Bloomberg TV Bulgaria’s Show "In Development" Spotlights the Second International Conference on the Evolution of Innovations
September 2025
The acclaimed Bloomberg TV Bulgaria show “In Development” featured a special segment dedicated to the upcoming INNOVATE. INVEST. INSPIRE. Second International Conference on the Evolution of Innovation, set to take place on October 16, 2025, at Hilton Hotel in Sofia. The conference, organized in partnership between BOYANOV & Co. and the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria, is aimed at positioning Bulgaria as an innovative hub of Southeastern Europe.
The show welcomed Petar Andonov, Business Development Director, BOYANOV & Co. and Ivan Mihaylov, CEO of American Chamber…
BOYANOV & Co. is Organising Second International Conference on the Evolution of Innovations INNOVATE.INVEST.INSPIRE
August 2025
Following the success of the First International Conference “Life-Cycle of Startups” held in November 2024, BOYANOV & Co. is organising, together with American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria, a next-level Second International Conference on the Evolution of Innovations under the title INNOVATE.INVEST.INSPIRE. The prestigious event will be held on 16 October 16 2025, from 09:00-14:30 hrs. at Hilton Hotel, Sofia, with the support of European Investment Bank Group Office Bulgaria, Innovation Norway, British-Bulgaria Chamber of Commerce and GATE Institute.
Speakers will share…
Key Takeaways of the International Conference "Life-Cycle of Start-Ups: Challenges"
December 2024
On 7 November 2024, BOYANOV & Co. with the support of the European Investment Bank organised the international conference “Life-Cycle Challenges of the Start-Ups”. The event focused on navigating the landscape of the Bulgarian start-up ecosystem through its major challenges in 2025; government programs, grants, and EU funds for financing start-ups in 2025; and broadening horizons for international expansion of the CEE start-ups and venture capital funds. With this conference, BOYANOV & Co. reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the start-up ecosystem in Bulgaria.
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Conference: Life-Cycle Challenges of Startups (Sofia, Bulgaria)
October 2024
Our Bulgarian member firm, BOYANOV & Co., in collaboration with the European Investment Bank (EIB), is organising a conference dedicated to the key challenges faced by startups throughout their life cycle. The event will bring together entrepreneurs, investors, financial and legal experts, and will take place on Thursday, 7 November 2024, at Hilton Sofia, starting at 9:00 AM.
The main topics will include navigating the startup ecosystem and venture capital funds before the start of 2025, lessons for startups and venture capital funds from the experience of leading foreign lawyers,…
11th Balkan Legal Forum 2022 - Legal Practice Transformation
The 22-year Anniversary of the Balkan Legal Forum ("BLF") of the International Bar Association will be held on 30 June and 1 July 2022 in Vienna, Austria. Our special focus will be put on the legal practice transformation - applying the lessons we learnt from the past 20 years and discussing the challenges that we are going to face in the next 20 years.
All sessions of the Forum will be led by highly regarded international managing partners and consultants from Europe, the USA, Latin America, and Asia. The Forum is marked by the personal support of Mr. Horacio Bernardes Neto, President of the…
Latest M&A Trends in Southeast Europe
The SEE Legal Corporate and M&A Practice Group partners, joined by Ileana Antypas and William Wells of Rothschild & Co will discuss the latest M&A trends in the SEE region.
What Issues are the Companies Facing during Remote Work?
The SEE Legal Employment & Immigration Practice Group and ALRUD’s Labour and Employment Practice join forces to present and discuss the most challenging issues that companies based in Southeast Europe and Russia are facing during remote work. The discussion will be split over two webinars taking place on Tuesday, 15th June and Thursday, 17th June 2021.
The first webinar on Tuesday, 15th June will cover the jurisdictions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia and Slovenia. If your company is based in any of these countries, please feel free to register…
Webinar on International and Turkish Perspectives on Third Party Funding
Please join Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli Attorneys at Law for a webinar tomorrow, 22nd January 2021 exploring international and Turkish perspectives on third party funding. The webinar will feature presentations from Duncan Speller and Jonathan Lim of WilmerHale, Sumru Akter of Omni Bridgeway and Tuvan Yalım of Kabine. Okan Demirkan of KDK will moderate the session.
The topics of presentations are:
Recent developments in the legal framework for third party funding: Growth and opportunities
Counsel’s perspectives on obtaining third party funding and working with third party funders
Securing…
GDPR’s First Two Years – Guideline for Serbia’s DP Practitioners
BDK Advokati’s senior associate Milica Basta spoke at the online conference “Data Protection – 2020” hosted by the agency Forum Media from Belgrade.
Kristijan Polenak Participated in AmCham’s 20th Annual General Assembly
enak Law Firm’s managing partner, Kristijan Polenak, AmCham Founder/Ex-officio, took part in a panel discussion “20 Years Building Connections” at AmCham’s 20th Annual General Assembly, sharing insights in AmCham’s past, present and future, and portraying two decades of remarkable history of events and accomplishments.
Young ISTAC (Istanbul Arbitration Centre) 4th Future Arbitration Counsel Moot
In the 4th Future Arbitration Counsel Moot organised by Young ISTAC, approximately 50 different teams from eight different cities of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus competed in online hearings.
On 26 July 2020, Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli's partner Okan Demirkan was among the members of the tribunal of the final hearing. Please click for watching the final hearing and award ceremony at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTGaqU0ERPw (in Turkish).
Challenges in Implementation of the Staff Leasing Act
BDK Advokati hosted a workshop on the Serbian Staff Leasing Act (“Act“) that came into force on 3 March 2020. Senior associate Nikola Cincovic and associate Marija Gligorevic led the workshop that was attended by the representatives of companies who were eager to hear about the specifics of the new legislation and discuss the challenges of its future implementation.
