Boris Ivanov

Boris Ivanov is a Sofia office corporate / banking & finance partner. He represents lenders and borrowers on credit facilities, structured and project finance and general banking and treasury issues. Boris also represents borrowers, banks and companies with respect to project lending, investment and debt.

He has over 15 years of experience working on major transactions in Bulgaria, having worked with a leading Bulgarian law firm earlier in his career. He has extensive public policy experience, having held senior government public policy positions in the Government of Bulgaria.

In addition to banking & finance and corporate matters, Boris also provides coverage of real estate and construction (including practice with FIDIC agreements), competition, investment, employment, litigation, public procurement, concessions and environmental law.

Boris has led teams of lawyers on legal due diligence investigations in view of planned acquisition of business and/or real estates in Bulgaria.

With strong experience in Bulgarian joint stock and limited liability companies, Boris is adept at advising clients in relation to share and asset deals, tender offers, spinoffs, restructurings and acquisitions out of bankruptcy.

Bar Admissions / Qualifications: Sofia, Bulgaria.

Languages:

English, German, Russian and Bulgarian.

Education:

• Doctorate candidate – Bonn University.
• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany, LL.M. Comparative Law, 2003.
• Faculty of Law, University of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski, LL.M., 2000.