KGP & Co lawyers

Law firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” advises and provides legal services to investors, investment intermediaries, borrowers, lessors and other legal entities and individuals in relation to:

• Current banking operations;
• Investment projects;
• Project financing;
• Compliance with the regime of control against money laundering in Bulgaria;
• Credit transactions and operations;
• Avoidance of double taxation;
• Legal analyzes of loan collateral.

Law firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” competently assists with consultations on the civil status of natural persons, registration of associations and foundations under the Civil Code, legal assistance in settling the status and residence of foreign citizens on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, consults and provides legal services to individuals regarding the drafting of various types of civil contracts and specifically:

• Purchase and sale contracts
• Rental contracts
• Order contracts
• Donation contracts
• Loan agreements
• Authorizations

Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co. Law Firm actively assists in the conclusion and implementation of all transactions of our clients, applying a creative approach, comprehensive analysis and competent advice on taxation and alternative options for effective tax planning

Law Firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” offers consultations and legal services on the following issues:

• Interpretation and application of Double Taxation Agreements;
• Consultations on customs law;
• Corporate taxation;
• VAT and excise duties;
• Representation before the authorities of the tax and customs administration;
• Procedural protection against illegal tax and customs acts;
• Consultations on investment projects.

“Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” Law Firm provides legal assistance and advices its clients in the sphere of Law of obligation when it comes to:

• Working out projects of agreements and unilateral contracts, consistent with the requirements of the client himself and the specifics of his activities;
• Making written legal statements, regarding execution of contracts;
• Establishment and delisting of floating charges – mortgages, guarantees and other matters connected;
  Unallowed damages and engaging of amenability;
• Contractual liability and methods of quick and adequate fulfilling of our clients’ expectations.

Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co. Law Firm believes that the successful protection of intellectual property rights is the result of good lawyer-client interaction and the firm’s extensive practice in relations with competent state institutions and professional organizations.

Law firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” carries out:

• Registration of trademarks, designations of origin and industrial design;
• Copyright protection;
• Preparation of draft contracts related to the creation, use and/or disposal of copyright and related rights;
• Legal advice for effective management of intellectual property and protection from infringements;
• Procedural protection of violated intellectual property rights;
• Representation before the Patent Office, the Commission for the Protection of Competition, the courts and other state bodies in Bulgaria.

The lawyers of the Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co. Law Firm are professionals with in-depth knowledge and many years of experience in resolving disputes before the Bulgarian courts and special jurisdictions, before institutional arbitration courts. The firm represents clients in a wide range of commercial, financial and industrial disputes, including banking and financial disputes, competition protection disputes, insolvency and enforcement of obligations. The partners in the firm are among the leading litigators in Bulgaria.

Law firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” actively assists its clients in optimal settlement of labor relations and labor disputes with their workers and employees, as well as assist in problems related to employers’ obligations to state social and health insurance.

Law firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” carries out:

• Advising employers in relation to the creation, operation and termination of employment relationships;
• Preparation of collective and individual labor contracts;
• Consultations on changes to legislation dealing with labor relations and social security.

Law firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” assists and advises its clients on the following issues in the field of commercial and corporate law:

• Study of various business opportunities in view of their legal framework and methods of financing;
• Choice of form of corporate incorporation according to the legal, economic and social specifics of the given region;
• Preparation and implementation of transformation of commercial companies, including in mergers, mergers and acquisitions of commercial companies;
• Registration and making changes of companies, branches, commercial representations;
• Consultancy of joint ventures;
• Consulting in the field of commercial activity, preparation and negotiation of a package of transactions;
• Representation and consulting in connection with lending, guarantees, refinancing.

Relations with financial institutions and financial markets

Law firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” performs registration and legal services for joint-stock companies with a special investment purpose, investment intermediaries, public companies, managing companies in their relations with clients and with the Financial Supervision Commission. Drafting of contracts related to transactions with securities or under general conditions.

Law Firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” provides registration and legal services to banks and non-bank financial institutions, of banking transactions (credit agreements, letters of credit, bank guarantees, leasing, etc.), legal analyzes and justifications of credit and investment projects and credit contracts, preparation of credit collateral contracts.

Law firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” provides complex services to insurance companies and pension insurance companies, including:

• Establishment and registration of insurance companies and pension insurance companies;
• Protection of the interests of insurance companies and pension insurance companies in the preparation of general and special conditions, proposals, policies, tariffs, instructions and other documents for the administration of various types of insurance;
• Preparation of co-insurance, reinsurance contracts and pension insurance contracts;
• Implementation of recourse and direct liability to third parties.

The team of the Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co. Law Firm offers international investors comprehensive legal services, specifically:

• Market analysis and investment consulting;
• Tax planning of investment projects;
• Preparation of documents for participation in privatization procedures;
• Review and comment on privatization documents;
• Legal analysis of objects of investment interest;
• Long-term legal assistance in managing foreign investments;
• Assistance in conducting negotiations.

The team of the Law Firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” ensures the preparation of documents or consulting clients in connection with the various administrative procedures, and the analysis of the documents includes not only a check for compliance with Bulgarian legislation, but also a complex study of the legal consequences and a recommendation to choose an approach that best matches the client’s economic and legal interests.

Law firm “Kaloyanov, Georgieva, Petkova & Co” competently assists its clients in cases of:

• Drafting of applications, declarations, applications, requests and other documents in connection with any administrative proceedings to which the Administrative Procedure Code of the Republic of Bulgaria is applicable;
• Representation before the administrative bodies in connection with the issuance of individual administrative acts;
• Administrative and judicial challenge of individual administrative acts or refusals to issue such acts (of heads of departments, mayors of municipalities, regions and town halls, as well as other bodies of the executive power) in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Code;
• Appeal of criminal decrees for the imposition of administrative penalties under the Law on Administrative Violations and Penalties.