Transactional work lies at the heart of Velchev & Co. Law Office’s corporate team, where the team is well versed in the pre-transaction stage, including drafting SPA’s, obtaining merger clearance and handling the due diligence, and handles a range of acquisitions, share acquisitions, spin offs and insolvency proceedings. Pavel Velchev leads the practice and is an experienced practitioner in M&A, PE, corporate restructurings and corporate governance matters. The team grew in 2024, with the arrival of Demetra Rohova in March, Iliyana Tdorova in April and Mariela Bogdanova-Kostova in May.
Testimonials
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‘The Velchev & Co. Law Office Team is unique for us for several reasons. With their area of focus and their dedicated client centric approach we always getting a tailor-made service for our needs. The team is always available and provide comprehensive solutions for any aspect of legal issues.’
‘The individuals are very experienced and well connected in the industry. With their clear communication they're consistently keeping us both informed and involved.’
‘The team at Velchev & Co Law office is supporting our company through the years of our successful business. The team is providing legal assistance in variety of cases including but not limited to building strong corporate practices, dealing with regulatory compliance, intellectual property rights protection, AML compliance and many more. The team has specialization and professional experience in the sphere of regulation, external relations, administrative, commercial, competition and corporate law, together with a strong knowledge of the gaming regulatory framework in many of the jurisdictions we are operating.'
‘Pavel Velchev has years of specialization and professional experience in the spheres that are important for our successful business. His professional advice is important for our company, especially in competition law cases, regulatory framework standards compliance, commercial law, etc., together with his team and more specifically Yana Marinova who has has significant knowledge on gambling legislation and IP law and with experience in the field of commercial and company law, tax, mergers and acquisitions, labour law, administrative and private international law.’
Key clients
- A1 Bulgaria EAD
- Bulgarian-American Credit Bank AD
- CSIF AD
- Port Bulgaria West EAD
- HAVAS GROUP Bulgaria
- Lagardere Travel Retail EOOD
- MANAGEMENT BUSINESS MACHINE OOD
- TIXI AD Group
- Aprimis EAD
- Pragmatic Play
- Efbet EOOD
- Leno AD
Work highlights
- Advised Bulgarian-American Credit Bank AD on the potential acquisition of Tokuda Bank AD.
- Advised Benefit Systems International, Poland on the potential acquisition by Next Level Fitness OOD of Flais Group, a leading fitness operator on the Bulgarian fitness market.
- Advised LAGARDERE TRAVEL RETAIL EOOD in the whole process of participation in tenders (for duty free, F&B, and Specialty Shops operations), organised by the concessionaires of the airports in Sofia, Varna, and Burgas, many of which resulted in award of the first place to the client.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Pavel Velchev