Keep your name out of the public commercial register while you stay the real, controlling owner — protected by a trust deed, a power of attorney and a pre-signed share transfer.
How your control is protected ➜A nominee is a trusted person we appoint as the public-facing director or shareholder of your Bulgarian company. Their name appears in the public register; yours does not. Behind the scenes, a set of private agreements keeps you fully in control and lets you take the company back into your own name at any moment.
The nominee is only the public face of the company. Control, profit and the right to take it back stay with you.
See your safeguards ➜When a Bulgarian company is registered, the names of its manager and shareholders are entered in the Commercial Register — a searchable public record. A nominee arrangement simply means that the person entered there is not the person who really controls the company and takes its profit.
Bulgaria does not use the offshore "trust" concept. Instead, the relationship rests on ordinary contract law between two private parties — a power of attorney together with a declaration of trust. Toward the register, the banks and third parties, the nominee is the manager or shareholder; but between you and the nominee a private written agreement makes clear that everything belongs to you and is done on your instruction.
My role as your attorney is to draft those agreements tightly, so your position as the real owner is documented, protected and reversible at any moment.
Use one or both, depending on how much privacy your structure needs.
A trusted person is registered as the manager of your company toward the register, banks and authorities. They act strictly on your instructions under a written mandate — while you keep real management control.
A nominee holds the shares in their name in the public register, while a declaration of trust confirms that the shares — and all the rights and profit attached to them — belong entirely to you.
Keep your name from appearing in casual public searches and from being linked to the company and its assets.
The nominee is the public-facing officer, shielding you from being publicly associated with day-to-day company disputes.
Ideal for foreign entrepreneurs — including Amazon and online sellers — who need an EU presence without relocating.
I set honest expectations from the start. Here is exactly what this service delivers, and what it cannot.
As an attorney, I put the arrangement on a firm legal footing so you are never exposed. Every nominee engagement includes:
Under Bulgaria's Measures Against Money Laundering Act — which implements the EU anti-money-laundering directives — every company must declare its ultimate beneficial owner: the individual who directly or indirectly holds at least 25% of the capital or voting rights, or who otherwise controls the company.
to file the UBO declaration after the company is incorporated.
to report any later change of ownership or control.
we prepare and file the declaration on time — you don't lift a finger.
You don't need to worry about any of this — we take care of it for you. We prepare and file your declaration correctly and keep it up to date, so you enjoy full public privacy with complete peace of mind and full compliance.
Yes. Appointing someone as the registered manager under a private agreement is lawful. The law simply requires that the real beneficial owner is declared separately — which we always do. The private agreement governs you and the nominee; it does not change the nominee's public role.
No — and it is not meant to. Every Bulgarian company must declare its ultimate beneficial owner to the Commercial Register within a month of incorporation. A nominee protects you from public searches, not from the authorities.
It is accessible to state authorities and to banks running anti-money-laundering checks. Broad public access has been narrowed across the EU following court rulings. I will advise on the current position for your specific case.
No — we take care of it for you from start to finish. We prepare and file your declaration on time and keep it updated, so you stay fully compliant without lifting a finger.
A nominee protects your privacy in public records. It is not a way to hide from the authorities: by law your company must still declare its ultimate beneficial owner (you) to the Commercial Register, and banks run their own checks. I set up only lawful, transparent nominee structures that keep you private from the public while fully compliant with Bulgarian and EU anti-money-laundering rules.
Tell me what you need and I'll explain the safest way to structure it — remotely and in English.
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