Career Summary
01.2013-to date
EVN, Bulgaria
Legal adviser and expert licenses, responsible for all the license activities connected to the EVN group companies under the Energy Act and the Ordinance for the regulation of the activities in the energy and the other Ordinances connected directly with the energy sector; answering the complaints of the clients of the EVN group companies sent to the SWERC, the Ministry of Economy and Tourism, Commission for Protection of Competition, Commission for Consumer Protection, the Ombudsman of Republic of Bulgaria and other public organizations; preparing the complaints of the EVN group companies against the decisions of the SWERC concerning the activity of the EVN group companies which are presented to the Supreme Administrative Court; giving opinions about the status of different contracts for service agreements within the EVN group companies connected to the license activities; giving opinions about various legal issues concerning the whole activity of the EVN group companies; translation into English of the decisions and the opinions of the SWERC posted on the internet page of the SWERC and presenting them to the attention of the representatives of the Executive directors of the EVN group companies; making presentations about the activity of the EVN group companies; taking part in the creation of the General terms and conditions of the EVN group companies and taking part in the public discussions of them; correspondence with the SWERC and the other public organizations in Republic of Bulgaria; execute day-to-day administrative tasks;
Type of business or sector: Electricity
Occupation or position held: Legal adviser and license expert
Dates 06.2012 – to 12.2012
Name and address of employer IBM, Sofia, Bulgaria
Main activities and responsibilities Customer service representative at Honda Netherland, supporting first line customer care concerning the Honda product range – cars, motorcycles and boats. Communicating with the clients via telephone and email. Liaising between the client and the company concerning said products. Verification of documents proving the ownership of the vehicles. Collaborating with the legal and administrative department in the Netherlands. Setting up new customer data bases and daily making changes to said data.Working languages – Dutch and English.
Occupation or position held: Customer service representative
Type of business or sector: Honda
Dates 06-2011 to 05.2012
Name and address of employer: Tax Office, Rijswijk, the Netherlands
Main activities and responsibilities Administrative employee, responsible for preparing the annual reports, concerning the allowances (toeslagen), connected to health insurances, rent payments and child support, granted by the State to financially disadvantaged citizens on the basis of Dutch tax, family and property law and regulations. Collaborate with the legal department of the organization. Working languages – Dutch.
Occupation or position held: Administrative employee
Type of business or sector: Dutch Tax Law
Dates 07.2009 to 05.2011
Name and address of employer: Electrolux Tabakov and Sons Ltd, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Main activities and responsibilities Legal adviser at a big electrical company which performs a closed circle of work in the sphere of electric power engineering, starting from the project design through the production, building and erection to the issuing of the according technical protocols for the legalizing of the projects, having contracts with the three distributional companies in Bulgaria, main executor and contractor concerning all kind of electric and earthwork on the territory of the distributional companies.
Responsible for preparation of documents concerning the signing and execution of tenders, in accordance with the Public Procurement Act, legal regulations for assigning of small Public Procurement and related European tender procedures, including preparation of the required support documentation, accompanying said tenders.
Participation in overseas negotiations, concerning European tenders among which awarding the implementation of the public procurement on: “Substation 400 kV Lemešany – Enlargement” in Eastern Slovakia(the contract determines an outdoor 400 kV switchyard extension).
Responsible for agreements with Assignors, suppliers and service agreements. Providing legal advice to the Management of the company regarding contract, corporate, commercial & procurement law and litigation.
Delegation at the court, notaries, Agency for National Revenue, Agency for registration of companies, and other institutions and organizations.
Translating of legal documents and contracts from/to English.
Occupation or position held: Legal Adviser European Tender Procurement procedures
Type of business or sector: Electrical
Dates 09.2006-04.2007
Name and address of employer: Law office „Budakovi”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Main activities and responsibilities Legal trainee, dealing with National, Family, Labor, Commercial, Real Estate, Administrative, Penalty, European and International Law. Working in an ambitious, young team of lawyers trough partnership. Execute day–to–day legal tasks, required to complete individual assignments. Delegation at the court.
Occupation or position held: Legal trainee
Type of business or sector: Bulgarian Civil, International and European Law
Dates 03.2005- 07.2006
Name and address of employer: Plovdiv Municipal Privatization Agency (PMPA), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for the preparation of documents and contracts, connected to the public privatization of municipal property, in accordance with the Privatization Law and Municipality Council’s Resolutions and delegation at the court. Responsible for the legal preparation, completion and post-privatization control of municipal property, which includes shares and stakes of municipal companies, and commercial estates. Responsible for the privatization process in publicity, equality and strict observation of the law.
Occupation or position held: Main Legal Adviser
Type of business or sector: Privatization Law and regulations
Dates 03.2004 – 02.2005
Name and address of employer: Eurolex Bulgaria Ltd, Sofia, Bulgaria
Main activities and responsibilities Legal trainee – working with the company’s lawyers on projects for the privatization of the electricity distribution companies in Bulgaria and projects for small contracts.
Occupation or position held: Legal trainee
Type of business or sector: Contract, corporate, privatization, commercial & procurement law
Dates 2003
Name and address of employer: Notary Office, „Chaika Belejkova”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Main activities and responsibilities: Legal trainee, executing day-to-day legal tasks required to complete individual assignments.
Occupation or position held: Legal trainee
Type of business or sector: Notary law
Education & Training
Dates 01.10.1998-12.2003
Name and type of organisation providing education and training: Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridsky”, Law Faculty, Sofia, Bulgaria
Title of qualification awarded: Master in Law Studies, (LLM Degree obtained in 2003)
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Law Studies in the field of Bulgarian (Civil and Penalty Law) and European and International Law; specialization in International law
Level in national or international classification: (LLM Degree obtained in 2003)
Dates 09.1993-06.1998
Name and type of organisation providing education and training: English Language School Plovdiv
Title of qualification awarded: Secondary education diploma awarded
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Humanitarian studies and English
Level in national or international classification: High school graduate
Other courses and diplomas obtained:
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
Legal English Course and certificate for Legal English level C1, ( 2011)
Name and type of organization providing education and training: English Breeze”, Den Haag, the Netherlands
TOEFL TOEFL course and certificate for TOEFL with 97 points (2011)
Name and type of organization providing education and training: INTOP, Den Haag, the Netherlands(2012)
NT2(Dutch as a second language for foreigners) Course and certificate issued from the Ministry of Education in the Netherlands for correct speaking and writing in Dutch as a second language for foreigners(as TOEFL for English speakers)
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Language school „Vidilingual”, Den Haag, the Netherlands ( 2007)
Dutch Course Certificate for Dutch language course for beginners and advanced
Name and type of organization providing education and training: CLICK computer training Den Haag, the Netherlands ( 2008)
Computer course Outlook and Excel
Personal Skills & Competencies
Languages Bulgarian – native speaker
Other language(s) English, Dutch, Russian
European level (*) Listening/ Reading/ Spoken interaction/ Spoken production
English C1 C1 C1 C1 C1
Dutch B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Russian C1 C1 B1 B1 B1
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Technical skills and competences: Qualified to operate office equipment.
Computer skills and competences: Windows XP, MS Office 2010; Internet; typing with two hands in Cyrillic alphabet.
Artistic skills and competences: Member of the Association of Young Poets in Plovdiv
Other skills and competences: Team sports – swimming and fitness.
