Overview

Todor Papanov is a dual UK and EU qualified competition lawyer based in our London office.

He advises on a wide range of competition law matters, including cartel investigations (basic industries), follow-on litigation (DRAM Chips), sector enquiries (App Stores), market investigations (Mobile Browsers & Cloud), and competition law compliance.

Todor has secured merger control approvals under both the UK and the EU regimes, and also has considerable experience in UK Phase 2 investigations (JD Sports/Footasylum), as well as appeals before the UK CAT.

Todor frequently advises on the application of competition law to commercial agreements, distribution and trading practices under both the UK and the EU vertical rules.

In addition, he has assisted a broad range of international clients as they seek to navigate the increasingly complex national security and FDI screening landscape, or other regulatory matters, such as subsidy control and sanctions.

Todor has experience in various industries and sectors, such as retail, tech, e-commerce, agriculture, oil & gas, construction, chemicals and transport.  

Prior to joining Van Bael & Bellis, he worked in the London offices of two leading international law firms. 

Todor is a guest lecturer at Queen Mary Law School, University of London and at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London.

 

Languages 

English, Bulgarian, Spanish 

Education 

  • King’s College London, Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law, 2020
  • BPP Business School, London, Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (Legal Services), 2018
  • BPP Law School, London, Legal Practice Course, 2015
  • University of Warwick, Joint BA in Law & Business Studies, 2014

Bar Admission

England and Wales
Republic of Ireland
Brussels

Publications and insights

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    • 13/10/2022
    • News

    Distribution across Europe and the UK Verticals regime: Do you really need to mind the “gap”?

    Long awaited developments over the summer provided some appreciable clarity on the refreshed UK distribution regime (following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU). In particular, pursuant to a consultation process that ran almost in parallel to the equivalent EU process, and also adopting the same analytical framework as the EU (see VBB Insights of 27 June 2022), the UK has also now introduced a new verticals agreements block exemption order and accompanying CMA guidance.

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    • 21/12/2021
    • News

    The New UK Foreign Investment Regime – “The Biggest Shake-up in 20 Years”

    The UK's National Security and Investment Act, which enters into full force on 4 January 2022, represents a major overhaul of the UK foreign direct investment (“FDI”) control regime. The Act provides the UK government with wide powers to scrutinise transactions not traditionally subject to heavy FDI scrutiny, ranging from artificial intelligence and data infrastructure to communications and transport, and also establishes a mandatory notification and suspensory review regime.

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