Antitrust, Competition and Trade Law Firm in Bulgaria

The CMS Antitrust, Competition and Trade (ACT) group in Bulgaria is part of the fully integrated CMS global team, one of the largest specialist competition and trade teams in the world. More than 225 CMS experts advise clients in more than 40 countries worldwide on all ACT matters.

Our Bulgarian team has an active presence on the Bulgarian market with a successful track record of handling challenging competition matters which transform various markets and economies. 

Due to our size and wide footprint, we are able to deal with all ACT matters irrespective of their geographical dimension. Where necessary, we cooperate with long established contacts from our wider network of law firms everywhere in the world.
We are specialists across the full range of Antitrust, Competition and Trade matters. We are also well-known as experts in various sectors of the economy. Our renowned sector specialisation encompasses automotive, consumer products/FMCG, construction, digital economy, energy/oil & gas, life sciences, telecommunications/media and transport to name but a few. 
Our clients range from a number of large multinationals who frequently use our team as their ACT law firm of choice for the entire region (e.g., in Europe or the CEE region), and a large number of medium-sized companies. We also advise Bulgarian businesses and leading market players. We represent them before Bulgarian authorities, including the Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition, as well as Bulgarian courts. 

The Bulgarian ACT group is renowned for leveraging innovation to deliver practical and commercially astute solutions. We use the most up-to-date technical and AI tools to support our business in Bulgaria and abroad. This helps us spot trends in our clients’ business operation and produce better results. As a consequence, we are usually seen not only as legal advisors but also as business partners. 

Keeping up with the recent trends is a cornerstone of our business operation. We put out regular case law updates on Bulgarian, European and international competition and trade developments on our Law Now service.  Our group is steered, not just by a management committee of partners but also by an active associates’ group that keeps us innovating to serve clients.