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Bulgarian legal matters we can assess.

Select the legal problem that matches your case. Each practice area explains the typical work, documents and next step. The precise scope is confirmed before engagement.

Bulgarian legal matters brought by international clients tend to fall into a small number of recognisable situations: a business decision, a dispute that needs enforcing, a property to buy or defend, a family or succession question, an immigration or administrative step, or a criminal-law problem. The groups below route each of those situations to the practice hub that covers it in detail — typical documents, the process, and how a case-assessment is scoped.

These groupings describe intake routes, not a claim of certified specialist status or a guaranteed acceptance of every matter. Availability, conflicts of interest and the applicable Bulgarian legal route are confirmed for each matter individually, and no engagement begins before the scope and fee are agreed in writing.

Six starting points

Find your matter
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Business & Commercial

Contract drafting and review, company governance, shareholder disputes, transaction due diligence and commercial risk.

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Disputes & Enforcement

Civil claims and defence, unpaid invoices and debt recovery, enforcement of Bulgarian and foreign judgments.

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Debt Collection

Recovering unpaid invoices from Bulgarian debtors: pre-action steps, the order-for-payment procedure and enforcement.

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Property

Title and encumbrance checks, purchase and sale documents, co-ownership and property disputes for foreign owners.

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Family & Inheritance

Succession for foreign heirs, the European Certificate of Succession, family status and cross-border personal matters.

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Immigration & Administrative

Residence and citizenship eligibility, refused applications and appeals, and decisions issued by Bulgarian authorities.

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Criminal Defence

Representation in Bulgarian criminal proceedings, from police contact through trial, where a staffed line can be offered.

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Scope note: these categories are intake routes, not a list of certified specialisms, past case results or a promise that every enquiry can be accepted. Some matters require a co-counsel or a referral to another professional, and that is confirmed during the initial screening, not after work has started.

Not sure which category fits?

Many enquiries do not arrive pre-sorted into a single category — a property purchase can raise a tax question, an inheritance can involve a dispute among co-heirs, and an immigration matter can turn on a document issued years earlier in another country. Describe the situation in your own words, including the documents you already hold, whether there is an opposing party or authority involved, and any deadline you are working against. The initial screening identifies the correct legal route and, where more than one practice area is involved, coordinates the work rather than leaving it split between separate enquiries.

If your matter concerns getting general guidance on how a Bulgarian legal engagement actually works — what happens after you send an enquiry, how documents are handled, and when representation formally begins — that process is explained on the how we work page. If you are looking for a single overview of what a Bulgarian lawyer does and does not do, start with the Bulgarian lawyer page.

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Share a brief description of your legal matter. An initial reply can clarify whether an assessment can be offered, with the scope and fee agreed in advance. Please do not send sensitive documents before engagement.

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