By combining our legal expertise and intimate knowledge of the needs of the sector, Obretenovi Law Firm caters to clients in industrial sector. This enables us to provide you with reliable and cost-effective services for each stage of your business adventure. Our experience encompasses investment law; commercial contracts; intellectual property protection; labour law; administrative and tax law.
Obretenovi Law Firm can assist you in the initial construction of industrial plants – we have expertise in the planning and execution of investments to the amount of 20 000 000 BGN – we have taken part in in negotiations with counterparties, background checks and choice of contractors, drafting and concluding a contract for building and design, examination of the requirements for the realization of the investment proposal. We have supported our clients in establishing of a development center – an investment to the amount of 450 000 BGN. We support our clients in hiring employees and settling the employee-employer relationship; we have experience in setting up a European workers’ union in accordance with EU legislation; introduction of flexible working time in production facility employing over 400 workers; implementation of social benefits in companies; introduction and conclusion of contract for temporary workers with undertakings providing temporary work; risk and labour expenses optimization during new projects in an existing factory; conclusion, amendment and termination of labour contracts; appeals and litigation.
We are experienced in nurturing conditions for cooperation between the business and universities (Plovdiv University, Technical University – Sofia, University of Food Technologies) and institutes of vocational secondary education (Professional High School for Electrical and Electronics). We support the entrepreneurs in their investment in the development and professional qualifications of the workforce through negotiations and conclusion of contracts and memoranda between schools and universities on the one hand, and representatives of the business, on the other, for internships, trainings, leases and development in accordance with the best practices.
Should the Bulgarian labour market be unable to provide the necessary qualified workforce, we offer complex services on the matters of labour migration from the EU and third countries, including in Blue card of the EU procedures. Obretenovi Law Firm ensures that its clients enjoy the full range of legal services in labour law matters, based on our long-standing experience and insight into the activities of large and mid-sized companies.
On the other hand, our clients are under constant pressure when offering their products on the market. Our team has comprehensive knowledge on the sector’s applicable law and helps you in minimizing potential penal proceedings and fines. We employ our knowledge in a plethora of fields and carefully tailor our approach to achieve your activity’s planned results; and to stifle any unforeseen consequences as soon as possible through surgical precision within the confines of your legal rights and obligations.
Obretenovi Law Firm secures our clients’ necessary confidence when dealing with subcontractors, providers and distributors. We strongly believe that partners should strengthen rather than undermine the enterprise’s stability, and therefore endeavor to prepare detailed contracts and agreements with attention to detail inspired by our intimate knowledge of your field.
It is of paramount importance for our clients in industry that they establish their own recognizable image and ensure its adequate protection. Registering your trademark is the quickest and most cost-effective way to ensure exclusivity for the use of your trademark. As your product or service becomes successful, the trademark itself starts to develop an intrinsic value. Business investors will assess whether you have taken the appropriate legal trademark protection to secure your brand. Holding a registered trademark significantly increases the value of your brand to potential partners.
We further consult our clients in developing and implementing their advertisement strategy to ensure compliance with the strict norms of the Bulgarian advertisement law and good faith competition. To that end we collaborate closely with the client’s designers and PR-experts of choice.
Obretenovi Law Firm is a reliable partner when your business gets onto the international stage. We are well-versed in international transport and the sale of various goods in Europe and beyond. We negotiate the terms of freight and delivery in accordance with the import-export regulations, transport and insurance of goods. We take part in negotiating and drafting of contracts with overseas counterparties.
Regardless whether you are a boutique producer or an international conglomerate, Obretenovi Law Firm will be at your side at every step of the way of your growth on the Bulgarian and international market.