20+ years of corporate experience gained working as a counsel at IBM [5 years, CEMA, Austria and Switzerland] and Chaos/Enscape/Cylindo [7 years, worldwide - APAC, EMEA, etc], as a managing associate in Ernst&Young [3 years, Bulgaria], and as a C-level executive at Alcatel Lucent [3 years, SEE]. Awarded in 2004 as a member of the world top negotiators team. Winner of Sci-Tech Oscar (2017) and EMMY (2021) awards as a member of the Chaos team.Providing since 2002 thorough in-house legal support for IT giants such as IBM, Alcatel-Lucent and Chaos Software/ Enscape/ Cylindo on 3 continents. As an outside counsel - involved in international and domestic projects of local and top IT, including Data Privacy protection (IBM, Microsoft, Honeywell, Alcatel-Lucent, Qliktech (the Netherlands), DSV (Dennmark), Chaos Software, System Communications (Bulgaria), etc.) About a decade of legal support to the local distributors of Universal, EMI and Sony in music/publishing distribution, and of all the movie Majors plus a few Independents. 7 years of thorough legal support to the worldwide top casual apparel (Camel, Timberland, etc). Counsel for several EU renown telcos (covering Alcatel-Lucent operations in a few countries, including but not limited to, support for projects of VIVACOM; Globul; Telenor Serbia; Telecom Serbia; Telecom Srpske B&H; Maktel Macedonia; etc).Leading teams in significant equity acquisitions (Renault Trucks, Maxxium, Mapei, Alcatel-Lucen, etc), and acting on C-level in the network maintenance outsourcing project of VIVACOM.Serving as project lead counsel for various project of pharmaceutical companies (United Health Fund, Pierre Fabre, Alapis (Greece), etc.) - client/ supplier contracts, CRO contracts, data privacy, incorporation, restructuring, and compliance, etc., as well international players in JAICA, EBRD and World Bank tenders and local public procurement tenders (Mofat & Nichol (USA), IBM, Alcatel-Lucent, Toyota, etc). Significant record on commercial litigation for large-scale disputes and execution of judgments, acting for IBM, Alcatel-Lucent, Satphone, Chaos Software, Inver Sofia, Melexis, Toyota distributors, etc.Specialties: Information Technologies and Telecommunications, Intellectual Property, M&A / Corporate, Contracts&Negotiations, Employment, Data Privacy, Energy, Real Estate, Bank Instruments, Litigation
Listed skills include Corporate Law, Mergers And Acquisitions, Due Diligence, Legal Advice, and 29 others.