Borislav Boyanov & Co.





Borislav Boyanov
Managing Partner
b.boyanov@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Foreign Investments, M&A, Banking Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Mediation, Energy Law, Legislation, Public Affairs

Founded firm: 1990

Managing Partner since: 1990

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM), class rank: first of class of 500 (1982); Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation), Dallas, USA (1990)

Member:

Sofia Bar Association; Bulgarian Bar Association (1984)

International Bar Association, Senior Vice Chair of the European Forum (1994-2004), Co-Chair of the European Forum (2004 - ) and country representative

Brussels Dutch Bar, registered on the List of Foreign Lawyers

American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria - President, Member of the Board of Directors

Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria, Board Member (2004), Vice President (2005)

The South East Europe Legal Group (SEE Legal) - Honorary Chairperson

Center for American and International Law, Dallas, TX - member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for International and Comparative Law

British Balkan Legal Foundation - Co-Founder and Director

Balkan Legal Forum - Chairman

British Bulgarian Legal Association - Honorary Member

Center for International Legal Studies - Austria - Honorary Member

OASIS Legal Association - Representative for Bulgaria

TerraLex - Representative for Bulgaria

World Services Group - Representative for Bulgaria

Legal Development Foundation - Chairman

Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum

Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian

 

Yordan Naydenov
Partner
Head of M&A and Corporate Group
y.naydenov@boyanov.com

Areas of specialization: Corporate, M&A, Foreign Investments, Banking, Natural Resources, Commercial Law, Antitrust and Fair Competition, Taxes

Joined firm: 1994

Partner since: 1999

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM); International Secondment Clifford Chance, London, UK - 1999

Member: Sofia Bar Association, International Bar Association, Center for International Legal Studies

Languages: Bulgarian, English, French, Russian

Damian Simeonov
Partner
Head of Finance Practice Group
Co-Head of Telecommunications and Media, Transport Practice Group
d.simeonov@boyanov.com

Areas of Specialisation: Telecommunications & Media, Competition, Finance, M&A

Joined firm: 1994

Partner since: 1999

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM); Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation), Dallas, USA (1998)

Member: Sofia Bar Association, International Bar Association, Center for International Legal Studies, Legal Development Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria - Secretary

Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian

Boyko Voynov
Partner
Co-Head of Real Estate, Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group
b.voynov@boyanov.com  

 
Areas of specialisation: Real Estate, Litigation and Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Labour Law, Competition

Joined firm: 1997

Partner since: 1997

Education: Sofia University (LLM); Judge at Sofia City Court (1975-1978); Helsinki Committee on Human Rights (1996)

Member: Sofia Bar Association, Secretary of the Sofia Bar Association (1986-1992), Council of the Sofia Bar Association (1994-2000), Chairman of the Disciplinary Court of the Sofia Bar Association (2000-2004), Vice Chairman of the Legal Development Foundation (1997 - present), European Patent Attorney since 2003; Mediator with The Commercial Mediation Center of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria (AmCham); Secretary - Ronald McDonald House Charities of Bulgaria

Languages: Bulgarian, Russian

Kina Chuturkova
Partner
Head of Litigation Practice Group
k.chuturkova@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Litigation, Arbitration, Corporate and Commercial Law, Property Rights, Intellectual Property, Labour Law, Human Rights

Joined firm: 2002
 
Partner since: November 2002
 
Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM); University of Birmingham, UK Human Rights Law and Practice Program; Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA - Judicial System and Judicial Restructuring Program; Training in European Community Law

Member: Sofia Bar Association, Bulgarian-British Law Association, Honorable Member of the British-Bulgarian Law Society in Sofia, Bulgarian Association of Women in the Legal Profession - President (1992-1994)
 
Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian
 
Previous Experience: 
 
Judge in the Supreme Court (1994-2002)
 
Chief of Commercial Department of the Supreme Court of Cassation (2000-2002)
 
Judge in Sofia City and Sofia District Courts (1984-1994)
 
Junior Judge in Sofia City Court (1981-1983)
 
Arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration at the Bulgarian Industrial Chamber; Lecturer on Civil and Commercial Law and Practice in the School for Education of Magistrates; Lecturer on Property Rights in The New Bulgarian University, Sofia (1996)

Alexander Chatalbashev 
Partner
Head of Energy, Natural Resources, Mining and Environmental Practice Group 
a.chatalbashev@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Energy & Natural Resources, M&A, Insurance, Employee Stock Option and Share Purchase Plans, Securities
 
Joined firm: 1997
 
Partner since: 2004
 
Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM); Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia - Madrid, Spain, Law Faculty, Specialization in Commercial Law (1995); Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation), Dallas, USA (2000)

Member: Sofia Bar Association, International Bar Association, Center for International Legal Studies

Languages: Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Russian

Raina Dimitrova
Partner
Head of Commercial and Competition Practice Group
r.dimitrova@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Administrative Law, Transport Law, Trade and Customs Law, Tourism, Consumer Protection

Joined firm: 1999
 
Partner since: November 2004
 
Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM) (1990)

Member: Sofia Bar Association, International Bar Association, Center for International Legal Studies

Languages: Bulgarian, English, German, Russian
 
Previous Experience:
 
Chief Legal Advisor, Ministry of Trade (July 1992 - January 1999)

Legal Advisor, Bulgarian State Railways (April 1991 - July 1992)

Nickolay Nickolov 
Partner
Co-Head of Real Estate, Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group
n.nickolov@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Real Estate and Construction, Corporate and Commercial Law, Litigation

Joined firm: 1999
 
Partner since: 2006
 
Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM); Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation), Dallas, USA (2001), International Secondment Shadbolt & Co, London (2004)

Member: Sofia Bar Association; World Services Group

Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian

Dipl. Eng. Natasha Andreeva 
Head of IP Department
Head of Intellectual Property Practice Group
European Patent Attorney
n.andreeva@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Intellectual Property - Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs; Geographical Indications; Domain Names
IP management and protection; preventing conflicts with third party rights; trademark and patent searches and other watching services; preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications; representation before the Bulgarian Patent Office and the European Patent Office

Joined firm: 1998
 
Education: Technical University (TU) Sofia - Electrical Engineering (1975); Microprocessor-aided Automation of Water Treatment Processes (TU - Sofia) (1985); Measurement Technique (TU - Sofia) (1995); Patent Affairs (1989); Automated Search Tools (1992), Examination of Computer Related Inventions and in the Field of Integrated Circuits (1998) (EPO); International Forum Protection of Computer-Related and Business Model Inventions, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich (2002)
 
Member: EPI (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office)

Languages: Bulgarian, English, German, Russian
 
Previous Experience: 
 
State Examiner with the Bulgarian Patent Office (1986 - 1998)
 
Senior Designer with the Water Treatment Engineering Institute (1975 - 1986)
 

Yordanka Boyanova
Director HR & Strategic Development
i.boyanova@boyanov.com

Joined firm: 1990

Director HR & Strategic Development since: 1990

Education: Indian Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (1980)

Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Bradj

Previous Experience:

Senior Professor and Head of Indology Department with Sofia University (1985 - 1990)

Founder and Chair of "East - West" Indological Foundation (public No 60) (1997 - )

PhD Research Scholar at Jawaharlar Nehru University, New Delhi (2003)

Zahari Kaikov
Administrative Director
z.kaikov@boyanov.com

Responsibilities: Management, Finance, Administration, Trust Services

Joined firm: 1994
 
Education: University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia (1981); National Academy of Theater and Film Arts, Sofia (1985); International Business School (1991)
 
Member: "East-West" Indological Foundation (Vice Chairperson)
 
Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian

 

His Honour George Dobry
CBE QC Dr Jur. (Hon.)

Of Counsel


Education: Warsaw University (Dr. Juris); Edinburgh University (MA)
Memberships and other activities: Called to the Bar, Inner Temple (1946); Queen's Counsel (1969); Commander of the British Empire (1977); Bencher (1977); a Recorder of the Crown Court (1977 - 1980); a Circuit Judge (1980 - 1992), Member of Council on Law Reporting (1984 - 1994); Member of the Panel, Polish Arbitration Court; Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London); Joint President of the British - Polish Legal Association (1989); Adviser to the Lord Chancellor on International Legal Relations. Prepared a Report on International Legal Relations (2000) implemented by the Lord Chancellor
Founder: the British Centre for English and European Legal Studies, Warsaw University, President (1991 - 1995), Patron (1995 -); The Balkan Centres for English and Global Legal Studies; Founder and Chairman of the Trustees, Lord Slynn of Hadley European Law Foundation (1997 -); One of the Founders and Member of the Council of 'Justice' (1956 - 1968)
Languages: English, German, Polish and Russian

 

Petar Kitanov 
Of Counsel 
mail@boyanov.com

Criminal and Administrative Law

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM)
Member: Sofia Bar Association, (Medal of Honor of the Sofia Bar), Chairman of the Supreme Disciplinary Court with the Supreme Council of the Bulgarian Bar (2001 - till present)
Languages: English, French and Russian

Svetlina Kortenska
Senior Associate
s.kortenska@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation:  Banking and Finance, M&A, Securities, Public Procurement, Corporate and Commercial Law
 
Joined firm: 2003
 
Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM); University of National and World Economy, Sofia (Master's Degree, International Economic Relations 2001), Specialisation in Corporate and Commercial Law, Banking and Finance, Export Trade
 
Member: Sofia Bar Association
 
Languages: Bulgarian, English, French, Russian
 
Professional experience:
 
SG Expressbank AD, Deputy Head of Legal Department (2001-2003)
 
Bank Consolidation Company AD (1997-2001), Chief Legal Counsel
 
United Bulgarian Bank, Regional Branch Legal Department (1992-1997) 

Peter Petrov
Senior Associate
In Charge of Competition Practice
p.petrov@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Competition, Securities and Derivatives Transactions, Telecommunications and Media, Expatriation

Joined firm: 1998

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM); Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation), Dallas, USA (2002); International Secondment Allen & Overy, London (2004)

Member: Sofia Bar Association

Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian, Spanish

Angel Angelov
Associate
a.angelov@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: M&A, Commercial Law,
 
Joined firm: 2006
 
Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM)
 
Member: Sofia Bar Association
 
Languages: Bulgarian, English, German, Russian

Violeta Hristova
Senior Associate

Areas of specialisation: Labour Law, Expatriation & Immigration, Banking Law

Joined firm: 1997

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM); Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation), Dallas, USA (2003)

Member: Sofia Bar Association

Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian

Nikolay Kolev
Associate
n.kolev@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Corporate and Commercial Law, Real Estate Law
 
Joined firm: 2005
 
Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM) (2005);
 
Member: Senior Research Fellow in civil and family law with the Institute for Legal Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Languages: Bulgarian, English, German

Dijan Krill
Associate
d.krill@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Commercial Contracts, Public Procurement, Litigation, Enforcement Procedures

Joined firm: 2000

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (1998) (LLM)

Member: Bulgarian Bar Association

Languages: Bulgarian, English

Rossiza Marinova
Associate
Intellectual Property Department
r.marinova@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Domain Names

Joined firm: 2005

Presentation of lectures in domain names before students at the University of World and National Economy, Sofia (January 2006)

Previous Experience:

Intellectual Property Expert - InterIus Ltd. Attorneys at Law (2002-2005)

Education: PhD Programme "Economics and Management (Intellectual Property)" -University of World and National Economy, Sofia (currently); Bachelor and Master's Degree in Intellectual Property Economics - University of World and National Economy, Sofia (1998-2004)

Languages: Bulgarian, English, German

Stela Matselova
Associate
s.matselova@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: IP Rights Enforcement, Company Law, Commercial Law

Joined firm: 2005

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM)

Member: Sofia Bar Association

Languages: Bulgarian, English

Iva Miteva
Associate
i.miteva@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Real Estate Law, Corporate and Commercial Law

Joined firm: 2005

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM) (2005)

Languages: Bulgarian, English, German

Ralitsa Nedkova
Senior Associate
r.nedkova@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: IP Rights Enforcement, Company Law, Commercial Law, Telecommunications and Media

Joined firm: 1999

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM); Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation), Dallas, USA (2004)

Member: Sofia Bar Association

Languages: Bulgarian, English

Nickolay Zisov
Associate
n.zisov@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: Corporate and Commercial Law, IP Rights Enforcement, Customs Law, Expatriation and Immigration

Joined firm: 1999

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM), Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation), Dallas, USA (2006)

Member: Sofia Bar Association, International Bar Association

Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian

Anna Saeva
Senior Associate
a.saeva@boyanov.com

Areas of specialisation: M&A, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy, Transport Law

Joined firm: 2000

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM); International Secondment Linklaters (2004); Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation), Dallas, USA (2005)

Member: Sofia Bar Association

Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian

Nadia Hadjova
Senior Associate
Financial Practice Group
n.hadjova@boyanov.com 

Areas of specialisation: Banking law, Secured Transactions, Project Finance, Securities Law, Corporate and Commercial Law

Joined firm: 2006

Education: Legal Faculty of Sofia University (MA); University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Magister Juris), Harvard Law School (LL.M.)

Member: Sofia Bar Association

Languages: Bulgarian, English

Previous Experience: 

Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov (2003-2006)

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London, UK (2000-2002)

Alpha Bank, Sofia, Bulgaria  (1996-1998)            

                                    

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