I am a Bulgarian qualified lawyer with large experience in commercial transactions and property conveyancing. I am also a sworn English translator, specialsed in the translation of legal texts.

Experience:
February 2007, Seville, Spain - International conference
"The investment opportunities in real estates in Bulgaria and Romania”

Speaker: “The Legal and financial issues on foreign investments in real estates in Bulgaria”.

August 2005 – at present – Sole Practitioner
Acting as a legal advisor for a number of international and foreign clients investing in Bulgaria
• Advising UK and Spanish citizens and legal entities investing on Bulgarian real estate market;
• Advising one of the major real estate companies in respect of big real estate projects ("Varna Mall”, “Sofiyski Akropolis”, a number of smaller projects).
• Advising other Bulgarian companies on their day-to-day business.

March 2004 – July 2005 – AFA OOD (www.afa.bg)
One of the largest and most successful Audit, Tax and Legal consultancy companies, providing services and consultations to the major local and foreign enterprises doing business in Bulgaria

Attorney-at-Law
 Consultation of local and foreign clients on Bulgarian law issues;
 Preparation of legal documents in Bulgarian and English languages;
 Translation of legal documents from/ to English, German.

February 2003 – March 2004 – Hayhurst Robinson Law Offices (Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Sofia) – (www.hrintlaw.com)
Law firm based in Central and South Eastern Europe, comprising of local lawyers and international lawyers trained in the largest and most successful law firms in North America and the United Kingdom

Lawyer
 Judicial, taxation, assurance, BULSTAT registrations of companies;
 Consultation on Bulgarian law issues;
 Participation in Due Diligence;
 Preparation of contracts, legal documents;
 Performing translations of legal texts, legislation, contracts.

April 2002 – February 2003 - Governor’s Office of the City of Sofia

Expert - junior at law at State property Department
 Dealing with law problems in the fields of property law, administrative law;
 Drafting official documents, state property deeds, property sale contracts, reports, statements, letters;
 Giving expert opinions;
 Consulting of citizens.

June 2002 –September 2002 - City Court of Sofia;
Judicial candidate

1999 – 2004 – Sofia, Horizonti language school; free-lance.
Tutor of English

1996 – 2000
 Rich experience in trade and marketing;
 Experience as a translator/ interpreter from/ to English.

1995 – 1996 – Regional Radio Station of Rousse; teenage newspapers.
Reporter
 Numerous publications and news reports.

Education and Training:
June 2002 – October 2002 - EUV Viadrina – Frankfurt (Oder) – Germany

Study programme and Summer school – European System of Human rights protection
A course organized and presented by experienced and expert teachers from the Universities - Viadrina European University Frankfurt (Oder) (Germany), Lund (Sweden), Oviedo (Spain), Utrecht (Netherlands), Turku (Finland), Aberystwyth (United Kingdom), Rennes I (France), Uppsala (Sweden), Lublin (Poland), Maribor (Slovenia), Salzburg (Austria)

 Overview of regimes and institutions; issues of national implementation; control procedures; the role of NGO-s;
 Substantive Human Rights;
 European court of justice – structure, procedure; Moot court performance.

June 2002 – Institute of Public Administration and European Integration – at the Council of Ministers -Sofia
“Basic administrative skills” course
 An overview of the Bulgarian administration system and legislation;
 Organisation of the administration of the European Union.

1996 – 2002 – St. Kliment Ohridski University – Sofia
Master of Law
 Complete course in Bulgarian law and legislation;
 Law of the European Community included as part of the course;
 Internship at court and administration.

January 1999 – April 1999 - Goethe Institut – Sofia
Deutsch als Fremdsprache Course – Gundstufe 3

1991 – 1996 – Geo Milev English Language School - Rousse
Intensive training in English, German and Russian.

References available on request:
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