Practice Expertise

  • Arbitration / Mediation
  • Banking
  • Communications
  • Commercial Litigation

Areas of Practice

  • Arbitration / Mediation
  • Banking
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Communications
  • Corporate and Business
  • Energy
  • Foreign Investment
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Privatization
  • Telecommunications
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Profile

Bar Admissions
admitted, 1984, Sofia, Bulgaria

Education
Legal Faculty of Sofia University (LLM), class rank: first of class of 500 (1982); Academy of American and International Law, The Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation), Dallas, USA (1990)

Areas of Practice

  • Arbitration / Mediation
  • Banking
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Communications
  • Corporate and Business
  • Energy
  • Foreign Investment
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Privatization
  • Telecommunications

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
1984 - Attorney at Law, Sofia Bar Association
1986 - 1987 Lecturer Civil Law - Sofia, Economic University
1988 - 1990 Deputy Chairman - Specialized Bureau of Business Law, Sofia Bar Association
1990 - Founder and Managing Partner of Borislav Boyanov & Co.
1994 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of AIG Insurance and Reinsurance Company AD
1998 - Registered Patent and Trademark Attorney
2000 - Honorary Consul for Malta in Bulgaria
2002 - European Patent and Trademark Attorney
2002 - Arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2002 - 2005 Honorary Advisor to the Minister of Justice on International Legal Relations
2003 - 2005 first Chairperson of SEE Legal (The South East Europe Legal Group)
2003 - Honorary Chairperson of SEE Legal (The South East Europe Legal Group)


Professional Associations
Sofia Bar Association; Bulgarian Bar Association (1984 - );
International Bar Association, Senior Vice Chair of the European Forum (1994-2004), Co-Chair of the European Forum (2004 - ) and country representative;
Brussels Dutch Bar, registered on the List of Foreign Lawyers;
American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria - President, Member of the Board of Directors;
Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria, Board Member (2004 - );
Center for American and International Law, Dallas, TX - member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for International and Comparative Law;
British Balkan Legal Foundation - Co-Founder and Director;
Balkan Legal Forum - Founder and Chairman;
British Bulgarian Legal Association - Honorary Member;
Center for International Legal Studies - Austria - Honorary Member;
Legal Development Foundation - Chairman;
Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum



Articles

Additional ArticlesInternational Mergers;
Litigation in Bulgaria;
Bulgarian Insurance Market;
Chapters on Bulgaria in Insurance Regulation in Europe, International Joint Ventures, Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Europe and Commercial Agencies and Distributorships. An International Guide;
Privatisation in Bulgaria;
Publications on aircraft finance, business organizations, foreign investments in Bulgaria, equipment leasing, environmental protection, law firm management, the development and future of the legal profession, and others

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