A new chapter

Petya Noycheva & Partners
is now Ginka Dimitrova & Partners.

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Your products live by rules.
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Ginka Dimitrova & Partners provides full corporate legal services for business in the industries where regulation decides everything: food and food supplements, medical devices and medicinal products.

We support our clients across the entire life of a product: from business structuring and contracts to registration, labelling, advertising and disputes, in Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia and Albania and under EU law. For almost two decades we have been preventing problems before they arise, because we know our clients’ businesses inside out. Your first consultation with us is always free.

Medical devices

Registration, labelling and advertising of devices of any class.

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Food and food supplements

Notification, labelling and health claims.

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Medicinal products

From marketing authorisation to the pharmacy shelf: the entire regulatory journey.

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Reads package leaflets
to the very end.

Ginka Dimitrova

Managing Partner
Bulgarian, English

An attorney with nearly 20 years of experience.

Ms. Dimitrova began her career at the firm in 2007, became a Partner in 2017, and since 2026 leads the firm that now bears her name.

She is an expert in the legislation on foods and food supplements, medical devices and medicinal products. Ginka Dimitrova has focused her professional interests in the area of food safety legislation as this legal sphere is constantly being developed. She specialises in European food law and takes part in numerous discussions and trainings at European level, including in the work of Food Supplements Europe, which assists the European Commission on regulatory matters concerning food supplements. She takes part in constructive meetings with the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency. She has initiated proposals for changes in the food legislation in Bulgaria.

Ms. Dimitrova is a consultant on medical devices legislation. She is a highly qualified and experienced lawyer in activities related to registration, labelling and market placement of medical devices of any class. She takes part in legal trainings about medical devices abroad.

Ginka Dimitrova advises clients on regulatory matters in Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia and Albania, and has long-standing experience with European Union legislation.

She provides consulting on corporate registration procedures before state and municipal authorities such as the Customs Agency, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, the Bulgarian Drug Agency, the Commission for Personal Data Protection, the Commercial Register, the Ministry of Health, the Regional Environmental Protection Agencies, and others. She has solid experience in resolving various legal issues and has mastered her conflict resolution skills when such situations arise between representatives of the business sector and the state administration.

Closes deals in ink,
celebrates them in watercolour.

Petya Noycheva

Co-founder & Partner
Bulgarian, English

An attorney with more than 25 years of experience.

Co-founder of the firm, which she led until 2026, when she handed the helm to Ginka Dimitrova. She remains a Partner and continues to work with the firm’s clients.

An attorney specialising in national and multinational negotiations and commercial law. Petya Noycheva’s legal expertise is in the field of national and multinational corporate negotiations. Ms. Noycheva has solid experience in conducting negotiations in countries from the European Union, Switzerland, the Middle East as well as in the USA, China, Japan, and others. Her success in developing negotiation strategies and holding commercial and legal talks with a wide range of business clients has contributed to her excellent reputation in international legal practice.

Petya Noycheva is an expert in organising the structures of holding companies from the legal point of view and in the coordination of legal advisors in different territories, taking an active role with legal, strategic and cultural advice.

Petya Noycheva is an expert in contract law and the preparation of commercial agreements.

She works in cooperation with local and foreign law offices which specialise in different areas of law and, if needed, assists in finding appropriate consulting services from law experts in Bulgaria and/or abroad, supervising a specific case until its successful completion.

Biliana Bakalova

Associate Attorney
Bulgarian, English
  • An attorney with more than 20 years of experience in industrial property law.
  • Associate attorney at Ginka Dimitrova & Partners since 2020
  • IP Representative recorded with the Bulgarian Patent Office
  • IP Representative recorded with the European Union Intellectual Property Office

Biliana Bakalova’s legal expertise is in the field of registration and protection of trademarks and industrial designs. Ms. Bakalova provides consulting, registration, and protection for your trade marks and industrial designs.

Ms. Bakalova has a solid experience in the field of protection of the rights over objects of intellectual and industrial property, in researching of earlier rights, assistance in choosing of appropriate trademark for your business, leading of negotiations in case of established opposition procedures, trademarks monitoring, as well as in management of trademarks portfolio registered in Bulgaria and/or abroad.

Ms. Bakalova works in cooperation with local representatives of industrial property for countries from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, experts in the field of intellectual property, and if needed, shall assist in finding the most appropriate IP office or specialist abroad for each specific case, monitoring the process of registration until the procedure is successfully completed.

Eleonora Trifonova

Junior Associate
Bulgarian, English
  • Began her professional path at Ginka Dimitrova & Partners in 2019.
  • Graduated with honours from the Faculty of Law of Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski in 2023.
  • Associate Attorney since 2025.

Eleonora Trifonova’s professional focus is on food and food supplements, medical law, and commercial, labour and property law.

Her practice includes advising Bulgarian and foreign companies on matters related to foods, food supplements, medical devices and medicinal products, including the requirements for placing products on the market, labelling, advertising and compliance with the applicable regulatory framework.

Ms. Trifonova works in the field of labour law, with experience in matters related to the establishment, modification and termination of employment relationships, including procedures before administrative authorities.

Ms. Trifonova assists clients with the legal review of documents and the assessment of legal risks in matters related to real estate, and represents them before administrative authorities.

Ms. Trifonova combines precise legal analysis with a practical understanding of business needs, aiming to offer solutions tailored to the client’s specific circumstances and goals.

Association of European Attorneys

Ginka Dimitrova & Partners is a member of the AEA, a distinction that reflects our firm’s adherence to the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, and legal expertise. Our membership demonstrates our commitment to excellence, ongoing professional development, and active participation in a reputable international legal network.

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Petya Noycheva & Partners becomes Ginka Dimitrova & Partners

Ginka Dimitrova & Partners, 1 August 2026

After almost two decades under the name Petya Noycheva & Partners, our firm begins a new chapter: as of 1 August 2026, attorney Ginka Dimitrova is the firm’s majority and Managing Partner, and the firm continues its work under the name Ginka Dimitrova & Partners.

Ginka Dimitrova has been part of the firm since 2007 and a Partner since 2017. Under her leadership, the firm sharpens its focus on the fields she has shaped for years: the legislation on foods and food supplements, medical devices and medicinal products. We advise manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers on regulatory matters in Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia and Albania, and bring long-standing experience with EU legislation to every case.

Petya Noycheva, who founded the firm and led it until now, remains a Co-founder & Partner and continues to work with the firm’s clients on negotiations, commercial and contract law. ⟶