Terms of work
This page sets out how we accept enquiries and on what terms we work. It has been sent to you because you have contacted us. Please read it before continuing.
Consent
If, after being given a link to this page, you continue the correspondence — by email, through the site form or via a messaging application — we take it that you have read the terms below and agree to them, including the published fees.
If you do not agree, please do not send documents and do not continue the enquiry. Say so and the correspondence ends with no consequence for you.
There is no free consultation
The office does not give free initial consultations, including by telephone or through messaging applications. Any advice on a specific matter is a paid service at a published fee.
A short answer as to whether the matter falls within our practice, and which format fits, is free and does not constitute legal advice.
How enquiries are accepted
Enquiries are accepted in writing — through the site form or at the office email address. Calls and messages serve to arrange matters, not to give advice.
We reply within one working day. If you have not had a reply, check your spam folder before writing again.
Payment
Consultations and standard services are paid in full in advance, on booking. Work begins once payment has been received.
For litigation, the fee and the payment schedule are agreed in writing in a legal services contract.
State fees, expert deposits and other costs of the proceedings are not included in the fee and are borne by the client.
Timescales
A written opinion is produced within five working days of receipt of payment and of all necessary documents. If documents arrive in parts, time runs from the last of them.
In urgent matters the period may be shortened by express agreement and against a separate fee.
Form of communication
Correspondence on matters taken on is conducted in writing. This is not a formality — what is written remains and can be checked; what is said does not.
After each procedural step you receive a short message setting out what has been done and what comes next. Outside those messages, telephone calls are arranged in advance.
When we decline
We decline a matter where there is a conflict of interest, where there is reason to suspect intended unlawful conduct, and where we judge that proceedings have no reasonable prospect or that the costs exceed the benefit.
A refusal is not a judgment on whether you are right. It is a judgment on whether proceedings make sense, and it saves you money.
When the relationship arises
Sending an enquiry, paying for a consultation and receiving an opinion do not in themselves create authority to represent you. The office represents you only after a written legal services contract and a power of attorney.
Until then we do not assume any deadlines in your matter and do not monitor them.
Confidentiality
Everything you tell us is protected as attorney privilege under the Bar Act and is kept indefinitely, whether or not the matter is taken on.
Correspondence, papers and electronic records relating to your matter are not disclosed to third parties beyond the statutory exceptions.
Personal data
We process your personal data solely for the purpose of providing the legal service and meeting statutory obligations. We do not pass it on for commercial purposes and do not use it for advertising.
You have rights of access, rectification and erasure under applicable law. Requests are made to the office email address.
Language
The working language is Bulgarian. Consultation and correspondence in English, Russian or German are available at a separate fee.
Where the versions of this page differ between languages, the Bulgarian version prevails.
The information on this site is general and does not constitute legal advice on a specific matter. Legal advice is given only after review of the documents and within a paid consultation.