The Bulgarian chapter on SEE Energy Guide 2012, 1^st edition, published by SEE Legal in January 2012 and contributed by Alexander Chatalbashev (Partner) and Angel Angelov (Associate), highlights all the important aspects in the Bulgarian energy sector, such as market structures, licensing, price regulations, access to the grid, etc. The book serves its main purpose to raise readers’ attention as to the complexity of energy legislation and assist them in identifying the issues that might influence investment and business development decisions.

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The Bulgarian Chapter on Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Europe, 2^nd edition, published by Juris Publishing, Inc. in November 2011, provides a survey of the requirements for doing business and investing in Bulgaria. The article, contributed by Alexander Chatalbashev (Partner) and Angel Angelov (Associate), offers practical insights into issues relating to selection of form for doing business, incentives, taxation, labour and employment, liabilities, and dispute resolution. The publication covers 39 jurisdictions in Europe and is updated annually.

For more information on the second edition of the book and Juris Publishing, Inc., please visit http://www.jurispub.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=6821.

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This article appeared in the 9^th edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 2011, published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London (http://www.iclg.co.uk).

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On March 16, 2011 Borislav Boyanov & Co. and the Commission for the Protection of Competition co-organized a seminar for business on recent trends in Bulgarian and European competition law.

The seminar focused on the new Bulgarian and EU block exemption regulations in the fields of vertical agreements, technology transfer and R&D, and horizontal agreements, on recent global trends in cartel enforcement and the new leniency policy in Bulgaria, as well on some unfair competition issues, such as illegal supplements and misleading and comparative advertising.

The seminar was attended by more than 150 representatives of business, regulators and lawyers, and included speakers from the Commission for the Protection of Competition, Borislav Boyanov & Co., as well as from leading international law firms Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Below you can find copies of the speakers’ presentations for the seminar.

Click here to see a mock leniency filing.

Presentations:

Agreements on technology transfer

The new leniency program and rules

Commission Regulation 330

The new block exemptions regime

Recent trends and developments in antitrust law enforcement

Offering free supplements to goods or services

Misleading and comparative advertising

Information exchange, associations and agreements among competitors

With effect from 1 January 2011 certain amendments to laws in Bulgaria were made that aim to enhance the position of creditors, in particular in insolvency and avoid certain pitfalls in the rules before that.

If you are interested in the subject matter, please find attached a brief memo on the amendments:

Recent Amendments to Laws Favour Creditors.

The attached article focuses on the new policy in the electronic communications sector of the Republic of Bulgaria, adopted by the Council of Ministers and announced in the beginning of this year. The policy envisages a number of measures in the sector, which will affect the activity of electronic communications operators and electronic media.

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By this article, providing a brief analysis of advantages and disadvantages of .bg domain names in Cyrillic, Borislav Boyanov & Co. contributes to the Country Index: Domain Special 2010 which has been announced on November 30, 2010 to more than 4,300 IP users worldwide.  

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On November 11, 2010 the Bulgarian competition authority adopted a position on a much discussed question, related to unfair competition law restrictions in respect of free goods or services, offered as a rebate for higher volume purchases. The attached note (in English and Bulgarian) discusses briefly the decision and its immediate implications.

Note Supplements Eng

Note Supplements BG

The Article provides answers on various questions regarding the leniency policy implemented with the Bulgarian legislation. The Article was published in the Leniency Regimes – Jurisdictional comparisons 2010 reference book of the European Lawyer.

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This article appeared in the 2010 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Pharmaceutical Advertising; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London.

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