Diana Dimova > Kinstellar > Sofia, Bulgaria > Lawyer Profile

Kinstellar‘s strengths include energy and renewable energy projects, telecoms M&A, real estate projects, and PPP and concessions, where the team continues to work on various legal matters relating to the concession of Sofia Airport. The team led by Diana Dimova and Antonia Mavrova frequently advises international investors, developers and banks.

Kinstellar is well equipped to handle large M&A transactions across the financial services, telecommunication, technology, energy and real estate sectors. The team, led by practice head Diana Dimova advised the Saudi Arabian telecom company TAWAL in their acquisition of the tower assets of United Group B.V. across southeastern Europe, which has been valued at EUR 1.2 billion. Dimova is well versed in corporate and M&A matters, private equity transactions and infrastructure projects. Nina Tsifudina jointly leads the practice alongside Dimova and works closely with global IT companies, private equity and venture capital companies on a range of corporate and commercial matters. Atanas Mihaylov additionally brings expertise in corporate reorganizations and entry into the Bulgarian market to the team.

Kinstellar is noted for its capabilities advising on PPPs and greenfield projects, including high-end solar and wind energy projects, next to which they frequently advise on regulatory issues in the energy sector across multiple jurisdictions.  The global firm draws on the expertise of its practitioners in various practice areas, notably finance, real estate and corporate to provide a full-service offering to its energy clients. Diana Dimova and Mladen Minev are joint practice heads, the former focuses on corporate and M&A aspects and the latter handles the full spectrum of energy regulation and policy.

Kinstellar covers a broad scope of work, including financing, payments and fintech advice, support with regulatory and compliance questions, as well as transactional work. International financial institutions, development banks, fintech companies as well as payment service providers entrust the team on a wide spread of work. Svilen Issaev has particular experience representing lenders and borrowers in complex financing transactions and leads the Sofia practice, and Diana Dimova is head of the firm-wide financial institutions group and advises on a range of corporate matters. Denitsa Kuzeva is another key name in the banking and finance department.