Mr Omourtag Petkov > Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov > Sofia, Bulgaria > Lawyer Profile

Mr Omourtag Petkov

+359(0)2 932 1100 dgkv@dgkv.com View profile

Work Department

M&A, General Corporate, Commerce Commerce, Infrastructure & Transport, Projects, PPP & PFI Projects, Restructuring & Insolvency

Position

Partner

Career

Omourtag Petkov, admitted to practice in New York and Bulgaria, is a Partner at DGKV and one of its key lawyers in the M&A, international contracts, regulatory (IT & outsourcing, FinTech, AgTech, and other industries), and restructuring practice areas. He is also the head of the firm’s French Desk. Omourtag has acted as lead local counsel to some of the largest international groups interested in investing in Bulgaria, such as RWE Power AG, ArcelorMittal, Progress Software, and TELUS International, among others. He has also been the lead counsel to numerous international private equity funds and other investors developing or acquiring real estate projects or industrial companies. He provides corporate and regulatory advice on a regular basis to major corporations in Bulgaria. A past Chairman and one of the founders of the British Bulgarian Business Association, Omourtag is currently on the Management Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria and is the Chair of its Rule of Law and Legislative Reforms Committee.

Languages

Bulgarian, English, French, Russian

Memberships

• Member of the Management Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria
• Chair of the Rule of Law and Legislative Reform Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria
• Past Chairman of the British Bulgarian Business Association
• Sofia Bar Association
•  American Bar Association
• New York Bar

Education

• Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, U.S.A. (LL.M., 2001); Fulbright Fellow; Guest Editor of the Tulane Law Review; Member of The Journal of American Arbitration; Holland Award of the Institute of International Education, New York, U.S.A
• The Hague Academy of International Law (Certificate in Private International Law, 1999)
• Université de Bourgogne, Faculté de droit, Dijon, France (D.E.A. in International Economic Law, 1997)
• Université d’Orléans, Faculté de droit, Orléans, France (Maîtrise in Business Law, 1996)