Bulgaria - Due DiligenceBulgaria-Due-Diligence
Sofia’s U.S. Commercial Service/Foreign Commercial Service office strongly recommends that allnt U.S. companies acquire a recent due-diligence report on potential partners. The Commercial Service Sofia offers the International Company Profile (ICP) service, a 10-15-page, fee-based report that evaluates potential business partners. The due diligence report includes answers to nine questions, an interview and photos of the executives and office of the potential Bulgarian company. See www.export.gov/Bulgaria.
Additional local due diligence sources and services include:
Additional local due diligence sources and services include:
- Credit Reform Bulgaria. See http://www.creditreform.bg/en/index
- DAXY (www.daxy.com) provides information on official court and tax documents, address registration for Bulgarian companies, major shareholders, balance sheets, direct and indirect connections between and among managers and other Bulgarian companies and other public information
- Dun and Bradstreet is utilized, more and more, by Bulgarian companies. See www.dandb.com
- Bulgaria’s Special Administrative Directorate Financial Intelligence (SADFI) receives, saves, examines, analyses and discloses to law enforcement bodies information connected with the suspicion of money laundering or the financing of terrorist activities.
- A Bulgarian company’s financial situation can be reviewed at the Ministry of Justice Commercial Register’s site: https://www.registryagency.bg/bg/