Irina Mihaylova is a Senior Associate at DGKV’s Capital Markets, Banking & Finance and General Corporate practice groups. She holds a Master’s Degree in Law from Sofia University, Bulgaria, and advises local and international clients on complex financing, investment, and corporate transactions. Her experience includes project finance, corporate lending, and asset-based lending, including legal due diligence, security structuring, and regulatory compliance, as well as venture capital and growth-stage investments, covering equity and quasi-equity financings, shareholder arrangements and corporate governance. She also advises on corporate structuring and reorganizations, and on the establishment and ongoing management of corporate presence in Bulgaria.
Representative projects include:
- Advised Santander and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (Polish bank) on the Bulgarian aspects of a EUR 420 million multi-tranche acquisition loan to Benefit Systems S.A.
- OTP Bank PLC. and DSK Bank AD as arrangers and lenders in relation to financing AES Bulgaria Holding B.V. The financing was directed towards investments in renewable energy sources of AES Corporation worldwide in line with the AES Group’s green financing framework. DGKV was mandated as lead counsel to the Finance Parties’ and had the responsibility for supervising, coordinating the work of the partnering Dutch and English law firms involved in the transaction, the preparation of the documentation and the arrangement of the financial closing. DGKV further provided advice on the structuring and closing of the transaction which deal value was EUR 150 million.
- The syndicate of three of Bulgaria’s largest banks - Unicredit Bulbank AD, DSK Bank AD and United Bulgarian Bank AD in relation to the financing of MAXCOM EOOD, Chipolino EOOD and MAXBIKE EOOD. Other than its scale, the transaction is also notable with its complexity due to the various types of facilities extended under the Facilities Agreement and an unfunded participation stake of an international public financial institution. The value of the deal is EUR 160 million.
- Advised a consortium of private equity investors led by Silverline Partners - Fund LP in relation to a EUR 6.8 million Convertible loan investment in Alcatraz Bulgaria EOOD, a member of the Alcatraz AI group.
