Georgiev, Todorov & Co is home to a well experienced telecommunications team, with a proven track record in matters related to agreements, compliance and dispute resolution. The group also deals with a variety of mandates for media and technology clients. Spearheading the team, Alexander Pachamanov is known for his work in telecoms matters and regulations, including corporate and competition issues. Another key member of the team is Tsvetelina Dimitrova, who advises on intellectual property matters in the TMT sector.
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TMT
Position
Senior Partner, Head of TMT Department
Practice areas: TMT, M&A, Concessions, EU & Competition, Intellectual Property, Transport, Dispute Resolution
Career
Alexander Pachamanov joined Georgiev, Todorov and Co. in 2001. Prior to that he has been a senior legal advisor to one of the largest Bulgarian hardware and software retailers and a lawyer in the Communications Regulation Commission (state regulator in the field of telecommunications) from 1998 to 2001. Alexander Pachamanov has graduated from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Law.
Alexander focuses on legal relations in the public sector – licenses, concessions, permissions and authorizations, privatization, as well as competition law, including merger control and state aid. He had an active role in some of the major privatization and concession deals in Bulgaria involving the Bulgarian Telecommunication Company, Bulgartabak Holding, Trakia Highway, Devin, etc.
He specializes in the telecommunication field and its regulations. He is the long-term adviser of the Bulgarian Telecommunication Company, and has represented them in relation to a number of regulatory, competition law and corporate issues. Alexander is also the former in-house lawyer for the Communication Regulation Commission, which gives him additional knowledge and еssential experience in the telecommunications sector. In his practice, he has in his portfolio clients such as BTC, Balkantel, Microsoft, Thales Austria, Nova Television, Nef Telecom, Balkan News Corporation, and many others.
Pachamanov advises on various projects significant key companies on the Bulgarian market such as GPS Bulgaria (a leading Bulgarian provider of technologically advanced GPS / GSM based solutions for fleet management, vehicle security, personal tracking, monitoring of ships and railway vehicles, as well as and other specialized business solutions),T-Systems Hungary Ltd. (the Hungarian subsidiary of T-Systems - the corporate customer unit of Deutsche Telekom), NURTS Bulgaria (a local company founded in 2010, currently part of the structure of the existing telecom BTC (Vivacom), as the company is mainly engaged in providing radio and television broadcasting and signal transmission services and among its main clients are the Bulgarian National Radio, Bulgarian National Television, BTV, Nova TV, TV7, Telenor).
Alexander currently represents the Agriculture State Fund on 60 cases regarding appeals against acts for establishment of public state receivables in relation to an EU program. The matter is of upmost importance due to the high profile nature of the client and the complexity of the contracts involved.
He is rated by colleagues and partners as one of the key professionals in the TMT sector in Bulgaria.
Languages
He is fluent in English and his native Bulgarian.
Memberships
Sofia Bar Asociation
Education
Sofia University, Faculty of Law
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'Personal approach and personal care, focused in details, able to discuss extensively. They don't confuse us with long disclaimers.'
'We can recommend Tsvetelina Dimitrova.'
'An exceptional team of professionals who work quickly, efficiently, and with a high level of confidentiality and expertise.'
'Еach member of the team shows commitment to the client and provides an individual approach.'
Key clients
- Bulsatcom T-Smart Global BORICA Vivacom Ciela Norma Experian Bulgaria Fleet Services, Bulgaria Black Swan Technologies Sofia Urbam Mobility Center A1
Work highlights
Advised Vivacom on a procedure for the provision of additional radio frequency spectrum in the range of 1800 MGz for the construction of a 5G network on the territory of Bulgaria.