For over two decades Sevda Staykova has been advising on cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate finance transactions in the UK and a number of other European countries.
Sevda has a wealth of experience advising buyers and sellers in private sales and acquisitions as well as corporate issuers in the US private placement market. She also represents investors on post-completion integration and reorganisation transactions.
Prior to joining O’Melveny, Sevda worked at another AmLaw 10 firm.
- Represented Pharmaron on a number of UK acquisitions
- Represented Huvepharma on a number of acquisition and disposals in Europe
- Represented Bupa on its acquisition of LUXMED Group, the largest healthcare provider in Poland
- Represented Nordic Capital on its acquisition of The Binding Site Group, a UK diagnostics business
- Advised portfolio companies of Seidler Equity Partners on acquisitions in Europe
- Represented Strava in their acquisition of Fatmap
- Represented HID Global on several of UK acquisitions
- Represented the majority shareholder in an infrastructure joint venture with the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund
- Represented Advance Properties on their acquisition of Nova Broadcasting Group
- Represented VinciWorks Holdings on their disposal of Vinci Legal
- Represented Coller Capital, AlpInvest and Avenue Capital on a number of secondary transactions
Languages
- Bulgarian
- Russian
Admissions
- Supreme Court of England & Wales
- Sofia Bar Association
Education
- Central European University, LL.M., International Business Law
- T.M.C. Asser Instituut, Post-Graduate Program in International Trade and Business Law
- Sofia University School of Law, Master’s Degree
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