Delchev & Partners
The
Bulgarian law firm
has an expansive tax legal service offering specialising in
indirect tax. The tax practice has in-depth experience in litigation and dispute
resolution.
Veselina Petkova is the tax partner leading the practice.
Veselina led the team advising VTG Rail Europe during
its
VAT assessment
on the client's Bulgarian operations.
Deloitte
The
Big Four
full-service tax practice
has experience
assisting a variety of
large
multinational firms with inbound and outbound related
tax matters.
The
tax team has a breadth of knowledge and experience in
many industries including energy and real estate. Tax partner and
leader of the
tax practice,
Georgi
Simeonov, has more than 15
years of experience
in taxation, direct and indirect. In September 2022, tax partner Alexander Cherinko joined the team from Deloitte Ukraine.
In
the third quarter of
2022,
Deloitte Bulgaria
carried out the tax due diligence for
one the largest Bulgarian food and beverage producer on the buy-side and sell-side
from
its two separate independent tax teams.
Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov
The full-service law firm
assists
multinational companies in all tax areas, including
on the Bulgarian tax implication of international corporate, financing, and other transactions matters. Tax partner Viara Todorova heads the practice
comprising four lawyers and
she has a wealth of knowledge
in
direct and indirect tax, transfer pricing, general corporate tax,
and
M&A among other tax areas.
During the end of 2022, the tax team
advised
the online booking company Airbnb on indirect tax matters concerning short-term bookings.
Client feedback
''Great tax lawyers with a very good tax team.''
''Strong technical expertise and responsive.''
''they excelled at the task and delivered outstanding results within the shortest possible time frame.''
Eurofast
Over the years the
Bulgarian business advisory firm has gained experience advising small to large multinational
companies
with an
extensive array of tax
services to meet their compliance requirements and financial
objectives.
Tax and transfer pricing director Anastasia
Sagianni is the leading practitioner at the firm.
EY
The
Big Four
accounting firm has
a comprehensive
leading tax practice ranked in tier 1, which
is experienced in
assisting
a multitude of
large multinational enterprises
on
tax legal
and compliance matters, covering all
contentious and non-contentious
issues.
Tax partner
Naiden Kostadinov leads the EY Bulgaria,
N. Macedonia,
Albania and Kosovo tax practice;
similarly, tax partner Viktor
Mitev
is
also a key point of contact.
Ilieva Voutcheva & Co
The
full-service Bulgarian law firm offers a
comprehensive tax service
with
expertise in legal
advice and
representing clients
before the tax authorities and
courts of law. The
practice
counsels on the tax implications
for M&A, restructuring,
strategic tax planning, indirect tax
etc.
Tax partner
Tamara
Kovacheva heads the practice with the support of
attorney
Diavena
Kalcheva.
In mid-2022, the tax team
advised construction company Icos Build in a VAT dispute with the local tax authorities concerning tax treatment of a barter exchange relating to the client’s construction contract with a third party.
Kambourov & Partners
Based in Sofia, the Bulgarian
business law firm offers tax legal services for large
and
medium-size companies
(domestic
and international)
across a variety of tax
areas. Some of the firm’s strong
tax
areas include
tax optimisation, tax compliance,
and
estate
planning
among others.
Tax partner
Dennitsa Dimitrova leads the tax practice.
The firm represented telecommunication company
Vivacom in two court proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The case
focused
on the levying of
withholding tax
on
fictitious
interest imputed over a convertible interest-free loan.
Client feedback
''Tax advice provided in a timely manner.''
Kinkin & Partners
The Bulgarian
boutique
law firm
offers
tax legal and compliance services with a focus on corporate taxation, transactional tax, tax planning, indirect tax, international tax, and tax litigation. Tax partner
Vladimir Kinkin leads the practice, which has experience in various industries such as energy, chemical, industrial engineering, finance,
real estate and more.
In the case studies presented
the tax practice is advising
AGRIA, an agriculture product producer,
on restructuring its group companies which involved valuation analysis prior to acquisitions.
Client feedback
''They kept me updated at all times and presented different ways to achieve my goal and worked in my best interest.''
''They make the process of working with them as easy as possible. Everything in this firm is refined down to the last detail, which is the reason we have collaborated for so many years.''
''The lawyers are well-organised, accurate and experienced in taxation.''
Savov & Partners
The
firm’s
one-stop-shop
tax practice
has
extensive experience
advising clients
across all
tax
areas, contentious and non-contentious,
with
expertise
in VAT matters and
increasingly in
cross-border projects.
Tax partner Valentin Savov heads the practice which increased to a team of 13 tax practitioners; additionally, the tax practice gained senior attorney Denitsa
Sarieva from PwC in December 2022,
following the departure of senior attorney Natalie Dobreva in mid-2022.
Client feedback
''Prompt and conclusive feedback.''
''Great expertise and professionalism. Always available. Worked very hard and effectively.''
''Competent, accurate, and responsive.''
