Publishing companies, telecoms operators (mostly notably Vivacom) and IT companies regularly turn to Georgiev, Todorov & Co for day-to-day legal advice across various matters, including but not limited to commercial issues, M&A transactions and project financing, as well as IP matters and the revision and negotiation of contracts. The firm is also highly regarded for its litigation strength and is frequently called upon to act in disputes in the TMT sector before Bulgarian courts. Practice head Alexander Pachamanov is praised by clients for his ‘exceptional‘ understanding of local and EU regulatory issues in the TMT sector. He is supported by key IP lawyer Tsvetelina Dimitrova.
Bulgaria > Transport (including shipping)
(Leading individuals)Georgiev, Todorov & Co houses a team of ‘well-prepared and skilful lawyers’ who advise engineering and construction companies, fleet services and Bulgarian ports on matters across the transport sector. The team is well equipped to handle public transport projects, share purchase agreements, infrastructure extensions and disputes in the sector, under the leadership of regulatory, competition and corporate expert Alexander Pachamanov. A recent highlight for the firm was advising MTK Trans on the collection of renumeration of the carriage of passengers of various city bus lines in Sofia. Tsvetelina Dimitrova is another key partner on the team.
Bulgaria > EU and competition
Unfair competition, abuse of dominant position, trademark infringement and public procurement matters are among some of the work undertaken by the ‘outstanding’ competition team at Georgiev, Todorov & Co. The practice also has a proven track record providing ongoing consultancy on local and EU regulations and competition matters. It counts major retail companies and telecoms operators as clients, including long-term client Vivacom. Practice head Alexander Pachamanov is particularly experienced in the telecommunications and transport sectors in all matters relating to competition and is well supported by ‘amazing lawyer‘ Tsvetelina Dimitrova who has considerable experience in European Union law and its regulatory framework.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Bulgaria > Transport (including shipping)
- Leading individuals Bulgaria > TMT
- Transport (including shipping) Bulgaria
- EU and competition Bulgaria
- TMT Bulgaria