Corporate M and A 2026

BULGARIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Yordan Naydenov, Mihail Vishanin and Hristian Gueorguiev, Boyanov & Co.

Boyanov & Co. is widely recognised as a top law firm for doing business in Bulgaria and South-East Europe. Since 1990, Boyanov & Co. has advised on numerous landmark transactions and has earned unparalleled international and local recognition as a preferred law firm. Boyanov & Co. has always been ranked as a market leader for the excellence of its services, drawing on years of experience and on the brilliance of its professionals. The firm is strongly ded - icated to supporting the rule of law, and the adoption

and implementation of efficient business regulations. As the founder of the Legal Development Founda - tion, Boyanov & Co. strives to assist in the formation of a new generation of modern lawyers. Boyanov & Co. was the initiator of the South East Europe Legal Group (SEE Legal), the largest and oldest integrated organisation of leading law firms across 12 countries in South-East Europe, as well as of the 3Seas Legal Alliance, created to provide the necessary legal sup - port for projects within the 3Seas Initiative.

Authors

Yordan Naydenov is a partner and head of the corporate and M&A group at Boyanov & Co. Having more than 30 years of professional experience as a lawyer, he has been involved in numerous high-profile M&A deals,

Mihail Vishanin is counsel at Boyanov & Co. and has more than 17 years of

professional experience as a Bulgarian lawyer, focusing on corporate law, M&A, PPP/ concessions and commercial litigation. He has assisted with high-profile acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, cross-border transactions and divestitures, covering all key types of M&A projects across a range of industries, including IT, retail, confectionery, life sciences, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, services and media. He regularly advises leading international and local corporations, credit institutions and public entities on commercial operations and investment projects.

reorganisations, debt renegotiations, privatisation procedures and greenfield/brownfield investment projects. He is recognised by Chambers & Partners as an “immensely experienced and impressive transactional lawyer”, “extremely reliable” and “an excellent negotiator”. Many deals and procedures on which Yordan has advised had no prior precedents. His experience in the banking, IT, FMCG and industrial sectors’ M&A deals is particularly notable.

Hristian Gueorguiev is a senior lawyer and part of the corporate and M&A group at Boyanov & Co. Having more than ten years of professional experience as a lawyer, he has been involved in multiple high-profile M&A

deals and corporate reorganisations, and has experience in various industrial and business sectors.

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