Automotive & Mobility

We are highly trusted by numerous clients in the Automotive and Mobility industry, and we have provided valuable assistance to a wide variety of clients in recent years, including:

• Assisting Chariot Motors AD and Consortium Chariot Motors / Higer Bus Company Limited with their participation in numerous domestic and international public procurement tenders for the supply of electric buses, including their successful bid to supply electric buses to the city of Sofia.
• Providing ongoing legal advice to the Yazaki Corporation, an automotive parts supplier, on various legal matters.
• Advising Hanon Systems, a Korean automotive parts manufacturer, on Bulgarian legal aspects of its acquisition of the Fluid Pressure and Controls business of Magna International Inc.
• Helping Next.e.Go Bulgaria AD  negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bulgarian government regarding a EUR 140 million investment into the development and operation of a factory for electric car manufacture.
• Providing a compliance assessment to Infiniti on the automotive distribution market in Bulgaria.
• Advising Turkish truck manufacturer Karsan Otomotiv on EU competition law issues applicable to its agreements with distributors in EU Member States.
• Representing MAN SE, MAN Truck & Bus AG, and MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH  in relation to claims raised against it under Bulgarian law.
• Advising Rally Motors Holding on the sale of 100% of BMW dealer Kamor Auto.
• Advising Tenneco Automotive on legal considerations related to its launch of new products.
• Advising Tata Motors Limited on the legal aspects of its relationship with a local contractor.
• Advising the VOLVO Truck Corporation on the development and subsequent adjustment of international leasing documentation, international sales transactions, and international secured transactions.
• Advising the Visteon Corporation, a global automotive electronics supplier, on numerous legal matters.
• Advising Adam Opel GmbH on IP matters.
• Providing deal-structuring advice to Alcar Holding GmbH on its efforts to establish and operate a local entity.
• Advising ALD International S.A. on the regulatory framework for car-leasing and fleet-management services.
• Advising Audatex-Magyarorszag Ltd., a leading insurance claims technical provider, on general corporate matters.
• Advising Auto Kelly Republic, the European affiliate of the US-based LKQ Corporation, on its acquisition of a minority stake in a local distributor of auto parts and subsequent post-completion merger.
• Representing Auto Trader Limited in its opposition to a trademark application based on likelihood of confusion.
• Advising Beijing Hainachuan Automotive Parts Co. Ltd. on Bulgarian aspects of its contemplated acquisition of Montupet.
• Performing trademark investigations for Changshu Automotive Trim Co.

 In addition, we have also advised:

• One of the world’s leading producers of premium cars on the regulatory framework applicable to its intended distribution set-up for car connectivity.
• Several of the world’s leading European and US car manufacturers on connected-car, mobility-services, and other internet-of-things issues, in particular on telecom-regulatory, consumer-protection, data-protection, and licensing matters.
• Advising a leading European truck manufacturer on legal considerations related to its implementation of IoT-product monitoring of vehicle-location and fuel-consumption details, logistics data, and other fleet-vehicle-management data.