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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...

AI Act (REGULATION 2024/1689): Timeline roadmap

Some little known but important features of the insurance contract

Employment contract vs. civil contract – six key differences

DPC Shorts: Pavlina Ivanova on construction categories

Depending on the characteristics, significance, complexity and risks of operation, construction in...

Pavlina Ivanova

DPC Shorts: Viktoriya Veleva on cryptoasset regulation

Interested in crypto assets? Did you know that the institutions are discussing the introduction of...

Viktoriya Veleva

DPC awarded Law Firm of the Year for Bulgaria 2022 by Who’s Who Legal

Our founding partner Assoc. Prof. George Dimitrov received the prestigous award at a black-tie...

Prof. Dr. George Dimitrov

ECJ with new interpretations on the concept of ‘qualified electronic signature’ with reference to a Bulgarian case

At the end of October 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a curious new judgment (case...

DPC Shorts: Ivan Alexander Manev on taxes in real estate transactions

Taxes are definitely not the first thing we think of amidst the excitement surrounding the sale or...

Ivan Alexander Manev

Commentary on the Personal Insolvency Bill

On 6 October 2022 a public consultancy procedure on the Personal Insolvency Bill was opened.

Prof. Dr. George Dimitrov has been selected as an international arbitrator at the BIA Court of Arbitration

The newly founded panel includes four lawyers with a proven high level of professional expertise.

Prof. Dr. George Dimitrov

A recap of the latest Labour Code amendments in force as of 1 August 2022

Some amendments to the Labour Code came into force on the 1 August. Radina Tomanova summarizes the...

Radina Tomanova

DPC won a case in favour of a medical facility on a request from an employee for additional remuneration for work in COVID-19 conditions

During the emergency epidemic situation, all medical facilities were directly affected economically...

October 28, 2020

Pencho Stanchev: price may not be the most important criteria when choosing an electricity supplier

The discussion, organized by Investor.bg with the participation of professionals from the energy...

Pencho Stanchev

November 11, 2020

Tsvetelina Georgieva spoke on the state intervention in insolvent companies at AIJA commissions month

Should states ever protect insolvent companies or intervene in insolvency proceedings and what is...

Tsvetelina Koleva

November 18, 2020

The Constitutional Court of Bulgaria adopted the arguments of prof. Dr. George Dimitrov in favour of repealing the traffic data retention

The decision of the Constitutional Court cited the arguments of Prof. Dr. Dimitrov and his team –...

Prof. Dr. George Dimitrov

December 2, 2020

Sixth anti-money laundering directive - tougher penalties for acquiring money of non-verified origin

The transposition of the Sixth Directive, which provides for extremely serious penalties for...

Tsvetelina Koleva

DPC advised the seller in the acquisition of Networx-Bulgaria by BTC

The deal included also the Sofia-based internet and TV provider Online Direct.

Hristo Nihrizov

DPC cooperated with CCCCIAP on the subsequent analysis of the impact of legislative acts for 2020

The Commission cited in its analysis the legal opinion of DPC.

DPC successful in a dispute over processing genetic data

The dispute was heard before three successive instances.

Assoc. Prof. Martin Zahariev, PhD

Metodi Baykushev recognized in the CEE Arbitration Powerlist 2021

The publication showcases the leading practitioners working in the region.

Amendments to the Spatial Development Act

Amendments to the Spatial Development Act (SDA) were promulgated in the State Gazette...

Boyana Milcheva

February 26, 2018

Martin Zahariev, PHD, presented GDPR at a workshop under a European project

Martin Zahariev, PhD delivered a presentation at a workshop on privacy and education in the context...

January 7, 2020

Desislava Krusteva gains recognition in the Women in Data 2019 survey

Global Data Review – the leading information source within the data law landscape – has recently...

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