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Eversheds Sutherland > The Legal 500 Rankings

Bulgaria > Banking, finance and capital markets Tier 1

Eversheds Sutherland is well known in the market for its capital markets practice and additionally has a well-regarded financial regulatory offering. The firm advises clients including banks, asset management firms and other financial institutions. Nikolay Bebov and Damyan Leshev are the practice co-heads, while Victoria Tzonkova provides further support in project financing and litigation in the banking space.

Bulgaria > Healthcare and life sciences Tier 2

Eversheds Sutherland, which merged with local firm Tsvetkova Bebov and Partners in June 2022, assists pharmaceutical and food companies with regard to competition and contract law issues, as well as representing clients in commercial and administrative litigation proceedings. Among the matters the team is regularly instructed on are market access issues, pricing and reimbursement legislation, clinical trial agreements and compliance with regulations. The team is jointly led by Irina Tsvetkova and Eleonora Mateina, the latter of whom is praised for her ‘stunning knowledge of pharmaceutical law’.

Bulgaria > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 3

Eversheds Sutherland is entrusted with varied work which includes advice on M&A deal structuring, completing due diligence and other corporate documentation, as well as the restructuring of domestic and foreign businesses. Practice co-head Irina Tsvetkova is well versed in mergers and acquisitions and the resulting restructurings, and fellow co-head Nikolay Bebov  similarly acts in M&A deals, but with a focus on the financial sector.

Bulgaria > Intellectual property Tier 3

Eversheds Sutherland assists national and international companies, most notably AstraZeneca, on a whole host of IP matters, ranging from day-to-day consultancy on the IP aspects of marketing activities to representing clients in court and arbitration proceedings and before the EUIPO and the Bulgarian Patent Office. Nikolay Bebov and Philip Kiossev jointly lead the team.

Bulgaria > Dispute resolution Tier 4

Investment arbitration, cross-border disputes, commercial and employment litigation as well as advice during insolvency proceedings are some examples of what the Litigation department at Eversheds Sutherland undertakes. Victoria Tzonkova is an expert litigator and insolvency practitioner and leads the practice group.