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Purchasing real estate – what to look out for

Buying a property for residential or business purposes can be an exciting venture, but the process...

What changes to the ESG legislation does the Omnibus Package bring?

AI Act (REGULATION 2024/1689): Timeline roadmap

Some little known but important features of the insurance contract

One step forward, two steps back: is the Bulgarian Measures against Money Laundering Аct beginning to respond to the actual needs of society?

Further amendments to the Measures Against Money Laundering Act (MAMLA) were promulgated in State...

Tsvetelina Koleva

Two new partners in the DPC team

As of 1 March 2021 Donka Stoyanova and Pencho Stanchev have become partners, and Tsvetelina...

Financial support for micro, small and medium enterprises in the field of intellectual property

In December 2020 the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) established the Ideas...

The Audio-Visual Media Services Directive already implemented in the local Radio and Television Act

On 22 December 2020, a new Act for amendment and supplement to the Radio and Television Act was...

Nikola Stoychev

DPC’S IP Practice ranked high by WTR1000

The IP team of DPC retains its silver position in the annual ranking of World Trademark Review...

2021 - Amendments to the VAT Act

At the end of 2020, amendments to the Value Added Tax Act (VATA) were published in the State...

Ivan Alexander Manev

Acquiring Property in Bulgaria After Brexit

The withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) has had an impact on the...

Alexander Todorov

2021 – Amendments to Tax Legislation Regarding Natural Persons and Corporate Income Tax

At the end of 2020, amendments to the Income Taxes on Natural Persons Act (ITNPA) and the Corporate...

Boyana Milcheva

Martin Zahariev trained trainers under GDPR during the first workshop under the PROLEGIS project

The workshop was organised following train-the-trainer approach.

Purchasing real estate – what to look out for

Buying a property for residential or business purposes can be an exciting venture, but the process...

Tsvetelina Koleva

What changes to the ESG legislation does the Omnibus Package bring?

Its primary aim is to improve ESG standards in the European Union, while reducing the...

Ana-Mari Eremieva

February 13, 2025

AI Act (REGULATION 2024/1689): Timeline roadmap

Regulation 2024/1689, a.k.a the AI Act, is step by step going to introduce various requirements to...

Assoc. Prof. Martin Zahariev, PhD

January 21, 2025

Insurance terms one needs to know

Insurance is financial activity that deals with specific terms. We have listed some of the most...

Yordanka Dimova

January 8, 2025

Some little known but important features of the insurance contract

Everyone concludes at least one insurance contract in their lifetime – to protect their home, car,...

Yordanka Dimova

December 9, 2024

Employment contract vs. civil contract – six key differences

The question of the differences between an employment contract and a civil contract often arises in...

Rositsa Vasileva

October 22, 2024

Legislative changes for ESG compliance: What does it mean for Bulgarian companies?

Pursuant to the new amendments to the Accounting Act, large companies will also have to disclose...

Ana-Mari Eremieva

October 7, 2024

End of the "mothers only" era in childcare: Fathers are now also entitled to parental leave

In 2022, a new type of paid leave in favour of the father for childcare until the child’s...

Rositsa Vasileva

September 25, 2024

A new liquidation procedure introduced in Bulgarian legislation

The Amendments to the Commercial Act have been finally adopted, introducing the so-called...

New adequacy decision for safe and trusted EU-US data flows

As a consequence of the new decision personal data can flow from the EU to US companies...

Desislava Krusteva

The balance between freedom of expression and data protection

The balance between the right to freedom of expression and information and the right to data...

Personal Data Protection in the Context of Assignment of Receivables (Cession) Agreement

Pursuant to the assignment of receivables agreement the creditor under a certain receivable assigns...

CJEU Invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield, but Considers the Standard Contractual Clauses Valid?

On 16 July 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a preliminary ruling with...

Assoc. Prof. Martin Zahariev, PhD

December 3, 2020

The European Data Protection Board issued new guidelines on the concepts of data controller and data processor

Оn September 2, 2020 the the EDPB issued Guidelines on the interpretation of the concepts of data...

November 17, 2021

New standard contractual clauses under GDPR adopted by the EU Commission

On 04 June 2021 the European Commission issued two sets of standard contractual clauses (SCC) under...

Desislava Krusteva

Hristo Nihrizov, Partner at DPC, gave an interview with Radio Plovdiv

Тhe bill on the amendment and supplement to the Personal Data Protection Act, which is to be...

Martin Zahariev guest in the morning block of TV EUROPE “EUROPE MORNING”

He presented his opinion on the new dating service of Facebook, the Cambridge Analytica scandal...

Desislava Krusteva is now a certified information privacy manager

The newly-acquired certificate is the second one that IAPP has conferred on Ms. Krusteva.

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