Kinstellar

Mihaela Dimitrova

Senior Associate

Diana Dimova

Managing Partner and co-head of M&A, Corporate & Private Equity in Sofia. Diana advises international companies on their market entry and corporate matters, including implementation of changes in capital and corporate structures. She has led the local team on some of largest M&A deals in the Bulgarian financial services sector. She also has considerable experience in infrastructure projects, having advised the project sponsors of a large gas infrastructure project and, more recently, the investors in the Sofia airport concession.

Nikolay Gergov

Senior Associate

Svilen Issaev

Partner, head of Banking, Finance and Capital Markets in Sofia and and co-head of the firm-wide Restructuring & Insolvency service line. He has advised some of the largest international and domestic banking and finance institutions on various transactional, regulatory and compliance matters applicable to their business in Bulgaria. Svilen’s expertise includes a wide spectrum of finance and investment issues such as: banks and financial institutions licensing, cross border financings, investment structuring, debt restructuring, security insolvency proceedings, capital market transactions and regulations. He also specialises in life sciences and healthcare, including marketing authorisation, production, distribution, pricing and reimbursement, pharmacovigilance, advertising and clinical trials.

Milka Ivanova

Denitsa Kuzeva

Senior Associate

Antonia Mavrova

Partner, firm-wide Head of the Automotive and Industrials sector, head of Real Estate, Constriction and Planning, and co-head of Dispute Resolution in Sofia . Her real estate expertise includes investment, financing and acquisition, project development and property management. Antonia has advised some of the largest strategic investors in Bulgaria on compliance with the stringent local environmental regulations. She has strong expertise in real estate litigation, ensuring the appropriate dispute resolution mechanism and the best possible outcome. Antonia has also represented automobile manufacturers and suppliers on their market entries by structuring their investments and in various legal aspects.

Atanas Mihaylov

Counsel and head of Tax and Restructuring & Insolvency in Sofia. Atanas Mihaylov also has vast experience in Real Estate & Construction and M&A & Corporate projects. Atanas has advised infrastructure clients and international real estate developers on all aspects of their projects, including land acquisition, zoning, planning, engineering, procurement and construction, insurance, permitting, operational agreements, project finance and regulatory matters. His transactional experience includes structuring real estate acquisitions and disposals and advising on the real estate, regulatory and tax aspects of share-purchase agreements, corporate reorganisations and joint ventures. He has also successfully advised clients on commercial litigation and arbitration matters.

Mladen Minev

Partner, head of Energy and Natural Resources and co-head of Dispute Resolution in Sofia. He has rich experience advising local and international clients, including in the energy sector, on various legal aspects related to the development of complex projects, spatial planning development and construction, real estate investments, and corporate and cross-border commercial mattes. He specialises in national and European energy regulatory issues, energy policy and compliance matters. He also represents companies in litigation proceedings (commercial, civil and administrative) and in national and international arbitration.

Milka Nikolova

Of Counsel and head of Telecommunications in Sofia

Nina Tsifudina

Partner, co-head of M&A, Corporate & Private Equity and firm-wide co-head of Employment & Labour Law. She advises both local and international clients on all aspects of employment law, delivering strategic guidance on all workplace issues, as well as on a wide range of commercial matters and corporate transactions such as M&A, reorganisations and market entry strategies. She also represents private equity and venture capital firms and other corporates on acquisitions, disposals and restructurings, as well as portfolio companies on all corporate matters. Nina is among the key advisers on the local corporate and employment aspects of large international transactions, including those of global IT companies with operations in Bulgaria.