Svetlana Ganeva

Svetlana Ganeva is one of the founders and managing partner at Arsov Natchev Ganeva, having over 25 years of professional experience in a broad array of legal fields including corporate and commercial law, foreign investments, concessions, PPP and public procurements, aviation law, water law and EU law.

Svetlana Ganeva has developed an unrivaled expertise in the project finance, PPP and concessions in Bulgaria. She has been involved as legal advisor in most major concession projects in the country. Ms. Ganeva has been assigned by the Bulgarian government to lead teams of legal, financial and technical experts in the preparation of several concession projects, including projects aiming to amend the effective concession legislation. She has also represented private companies in their participation in concession tenders as well as advised on a regular basis concession companies on their legal compliance and relations with the competent authorities.

Ms. Ganeva frequently provides highly sophisticated advice on the structuring of project finance and PPP projects within the specifics of Bulgarian legal environment. On the international arena, Svetlana Ganeva is a member of the UNECE Roster of PPP Experts and is often sought as an expert on international and European concession and PPP surveys.

Svetlana Ganeva is a leading advisor to companies in connection with their participation in large scale multi-million public procurement procedures. She has extensive experience advising and representing international and domestic businesses before the Commission for protection of the competition and the Supreme Administrative Court in procurement matters.

Svetlana Ganeva assists clients in regulatory and transactional matters in the aviation industry. She has handled a wide variety of complex litigation matters for ground handling operators before Bulgarian courts and EU institutions, including airport access, competition and EU legislation compliance. Svetlana Ganeva’s aviation experience further includes work as legal counsel to major Bulgarian airport operators and airlines.

Ms. Ganeva’s clients in the water and sanitation sector comprise both private entities and public authorities. She advises Bulgarian and international companies – operators of water and waste water services, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, international consultancy firms on projects of the World Bank in Bulgaria and others.

In the EU law and regulation arena, Ms. Ganeva has actively participated in the implementation in Bulgaria of EU legislation from the pre-accession period of the country until now in the fields of climate change, water and sanitation, state aid, concession, PPP, strategic policy making and coordination. Ms. Ganeva represents local and European companies from various industries with respect to regulatory and licensing issues, antitrust and competition, state aid, before both national courts and European court of Justice, as well as acts in the context of infringement and interpretation proceedings before the EC.  She advises businesses on Bulgarian and EU antitrust laws and compliance, and provides assistance to her clients in investigations and relevant proceedings. Particular strengths of her work include drafting legislation in different fields of law, advising Bulgarian public bodies and local administrations in the implementation of different European programs, measures and initiatives for absorption of European funds, interaction with the EC, preparation of notifications and participation in the relevant proceedings for exemption of state aid. Thanks to this background and experience, the ANG team headed by Mrs. Ganeva has been regularly selected in European calls for consultants and awarded contracts for training of Bulgarian magistrates in the variety of fields, such as competition, state aid, EU law and regulations, etc.

Membership/Admissions

Sofia Bar Association
International Bar Association
European Women Lawyers’ Association
Officer of the National Order of Merit of the French Republic (Officier de l Ordre National du Merite)

Qualification and education

Center for European studies, University of Nancy, France, LLM in European Law and European Political Studies
Sofia University, Faculty of law, Master of Law

Languages

Bulgarian, English, French, Portuguese