What does a corporate lawyer in Bulgaria actually do?
A corporate lawyer in Bulgaria handles the legal side of forming and running a company: registering the entity, drafting the shareholder and governance documents, keeping the company compliant with Bulgarian and EU law, and papering the deals it does. At Apex & Pillar that runs from a first company setup through financings, acquisitions, and a sale.
We work with three kinds of client:
- Founders and investors setting up in Bulgaria — local or foreign — who want the entity stood up cleanly and correctly the first time.
- Companies already operating that need ongoing counsel, a contract reviewed this week, or a lawyer on call.
- Buyers and sellers doing a financing, a merger, or an acquisition.
You get one fee posture on all of it: flat fees wherever the scope allows, transparent hourly rates otherwise, and a written scope, written fee, and agreed timeline before the work starts. The invoice should never be the interesting document.
How do you set up a company in Bulgaria as a foreigner?
You can form a Bulgarian company as a foreigner without living here, and in most cases without traveling. The common vehicle is a private limited liability company (an OOD, or EOOD for a single owner); we also form joint-stock companies (AD) where the structure calls for it. We handle the incorporation documents, the entry in the Commercial Register, and the governance setup, and coordinate the bank account and accounting handoff so you are operational, not just registered.
What company formation with us covers:
- Choosing the right entity for what you're building — OOD/EOOD, AD, or branch — and why.
- Founding documents, articles, and manager appointments.
- Registration with the Bulgarian Commercial Register, including the required minimum share capital and the state registration fee.
- VAT and regulatory registrations where your activity requires them.
- Shareholder arrangements from day one, so ownership questions are settled before they become disputes.
Once your documents are ready, we move to register the entity and tell you the expected timeline for your specific setup on the first call — no guessing, no open-ended "it depends."
Foreign founders usually ask three questions first: can I own it outright (yes), is a local director or local address required, and how do I get money in and out cleanly. We confirm any local-director or local-address requirement for your situation on that first call, and answer all three before you commit to a structure.
What is outside general counsel — and the monthly legal subscription?
Outside general counsel is a senior lawyer on call for your company without a full-time in-house hire. Our monthly legal subscription packages that into a flat recurring fee: a set scope of ongoing counsel — contract reviews, company administration, day-to-day questions answered within one business day — for a predictable monthly price instead of a meter running on every email.
This is a core offer, built for companies in motion and the people behind them. It suits a growing company that has legal questions most weeks but not enough to justify hiring, and that would rather budget a fixed number than open a stopwatch every time they call their lawyer.
- What's typically inside: ongoing company administration, contract drafting and review, corporate housekeeping and filings, and quick-turn counsel on the questions that come up as you operate.
- How it's priced: a flat monthly fee against a written, agreed scope — you know what's covered and what it costs before the month starts. Work outside the scope is quoted separately, in writing, before it begins.
- What it replaces: the surprise invoice, the "should I even bother emailing the lawyer for this" hesitation, and the delay of finding counsel who already knows your company.
The right scope depends on how much legal work your company actually generates. We size it to that on the first call and put the monthly fee in writing before the month starts — a flat fee against an agreed scope, quoted before any work begins.
Do you handle venture financings and M&A?
Yes. We act for founders and investors on venture financings and for buyers and sellers on mergers and acquisitions across Bulgaria and the EU. On financings that means the term sheet, the investment and shareholder agreements, and the cap-table mechanics. On M&A it means the letter of intent, due diligence, the purchase agreement, and closing.
Where a deal crosses borders, we coordinate with local counsel in the other jurisdiction so nothing falls between two legal systems. What we do not do is guarantee an outcome — no honest lawyer can. What we do is read the fine print so the company you're buying is the company you think you're buying, and tell you plainly where the risk sits.
Our corporate deal work covers:
- Venture financings — term sheets, investment agreements, investor and founder shareholder agreements.
- M&A — letters of intent, due diligence, share and asset purchase agreements, closing and post-closing steps.
- Shareholder agreements — the ownership, control, and exit rules, written before they're needed rather than argued about after.
What ongoing corporate work do you cover?
Beyond formation and deals, we handle the legal work of running a company: governance, corporate housekeeping, and the commercial contracts a business signs to operate. If a memo needs a glossary, we rewrite the memo — you get plain language you can act on without a translator.
- Entity governance & administration — manager and shareholder decisions, Commercial Register updates, corporate records, and the filings that keep a company in good standing.
- Commercial contracts — supplier, customer, services, NDA, and partnership agreements, drafted or reviewed to say what you actually agreed.
- Corporate changes — capital changes, share transfers, restructurings, and governance amendments as the company grows.
How we work
- Senior attention. Your matter is led by Rebecca Osei — the attorney you met. No leverage pyramid, no surprise associates.
- Transparent pricing. Flat fees wherever the scope allows; transparent hourly rates otherwise.
- Written before the work. Written scope, written fee, agreed timeline — before anyone starts.
- We respond. A reply within one business day, usually sooner; urgent matters triaged same day.
- Confidential from the first call. Everything you share is confidential from first contact, before any engagement is signed.
Book a free consultation
Start with a free 20-minute consultation with a senior corporate attorney — not an intake screener. Bring the company you're forming, the deal you're weighing, or the ongoing counsel you need, and you'll get a direct answer and a clear next step.
Book a free consultation. — office@apexpillar.org · +359 889 758 858