Practices

Services

Goranova & Hristova – Alitchkova Law Firm provides services to local and international corporate entities and non-profit organizations.

Corporate & Commercial Law

• Legal consultations for establishment of companies and non-profit organizations, structuring of start-ups in an appropriate legal form
• Registration of companies and non-profit organizations (associations, foundations), branches and representative offices of foreign companies as well as all changes in registered data (capital, seat of management, management bodies, etc.)
• Organization and management of General Meetings (incl. secretarial services for GM’s protocols upon request)
• Preparation of full range of documents needed for start-up, operation and financing of the company - commercial agreements (service and sell-purchase agreements, General Terms of Trade or Services Framework Agreements, license and franchise agreements, loans, special pledges, etc.), management agreements, employment and civil contracts, etc.
• Participation in commercial negotiations
• Legal due diligence of companies.

• Advice on all aspects and steps of the liquidation procedure and its possible alternatives
• Preparation and submission of the whole set of documents before the Bulgarian Registry Agency, Commercial Register (close cooperation with the client’s accounting department is required for these type of services)
• Advices on the deadlines and necessary steps before tax authorities, National Social Security Institute, etc., related with company’s liquidation procedure.

• Consultation on re-structuring of client’s ongoing business - the steps, tax & legal effects and all other aspects of different business restructuring - merger, merger by acquisition, separation, spin-off and change of legal form
• Preparation and submission of the whole set of documents for the chosen form of business restructuring before the Bulgarian Registry Agency, Commercial Register (close cooperation with the client’s accounting department is required for these type of services).

• Representation before the Bulgarian Patent Office, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Organization For Harmonization Of The Internal Market (OHIM) and European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
• Protection and registration of industrial designs, trademarks & service marks, origin
• Consultations on the IP rights on Media and TV programs & packages, delivery of content
• Monitoring of objects of industrial property
• Legal protection against violations of the rights over trademarks, industrial design and other objects of industrial property before the Patent Office of Bulgaria and before the competent court
• Preparation of license and franchise agreements
• Evaluation of the tax effects related to withholding tax on the IPR, franchise or similar type of cross-border agreements

• Consultations, due diligence and legal assistance for implementation of the activities and documentation in compliance of the provisions of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Rights of the data subject
• Rights, obligations and responsibilities of data controllers and data processors
• Data protection officer (DPO)

• Preparation of employment contracts
• Drawing up of civil contracts with external experts for specific work
• Preparation of internal regulations, job descriptions and other internal acts
• Consultations in the field of labour law
• Termination of employment, management and civil contracts
• Unlawful dismissal and reinstatement
• Non-disclosure agreements and legal possibilities for imposing sanctions on employees
• Drafting internal rules according to the specifics of the company

• Consulting on the possibilities to avoid or decrease the negative effects derived from the issuance of administrative acts imposing penalties (for example: acts of the tax authorities, Commission for Protection of Competition, Communications Regulation Commission, etc.)
• Preparation of objections or appeals of the administration acts before competent bodies (administration or the court)
• Litigation of clients before the court within all stages of appeal of administrative acts
• Legal consultation and/or representation before competent administrative bodies regarding effective administrative regimes
• Legal assistance before the administration for issuance of certificates, licenses or observing registration needed for doing business in Bulgaria depending on the applicable administrative regime

• Out-of-court settlements of disputes (if possible) and propose the appropriate legal assistance
• Litigation services before state and arbitration courts in Sofia (litigation before other courts on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria could be acceptable only upon special agreement)
• Court settlement agreements