Year joined: 2002
Competition, Employment, Intellectual Property, Litigation and ADR, Procurement
English, Russian, Bulgarian
EDUCATION
Faculty of Law, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, MA in Law (1979)
Training Programme on European Community Law (2002)
Human Rights Law and Practice Program at the University of Birmingham, Great Britain (1994)
Programme on the American Judicial System and Workshop on Judicial Restructuring, at the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA (1992)
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2002 Partner, BOYANOV & Co.
1994 – 2002 Judge, Supreme Court of Cassation, Chair of the Commercial Division
1991 – 1994 Judge, Sofia City Court
1984 – 1990 Judge, Sofia Regional Court
1981 – 1983 Junior judge in Sofia City Court
MEMBERSHIP
Sofia Bar Association, Editing Board of “The Human Rights”- law magazine, issued by Foundation “Bulgarian Lawyers for Human Rights”, Managing Board of the Open Society Institute – Sofia, Bulgaria since 2005, re-elected in 2008
February 14, 2024
BOYANOV & Co. Awarded the Prestigious Gold Ranking in 2024 WTR 1000 for Trademark Excellence
March 17, 2023
BOYANOV & Co. Top-ranked in Chambers Europe 2023
March 1, 2022
BOYANOV & Co. Continues to Receive Gold Rankings in the IP-specialised WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark ProfessionalFebruary 24, 2021
The IP Practice of BOYANOV & Co. Law Firm Continues to be Ranked in the Gold Band in The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2021 Guide
April 16, 2020
BOYANOV & Co. Top-Ranked in The Legal 500 EMEA 2020
March 18, 2020
BOYANOV & Co. Top-ranked in Chambers Europe 2020
February 18, 2020
BOYANOV & Co. Continues to Receive Gold Rankings in the IP-specialised WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
February 13, 2020
BOYANOV & Co. Maintains its Position as Market Leader in Chambers Global 2020
March 12, 2019
BOYANOV & Co. Top-ranked in Chambers Europe 2019
February 19, 2019
The IP Practice of BOYANOV & Co. is once again Ranked in the Gold Band in The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2019, Published by World Trademark Review 1000 and in the Managing Intellectual Property IP STARS 2019 Edition
February 15, 2019
BOYANOV & Co. Retains its Top Ranking in Chambers Global 2019
March 9, 2018
BOYANOV & Co. Retains its Top Ranking in Chambers Europe 2018
February 21, 2018
The IP Practice of BOYANOV & Co. is Ranked in the Gold Band in The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2018
April 12, 2017
BOYANOV & Co. is Top Ranked in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 2017 Editions
February 21, 2017
BOYANOV & Co. is a Top Trademark Firm in 2017 Rankings of the World Trademark Review 1000 and IP Stars
October 18, 2016
Parallel Import and IP Rights Protection in Bulgaria
April 5, 2013
BOYANOV & Co. advised Danjaq LLP on a trademark dispute
April 5, 2012
BOYANOV & Co. represented F. Hoffmann – La Roche AG in a patent litigation against a producer entering the Bulgarian market without the consent of the patent holder
April 5, 2012
BOYANOV & Co. Represents a Leading International Pharmaceutical Company in a Patent Litigation against a Generic Producer
April 5, 2012
BOYANOV & Co. Successfully Represented Elsevier Properties S.A. and the Reed Exhibitions Entities in Many Trademark Infringements on the Internet