Vladislav Kantutis
Profound knowledge and experience in litigation, arbitration and insolvency procedures, real estate and construction. More than 25 years of extensive practice in mergers and acquisitions, international joint ventures, local and cross-border corporate transactions and project development.
Education
Master of Law from the Faculty of Law, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (1990)
Course in Human Rights organised by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (1995)
Professional development
Founding and Managing partner at Boteva & Kantutis Law Firm (1994 – 2017)
Founding and Managing Partner at Kantutis Law Firm (2017 – present)
Membership
Member of the Sofia Bar Association (1991 – present)
Honorable member of the Center for International Legal Studies – Salzburg
Member of Interadvokat Law Association, former member of the management body
Practice areas and representative experience
Contract and company law, corporate restructuring, M&A, securitization, licensing and regulatory compliance, competition law, procurement, labor and family law
Special focus and extensive practice in real estate:
- structuring, negotiating and documenting acquisitions and dispositions of retail/office/warehouse/residential buildings, individual properties and land;
- advising and representing property owners, developers and lenders in connection with the financing and securitization of real estate transactions;
- advising property owners, developers, lenders and potential buyers in connection with the development and construction of real estate, as well as in matters related to real estate planning, zoning, subdivisions and use permits;
- advising and representing property owners and tenants in a broad array of commercial, industrial and retail leasing matters;
- representing property owners and lenders in foreclosure on real estate, as well as in broad range of judicial and administrative proceedings related to real estate;
- property management for Bulgarian and international clients;
- advising and representing property owners and successors in connection with inheritance rights and taxation;
- advising on restitution matters.
Extensive expertise in civil litigation:
- pre-litigation general counsel and assistance in the assessment of the risks and benefits from judicial proceedings and the practicality and viability of alternative dispute mechanisms, in order to determine the appropriate strategy in each case;
- representing clients in wide range of disputes before the Bulgarian courts and various administrative tribunals, commissions and agencies through all the phases of the proceedings;
- the extensive civil litigation practice includes, but is not limited to: contractual remedies and enforcement, damage claims, injunctions and specific performance, real estate rights and disputes, construction, shareholder and corporate disputes, enforcement of shareholders agreements, directors’ and officers’ liability, employment, enforcement of foreign judgments, insolvency, insurance claims, etc.
Representative experience in insolvency:
- 2011 – present – representing Overseas Private Investment Corporation, USA, as a secured creditor in insolvency proceeding against a Bulgarian debtor;
- 2013 – present – representing Ferrostaal GmbH, Germany, as a non-secured creditor in insolvency proceeding against a Bulgarian debtor;
- 2013 – 2016 – representing GED See Opportunity I S.A., Spain, as a non-secured creditor in insolvency proceeding against a Bulgarian debtor.
Other professional experience
Practice as an administrator in insolvency procedure
Author of publications on different legal topics – securitization, ecology, IT
Lecturer at the International Environmental Law session of the Salzburg Seminar organized by the Salzburg American Foundation (1996)
Languages
Bulgarian, English, French, Russian
Contacts
vkantutis@kantutis.com
+359 888 819006