Iva Georgieva

Iva is a key member of the KDP’s M&A and EU Law team.

She is an LLM graduate from Sofia University, Faculty of Law and a member of the Sofia Bar Association.

In the last 10 years Iva has been primarily specializing as a lawyer in corporate, commercial and competition law. During this time, Iva has gained experience in advising companies in the technology sector on an ample scope of legal topics, including the initial structuring and setup of the business, development of innovative products and services in accordance with the EU and local regulations, structuring the legal framework for relations with customers and partners, raising of funds through equity investments and (convertible) loans, implementing employee share option schemes, exits through mergers, acquisitions, joint venture splits or winding up of the business. As a lawyer with corporate and M&A focus, Iva has been also advising equity funds, investors and founders on the structuring and implementation of investments, acquisitions, joint ventures and exits with the participation of Bulgarian companies.

Iva’s expertise in competition law includes various distribution related topics such as discount schemes, setting up and termination of relations with distributors, compliance of marketing and promotional campaigns with consumer protection and unfair competition rules as well as overall compliance review of business practices and relations with customers and suppliers.

Iva has been recognized by Legal500 as a Rising star lawyer in Commercial, Corporate and M&A for 2020.