Alexander Katzarsky

Education: Sofia University, Faculty of Law (1990). Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration with the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (since 1994). Barrister with the Sofia BAR (since 1996). Expert of the Council of Ministers (1992). Senior Assistant Professor in Civil and Commercial Law, the Sofia University (since 1990). Research on the Third and Sixth EEC Company Law Directives - T.M.C. Asser Institute - Hague, the Netherlands (1998). Research on the European Company and Commercial Law - University of Limerick, Ireland (1997). Leads a course in Trade Law in the National Judge College. Member from Bulgaria in the list of arbitrators and conciliators to the Washington Convention on the settlement of investment disputes between states and nation of other states.

Languages: English and Russian.

Practice Areas: Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Contracts.

Ivan Todorov, Ph. D.

Education: Sofia University, Faculty of Law (1983). Registered with the BAR Association. National Reporter: “Administrative Modernization of Central and Eastern Europe”, United Nations Project (1991); South Carolina University (Program, October/November, 1990); Institute of State and Law sciences (Ph. D. thesis); Junior Judge, Sofia City Court (1984).

Languages: English and Russian.

Practice Areas: Administrative Law and Appeals, Privatization, Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions.

Alexander Pachamanov

Education: Sofia University, Faculty of Law (1997). Junior Judge, Sofia City Court (1997). Lawyer with the State Telecommunications Commission (state regulator in the field of telecommunications) (1998 - 2001). In-house lawyer with PROSOFT (one of the major Bulgarian seller of hardware and software products) (2001). Post-graduate course: e-documents and e-signatures (Slovenia, 2000).

Languages: English and Russian.

Practice Areas: Business Telecommunications, IT, Intellectual Property.

Bogdan Drenski

Education : Magister Iuris, University of Hamburg, Law School (2003-2004) ; Baccalaureus Iuris, University of Hamburg, Law School (1999-2003) ; M.A. International Relations & Diplomacy (1998-1999), S chiller International University, London ; B.A. International Relations & Political Science (1995-1998), American University in Bulgaria. Internship at Landgericht Hamburg : Chamber for International Private Law (2002); Internship at Amtsgericht Hamburg : Chamber for Civil Law (2001); Internship at the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the United Kingdom (1999).

Languages: English, German.

Practice Areas: International Law, EU Law.

Valentin Georgiev, Ph. D., professor.

Education: Sofia University, Faculty of Law (1982). Registered with the BAR Association.  Head of the Law Department, Bourgas University. Legal advisor of the Prime-Minister (1991 - 1992). Assignee in bankruptcy of Balkanbank – the biggest Bulgarian bank in insolvency.

Languages: Russian, English

Practice Areas: Banking, Insolvency, Contracts, Corporate Law.

Arno Mamasian

Education: Sofia University, Faculty of Law (1991). Registered with the BAR Association. Chief Privatization Expert, Ministry of Industry (1992 - 1994); Junior Judge, Sofia City Court (1991).

Languages: English, French, Russian, Armenian.

Practice Areas: Insurance Law, Privatization, Property, Corporate Law, Privatization, Real Estate, Leasing, Corporate Law.

Miglena Peneva

Education: Sofia University, Faculty of Law (2002), Junior Judge, Sofia City Court (2002), Chief expert, State Property Department, Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (2003-2005), Registered with Sofia BAR (2006). Traineeship in the Court of Justice of the European Communities (2007). Languages: English, French. Practice Areas: Real estate, Territorial planning, Concessions, Public Procurements.

Languages: English, French

Practice Areas: Real estate, Territorial planning, Concessions, Public Procurements

Nikolay Valkov

Education: Sofia University, Faculty of Law (2004), Junior Judge, Sofia City Court (2004). In-house lawyer with Sofiiski AKROPOLIS (subsidiary of AKROPOLIS UAB – leading real estate development and management company in Baltic States) (2005 - 2007)

Languages: English

Practice Areas: Corporate and Commercial Law, Contracts, Property

Ilian Beslemeshki

Education: Sofia University, Faculty of Law (2004), Junior Judge, Sofia City Court (2005). Lega InterConsult – Penkov, Markov & Partners (2005 - 2007). Registered with the Sofia BAR (since 2006).

Languages: English

Practice Areas: Corporate and Commercial Law, Competition Protection.

Georgi Kostolov

Education: Sofia University, Faculty of Law (1998), Junior Judge, Sofia City Court (1999), Legal adviser with the tax administration (2002-2004), Chief expert, Headquarter of the National Revenue Agency, Ministry of Finance (2005), Tax adviser, Deloitte Bulgaria (2006-2007)

Languages: English, Russian

Practice Areas: Tax law, Property and Real estates, Contracts, Commercial law