Commercial, Company, Contracts, Taxation and Real Estate Law Firm in Bulgaria

LM Legal Services Ltd.

19 Dobri Voinikov Str.
Sofia 1164
Bulgaria

 +359 2 424 2282
 +359 2 424 2283

www.lmlegalservices.com
 Contact Ms. Laura Thomas

Law Firm Overview

LM Legal Services Ltd. is an independent law firm operating in Sofia, Bulgaria since 1995, providing the highest quality of legal service to international organizations and businesses as well as individuals. Our business activities include, inter alia, contract law, company law, commercial law and real estate, while we offer a considerable expertise and knowledge in investment contracts and taxation.

We possess a high level of expertise, experience and knowledge. We are renowned for our commercial approach and for understanding our client’s ultimate goal. With our strength in depth, we focus on making a valuable contribution to the progress of our client’s business and provide excellent value for money.

Together, our lawyers work across practices and jurisdictions bringing their collective experience to provide the highest quality legal services. This way, each individual client benefits from the experience and the knowledge of the whole team. We are flexible and we adapt our services to the needs of our clients. Using our wide network of associated and affiliated companies, we offer continuous services to our clients and we take pride in every client’s individual success.

Upon request and before undertaking a particular case, we are able to provide you, the client, in a straightforward, open and honest way, with an estimate of our fees thus making the service much more customer-friendly and predictable.

Year this Office was Established: 1995

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Condominium Act; Settlement and Residency Law.

Practice Areas Description

LM Legal Services Ltd. provides legal representation and services in the following areas of practice:

- Condominium Act

Many ex-pats owning properties in Bulgaria have problems with their developers or maintenance and management companies. We have experience in working with the Bulgarian Condominium Act, we are fully aware of the current amendments and we can explain what is important for you. Moreover, we can provide you with comprehensive service that will make sure that all your rights are fully protected. To ensure this, we can represent you at the Annual General Meeting of the Owners, stop the constant increase of your management and maintenance fees.

- Company Law

Incorporation of various kinds of businesses in compliance with the Bulgarian legislation:
• public limited companies, holding structures, limited liability companies, commercial groups - consortia, etc
• wholly-owned subsidiaries, branches and representative offices of foreign companies
• registration and representation before all relevant Bulgarian authorities (Supreme/High/County Courts, Tax authorities, Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, National Statistic Institute, National Social Security Institute, National Revenue Agency, Registry Agency, Commercial Register, Municipalities etc)
• procuring of further changes related to the legal status of a company, branch or representative office
• reconstruction and reorganization (including takeovers, acquisitions and mergers)
• bankruptcy and reorganization (comprehensive approach to restructuring, recapitalization and bankruptcy)

- Commercial Law

We represent foreign and domestic producers, service suppliers, logistical companies, companies in the field of telecommunications and agriculture. Very often we need to act as business consultants, and to provide legal expertise support on all issues vital to the business strategy of a particular company. We relate local expertise to the best of the European legal practice. The recent accession of Bulgaria into the European Union has invoked many amendments to the Bulgarian legislation and to the rules and regulations thereof.

Anti-money laundering compliance - assisting international and domestic corporations to ensure compliance with anti-money laundering rules and regulations under Bulgarian and European Union laws in the light of Bulgaria’s recent accession into the European Union.

* Business agreements and representation of clients in negotiations of commercial relations. The drafting of commercial contracts e.g. purchasing contracts, leasing contracts, franchising contracts etc. and other commercial papers including bills of exchange and promissory notes.

* Commercial and contract disputes resolution and litigation arising from the business activities.

- Immigration Law

International business requires the movement of key executives, management personnel as well as technical staff across national borders without disruption and legal entanglements. To meet this need, we offer an Immigration Law Practice as an integral part of the international business services we provide for clients.

Our experience in business immigration planning and strategy enables clients to avoid or minimize potential problems and delays. Naturally, any client inquiry should be made at the earliest opportunity for us to maximize the time available. Our attorneys assist companies and individuals in obtaining non-immigrant visas, extensions and changes of non-immigrant status to maintain continuity of employment for key executives and staff and securing permanent resident status for those eligible.

Since the accession of Bulgaria into the European Union, a lot of national legislation has changed or is in the process of change to meet the requirements of the European legislation. Human Resource departments of Bulgarian companies have faced new challenges employing international workers whilst benefiting from certain aspects of the new legislation.

- Employment Law

We provide a wide range of employment law services. We can:
• offer creative solutions that minimize disruption and encourage cooperation
• tailor our advice specifically to your needs
• ensure the overall protection of our clients
• keep you up-to-date with the laws, as amended from time to time

We specialize in:
* Preparation of contracts for employment, both collective and individual; probationary contracts; fixed-term contracts etc., according to the provisions of the Bulgarian Labour Code;
* Employment litigation in the Supreme, High or County courts as well as before employment tribunals;
* Termination of contracts with advice on the subsequent legal grounds and procedures thereof;
* Consultation on the changes to the legislation and latest legal developments in employment;
* Work and residence (immigration) permits;
* General employment issues.

- Intellectual Property

We have experience in covering copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret matters. Within these areas, our Intellectual Property team will advise the client as to the identification, protection and licensing of intellectual property. In addition, we represent clients in intellectual property-related litigation, including trademark and patent disputes as well as a party in copyright litigation involving new products and novel issues of law.

We can assist our clients in registering, licensing and assigning of trademarks as well as their subsequent registration with the Bulgarian Patent Office.

• Work with clients that own trademark rights to formulate trademark licensing policies
• Advise as to the international aspects of trademark licensing and assignments
• Patents and patent applications
• Copyright
• Confidentiality matters
• Restrictive covenants/non-compete undertakings
• Joint industry projects
• Commissioned software agreements
• Intellectual property licensing, acquisition and disputes

- Real Estate

Our experienced real estates team has responded to the flourishing Bulgarian real estate market by providing innovative, commercial advice, both to individual buyers and investors as well as to the professional estate agencies. We advise our clients, whether they are acting as investors, developers, landowners, occupiers, borrowers, funders or lenders. Our package of services follows each aspect of the process of purchasing, selling or leasing of a property and maintenance, in order to protect the interests of our clients.

We specialize in the following areas:
• advising on property acquisitions, lettings, sales, developments, management contracts and financing (we can facilitate the financing by direct representation before banks and other lending institutions).
• the creation of the investment vehicle, acquisition and disposal, management and leasing
• planning and environmental - advising on planning issues in real estate and development transactions, negotiating with local planning authorities, representing clients at Public authorities, Municipalities etc; environmental advice on property acquisitions
• public invitations for tender and public purchasing
• domestic tax law and tax structures and their implications
• drawing-up or updating of an existing will of a client following purchase of a real estate on request
• property rights and easements
• Management and Maintenance

- Securities

We provide a broad range of legal services and counseling to companies ranging from start-ups and emerging businesses to listed companies. We advise companies through initial equity placements and represent them in subsequent financing transactions and strategic acquisitions, ongoing compliance and reporting obligations as a public company. We act as counsel to public companies as well as acting for specific projects such as public offerings, equity and debt placements, mergers and acquisitions and shareholder derivative claims.

- Taxation

Tax efficiency is an important element in many of the transactions undertaken on behalf of our clients. Tax planning is a fundamental part of the process of structuring a corporate acquisition, joint venture, investment fund, property venture, project finance or asset finance.

In the ever-changing field of taxation, we work closely with tax specialists giving general tax and structuring advice, in particular on how best to respond to the impact of fiscal change. As tax authorities take an increasingly aggressive approach with taxpayers, we also advise our clients on how best to respond to investigation and challenge.

As companies need to maximize tax benefits in corporate and financial restructurings and navigate complex labour, employment and pensions regulations, tax representation is an integral component of our service to clients. Ultimately, we aim to bring clarity to our clients’ tax issues.

Our comprehensive consulting services consist of:
• advising on domestic tax over profit and VAT, covering a wide range of financing, corporate and commercial issues together with advice on tax litigation and disputes
• VAT - in addition to advising on pure VAT technicalities, we also provide commercial and practical advice on all forms of corporate, financial and real estate transactions
• Tax litigation
• Personal Income Tax
• Tax consultation for Real Estate (Capital Gains Tax)
Self-assessment – the onus to calculate the tax liability for the year and failure to comply on time can mean penalties and interest being paid. Our team can relieve you of this onus and ensure your return is on time.

- Arbitration, Litigation

In today’s challenging times, we offer representation before all Courts, inclusive of the Court of Arbitration which could take our clients from the start to finish of a case and the subsequent enforcement or defense of an award.

Our attorneys have expertise in a wide range of substantive areas including enforcement, commercial disputes, intellectual property and arbitration in civil/common law. We analyze each case from the outset using our early case assessment to give a clear picture of its merits and cost effective options; we then prepare all the evidence and attend at the hearings as the case progresses pursuant to a strategy dictated by the client's objectives. We work with our clients to achieve creative and commercial solutions.

We work to help our clients resolve disputes efficiently and effectively - whether through arbitration, litigation or other techniques, in a manner that promotes their business objectives. We also work with clients to minimize future litigation risks.

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