EU regulation, startup law, and compliance - explained so you can act on them.
18 articles
Between businesses almost everything in a contract is negotiable, but not everything. What the law fixes and what is only practice: the liability cap, penalties, the payment term, late-payment interest, rights in the code and the client's own template.
A verbal deal between businesses is usually valid unless the law requires a set form, but proving it is a separate question. What an email, a chat or a phone call is worth, when writing is required, and how to leave a trail before there is a dispute.
Which moments in a startup's life justify a lawyer, which ones a template, an accountant or a notary can handle, what legal help costs and how to spot a good lawyer before you sign with one.
What happens when a co-founder stops working, wants out, is expelled, dies or starts a competing company. How Bulgarian law governs the relationship between founders, where it is silent, and what you need to put in writing before you need it.
A co-founder who walks away with 50% of the equity, a freelancer who still owns the code, a term sheet that leaves the founders with zero. Eighteen mistakes from across a startup's life - what they look like, why founders make them, and what they cost.
If users upload content to your service or sell through it, the DSA already applies to you. Which duties bind a small startup, which don't - and who has enforced them in Bulgaria since November 2025.
A non-compete in an employment contract is void, a six-month probation clock stops during sick leave, and letting someone start work before the tax authority registration lands costs up to EUR 7,669. The full Labour Code map for founders.
A 10% corporate rate is only the headline. Salary vs dividend, VAT on SaaS, ESOP taxed at exercise, and what an exit actually costs a Bulgarian founder.
From the term sheet and SAFE notes to vesting and liquidation preference - what you are actually signing when the first institutional investor arrives.
Since 12 September 2025, users can demand the raw data your product generates - for free. And since 12 September 2026, new products must have that access built into the hardware itself.
Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 lets you raise up to €5,000,000 without a prospectus - but an OOD cannot issue shares, and a cap table with 300 investors scares off every VC. Here's the mechanics.
MiCA and Bulgaria's Crypto-Assets Act now apply in full, and the transition period for existing firms ended on 1 July 2026. How a Bulgarian crypto startup classifies its token, picks a license and pays tax.
From the withdrawal button to AI chatbots - what Bulgarian and EU law actually requires from online stores in 2026, and what skipping it costs.
OOD, AD, or the new DPK - each legal form carries different risk for your equity, taxes, and future fundraising.
B2B contracts have none of the protections consumers get - every clause you sign holds. Here are the risks to handle before you sign.
With trademarks and patents, the winner isn't whoever had the idea - it's whoever filed first. Here's how to protect that asset.
The EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act is in force since January 2025. If you sell software to financial institutions, you're a "third party" now.
The world's first comprehensive AI law doesn't regulate the technology - it regulates how you use it. Find out which risk tier you fall in.