Kinstellar is Emerging Europe and Central Asia's leading independent law firm. It was founded in 2008 as a spin-off of Linklaters, a London-based Magic Circle law firm and has maintained international best practices to the highest standards. Kinstellar's experience speaks for itself: major corporations, financial institutions, governments and the most respected international law firms trust us because we deliver. We are particularly well suited to servicing complex transactions and advisory requirements spanning several jurisdictions.Kinstellar has expanded with new offices in Almaty (Kazakhstan), Belgrade (Serbia), Bratislava (Slovakia), Bucharest (Romania), Budapest (Hungary), Istanbul (Turkey), Kyiv (Ukraine), Prague (the Czech Republic) and Sofia (Bulgaria).
Kinstellar opened its office in Bulgaria in November 2014 with a team of lawyers with considerable experience in advising international and local clients on complex transactions. The senior members of our Sofia team are recognised on the local market as well as by top international law firms and clients for their ability to work independently and deliver work of the highest quality. Our Sofia team provides all aspects of business law advice, including but not limited to M&A, banking & finance, real estate, EU and competition law.

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JEREMIE is a joint initiative launched by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group to improve access to finance for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the EU within the Structural Funds framework for the period 2007 – 2013.
JEREMIE offers the EU Member States, through their national or regional Managing Authorities, the opportunity to use part of the resources made available from the EU Structural Funds and also national resources into Holding Funds. The JEREMIE Holding Fund provides finance to SMEs in a flexible, sustainable and innovative way, by providing equity, (micro) loans or guarantees financial instruments through selected local financial institutions acting as European Investment Fund (EIF) intermediaries. 
JEREMIE Bulgaria EAD is a special purpose vehicle company established in 2010 on the basis of the Framework Agreement between the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Bulgarian Government for the implementation of the JEREMIE Initiative. The company is fully owned by the EIF and will implement financial engineering instruments such as loan portfolio guarantees and venture capital investments to support growth and innovation among Bulgarian small and medium-sized businesses. Under the JEREMIE Initiative in Bulgaria, the company will invest in 5 private equity funds specialized in different stage of the economic lifecycle – seed, VC, expansion and mezzanine investments. 

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ELANA is one of the largest financial groups in the Bulgarian non-banking sector with 25 years of experience and developing innovative investment products and services.  ELANA Group companies hold leading market positions in: asset management (ELANA Fund Management), trading on financial markets and investment banking (ELANA Trading), EU funding consultancy (ELANA Investment), financial services for farmland investment (ELANA AgroCredit), renewable energy investment management (ELANA Energy Management), public funds management – companies of the group are involved in fund management of the Bulgarian Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund and Regional Urban Development Fund (JESSICA funded). ELANA founded one of the first brokers and asset managers in the country, started one of the first mutual funds as well as farmland investment REIT – these are some of the examples of innovative role of the group in Bulgarian finance and investment world. ELANA group companies were recognized by industries and public via 31 national and international awards in the course of 25 years. 

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