Commercial law

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The Practice Area

We advise on a broad range of commercial contracts, both supplier and customer. Predominantly they involve a party which is Bulgarian and another which is not.

Our particular expertise is in the fields of drafting standard terms and conditions on behalf of suppliers for online and off-line use.

We also assist in the negotiation of licensing, franchising and marketing arrangements.

Outsourcing

Bulgaria has become one of the leading European locations for outsourcing services. The AT Kearney Annual Survey for 2007 ranked Bulgaria global no 15 as an outsourcing destination.

To tap into the advantages of outsourcing a wide range of business processes, businesses who are outsourcing need to ensure that a range of complex protections and guarantees are in place.

Our lawyers can help deliver such flexibility for outsourcing companies by preparing and negotiating the master and ancillary outsourcing contract terms.

It is essential to ensure adequate transitional services both when the processes are first outsourced and again upon cessation or replacement of a previous provider.

We also act for Bulgarian providers to ensure they are adequately protected in the initiation and continuation phases by ensuring the appropriate allocation of risk.

Drafting and negotiating

We appreciate that commercial contracts need to meet clients' commercial goals but also keep within the requirements of intricacies of Bulgarian law;

The contracts we advise on predominantly involve companies in many jurisdictions and therefore there are often cross-jurisdictional issues which need to be addressed.