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Dimitar Zwiatkow is a partner in the Banking & Finance practice in CMS Sofia. He is a Bulgarian attorney with more than 15 years’ legal experience and is one of the preeminent advisers on banking M&A transactions and large-scale portfolio transactions. Among his clients are local and international banking and financial institutions as well as investment funds. Dimitar focuses on real estate finance, regulatory banking matters, non-performing loans, acquisition finance, project finance, corporate lending, financial services and products, and banking litigation.
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Having an international educational background, Dimitar is highly expert in advising small and mid-sized European companies in the field of corporate transactions and their tax law implications such as VAT, corporate taxation, WHT, DDT, tax structuring. He focuses on cross-border merger and acquisitions, including corporate governance, take-overs, compliance issues and AML policies. He has invaluable experience in dealing with various regulatory bodies, having communicated on several occasions with the Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition, the National Revenue Agency and the Bulgarian National Bank. He is further experienced in supporting clients in corporate forensic investigations, and thus has background working with the prosecution authorities.
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In the area of Energy law Dimitar has strong expertise in renewables and projects, PPP and public procurement. Over the years, he has advised on renewables, combined heat and power (CHP), waste to energy and independent power projects. His clients include a wide range of energy suppliers from the fields of wind power, hydropower, biomass and photovoltaics. Dimitar consults on the construction and acquisition of power plants, testing and commissioning as well as environmental questions, network operation issues and strategic considerations in project management.