Of Counsel, Attorney-at-Law, Member of the Bourgas Bar Association
Education
Aarhus University, Denmark (Ph.D. in Law, 2013-2016, Ph.D. Dissertation "Multi-Party and Multi-Contract Arbitration in the Construction Industry")
"Vrije Universiteit" Amsterdam, the Netherlands, LL.M. In International Business Law (2010)
Sofa University "Sveti Kliment Ohridski", Law Faculty, Magister Juris (2005)
Sofia University "Sveti Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria, Master in International Relations (2009)
Professional Experience
White & Case LLP Paris, France (since 2016)
Lecturer in International Construction Law, Aarhus University, Denmark (since 2015)
Lecturer in EU Law, Aarhus University, Denmark (2014-2015)
Attorney-at-law and Senior Associate (since 2008) at "Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law" (2004-2013)
Languages
English, German and Danish
Practice Areas
Real Estate and Construction Law (incl. construction agreements based on the FIDIC Conditions of Contract), Commercial Law, Law of Obligations and Contracts, Maritime Law, Arbitration, Family and Inheritance Law
Publications
1. Monograph - "Multi-Party and Multi-Contract Arbitration in the Construction Industry", Wiley Blackwell, Oxford, 2017 (388 pages)
2. "Joint Adjudication of Related Disputes under NEC3", in 10 The Construction Law International, no. 4 (2015), pp. 13-18
3. "Is Dispute Adjudication under FIDIC Contracts for Major Works Indeed a Precondition to Arbitration?", in 31 The International Construction Law Review, no.3 (2014), pp. 256-268
4. "Do Recent Overhauls of Arbitration Rules Respond to the Need for Multi-Party Arbitration in the Construction Industry?", in 32 The International Construction Law Review, no.1 (2015), pp. 63-94
5. "Statutory Approaches to Multi-Party/Multi-Contract Construction Arbitration", in 19 The Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, issue 1 (2015), pp. 197-217, reprinted in Albert H Dib (ed.), Legal Handbook for Architects, Engineers and Contractors, Issues in Construction and Technology 2015-2016, vol. 32 (2016), Thomson Reuters, pp. 323-351.
Additional Activities and Qualifications
King's College London, United Kingdom, Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, Visiting Ph.D. Fellow (December 2014 - March 2015)
Basel University, Switzerland, Visiting Ph.D. Fellow (August 2014)
Participant and speaker at the annual conference of the European Society of Construction Law in Milan, Italy (October 2014)
Participant in an intensive summer course in International Commercial Arbitration, Paris, France, organised by the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris (July 2013)
Participant in an International Construction Law course held in Bucharest, Romania (July 2013);
Internship at the Turku University, Finland (2006)
Internship at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law at the University of Oslo, Norway (2005)
Scholar of the German Academic Office for Exchange (Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst - DAAD) at the Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Intensive course "Legal terminology and introduction to the German law" (2004)
Internship at the Notary Office of Dr. Karl Sauer and Dr. Thalhammer, Regensburg, Germany (2004)
Legislative collaborator at the General Assembly of Bulgaria (2003-2005)
Qualification courses concerning international construction contracts:
"The FIDIC Contracts - A Practical Guide to Using and Understanding the International Conditions of Contract", Prague, the Czech Republic, (June 2010)
"The FIDIC Claims - Making, Defending and Resolving Claims under the FIDIC 1999 Contracts", Budapest, Hungary, (June 2008)
"The FIDIC Conditions of Contract - Yellow Book. Practical Problems. Claims", Sofia, Bulgaria (March 2012)
"Project & Contract Management Disciplines using FIDIC Conditions of Contract 1999 Editions", Sofia, Bulgaria (June 2008)
"International Use of NEC3 and Comparison with the FIDIC Conditions of Contract, United Kingdom (April 2015)
Memberships
Member of the Bourgas Bar Association (since 2007)
Registered as dispute adjudicator under the FIDIC Conditions of Contracts for Bulgaria
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom (MCIArb)
Member of the UK Society of Construction Law (SCL)
Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF)
Member of the Young Arbitrators Forum at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris (ICC YAF)
Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA Below 40)
Member of the Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) at the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Member of FIDIC Young Professionals