The prestigious ranking is part of a well-established tradition of more than three decades which covers law firms and legal professionals across more than 150 jurisdictions worldwide. It aims at providing, on a yearly basis, an up-to-date, in-depth evaluation of the services provided in the sector for each jurisdiction. A key element of the research is the conduct of anonymous interviews between the editors of The Legal 500 and a number of clients of the law firm who share their impressions.

STHS is among the law firms that have been distinguished for the quality of their services in two major categories – Commercial, Corporate and M&A and Dispute Resolution. This recognition comes as a result of our hard work in the area of corporate and commercial law, contract law, including the successful closing of a large number of important deals, and our implication in major litigation cases.

The 2021 edition states that Stankov, Todorov, Hinkov & Spasov advises across a range of business sectors such as pharmaceutics, construction, energy, food production and fisheries on behalf of local and foreign clients, also noting the firm’s parallel practice in white collar crime, a rare area of focus for firms in this market.

In addition, clients` testimonials are quoted:

What really impresses us about them is that they have a multifaceted view on legal issues – they give various solutions to different problems, which in fact shows that they possess diverse expertise. In other words – the team is diverse and devoted to their work.

Although each of the lawyers at Stankov, Todorov Hinkov & Spasov has unique qualities, as well as a different area of competence and approach to work, together the team works even better. They all complement each other and manage to put their efforts and knowledge in the right direction. And the facts speak for themselves – so far we have achieved success in several of the cases, as well as out-of-court resolution of some cases with a positive result for us.

The team of young and motivated experts makes a unique impression, with fast understanding of the needs of the customer. I am working with several legal offices in Austria and Bulgaria and was positively impressed. The lawyers are competent and motivated and respond very fast to every request.

We believe that Stankov, Todorov, Hinkov & Spasov’s biggest strength is the diversity of the legal assistance they provide. They have worked with us on matters of administrative law, civil law and have prepared us legal opinions on specialised topics (such as the legal framework for prices of medicinal products). Another positive aspect of their work is that they respond to enquiries promptly and in detail.

The presence of Stankov, Todorov, Hinkov & Spasov, Attorneys-at-Law in The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2021 constitutes a further step in the process of our firm’s recognition on the leading places of Bulgarian market for legal services and as our clients have rightly pointed out, this success is the result of our teamwork and the qualities and diligence of each of our 21 professionals, which we are grateful for.