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Mag. Vladimir Penkov

Senior Expert Counsel at LANSKY, GANZGER, GOETH & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH

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Mag. Vladimir Penkov is the founder and senior partner of Sofia-based law firm “Penkov, Markov & Partners” (PM&P). He has years of experience in commercial law, and specialises in banking and finance, corporate law and commercial contracts, competition protection, privatisation and overseas investments, investment management, mergers & acquisitions, project financing, public procurement law, licencing contracts and expertise contracts, tax law, telecommunications and media law, energy law and renewable energies. In Vladimir Penkov, LGP has been able to gain a project manager with substantial international experience: the attorney-at-law headed up PM&P’s and PWC’s legal team during the privatisation of the Bulgarian maritime fleet. His clients include well-known multinational corporations such as Heineken, DaimlerChrysler, KNAUF, Strabag, VIG, Mondi, Bosch and Coca Cola, just to name a few. Since 1998, Vladimir Penkov has been an arbitrator in the arbitration court of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a member of the Board of Directors and former Vice-President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Tulip Foundation. Additional positions on supervisory boards (Vivacom) and on the Board of Directors of the largest Bulgarian brewing company (Zagroka) complete his profile.

"A very respectable lawyer who has unchallenged experience and comprehensive expertise with the Bulgarian legal system, as well as with the courts and authorities" (Legal 500) 

"He maintains a solid market reputation thanks to his experience handling prominent transactions, he is highly experienced in the legislative process" (Chambers & Partners).

Job description: Senior Expert Counsel at LANSKY, GANZGER, GOETH & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH
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  • 2010 – 2013 Bulgarian telecommunications company EAD (Vivacom), member and chairman of the Supervisory Board
  • 2009 – 2012 NIKAS Bulgaria AD, member of the Board of Directors
  • Since 1990 Founder and Managing Partner at Penkov, Markov & Partners
  • Since 1999 Arbitration court of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), arbitrator
  • 1999 – 2006 Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), Vice-President
  • 2000 – 2002 Zagorka AD, Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • 1998 – 2006 Zagorka AD, member of the Board of Directors
  • 1989 – 1990 Ministry of External Economic Relations, head of the “Austria and Switzerland” office
  • 1987 – 1989 Technica Organisation for External Economic Relations, head of the Legal department
  • 1979 – 1987 Ministry of External Economic Relations, legal counsel and senior legal counsel
  • 1976 – 1977 Municipal Court of Sofia, intern
  • 1976 Sofia University of St. Kliment Ohridski, Mag. iur.
  • 1970 – 1972 Berlin-Karlshorst University of Economics

Penkov, Markov & Partners (PM&P) is one of Bulgaria’s leading law firms: their services range from advice on complex matters related to commercial law through to legal representation. PM&P was founded in 1990, the year marked by political transformation, and its four founders advised their clients on all elements of commercial law that were relevant at the time.

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