Pavel Velchev
Managing Partner
Education
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Master of Laws (LL.M), 1999
Practice areas
Attorney at Law Pavel Velchev has more than 25 years of specialization and professional experience in the sphere of regulation, external relations, administrative, commercial, competition and corporate law. Attorney Velchev is a licensed industrial property representative. In 2013 he was entered on the list of professional representatives before the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trademarks and Designs) and is now a licensed European Trade Mark and Design Attorney.
Professional Experience
In early 2000, he joined the State Telecommunications Commission (STC) as Legal Counsel, where he was actively involved in the Commission’s work on resolving disputes between telecommunications operators concerning interconnection and access.
In October 2001, he was admitted to the Sofia Bar Association.
Following his joining Lega Interconsult – Penkov, Markov & Partners in 2001, he advised numerous foreign investors and local clients.
In 2004, he became Head of the External Relations, Regulation and Competition Division at Bulgarian Telecommunications Company AD (BTC). He established and led a team of 10 legal, financial and technical experts specialising in telecommunications regulation and competition matters. He was involved in all regulatory and competition-related projects of BTC AD, BTC Mobile EOOD (Vivatel), BTC Net EOOD, BulFon AD and RTC EOOD (Mobikom).
In 2009, Pavel Velchev founded Velchev & Co. Law Office. In recent years, his practice has focused on international mergers and acquisitions, competition and commercial law, as well as insolvency proceedings. He advises both state-owned and private companies, as well as banks, including leading players in their respective business sectors.